Dampness kept me inside today. Forgot to bring the swing cushions inside so they were wet. Not many birds today. The cardinals cleaned up the deck floor where Grandpaw raccoon, looking for sunflower seeds, had raked out millet from the bird feeder. Penelope pestered the cardinals all afternoon barking at the glass door every time…

Sitting in the swing in the sun, have a full pack of chewing gum beside me, and a charm of American goldfinches on my bird feeders. Penelope is taking a siesta in the playpen. All is right with my world! Just heard a loud rustle in the bushes. Was expecting the neighborhood cat to appear…

Never guess what I found in my mailbox today! No, it wasn’t a snake, Fatty the squirrel, or Grandpaw raccoon. Though that wouldn’t surprise me! It was my income tax refund check from two years ago. Had just given up ever seeing that money but the check came today! Praise the Lord and pass the…

Today was a day of groceries and tangled strings of Christmas lights. No porch sitting or inspirational pondering. I was too busy cussing the skinny Christmas in the breakfast room. Today was social security day for me, too. Thank goodness because our pantry was really bare. I made my month’s grocery list, planning on cooking…

Beautiful day today with its winter blue sky. Guess I’m getting old ‘cause it was too cold to sit outside. I’m missing my porch pondering. I get my inspiration from swing sitting and bird watching. Could bird watch out the deck windows but I’m not putting seeds out till I’m sure grandpaw raccoon has gone…

Beautiful day today! Blue sky, a few wispy clouds but the wind is really blowing. I’ll be glad when Mother Nature runs out of wind producing breath. I am missing my porch swinging and pondering. Every time I walk by the front door Penelope briefly stops thinking we’re going outside. Just too cool today. We’ve…

Pondering on technology on this rainy afternoon and what a marvel it is! Sat down to compose my thoughts and asked Alexa on my Echo Dot what was the temperature outside just to see if it might be cold enough for a snow flurry. Then I asked her to play music from the 1970s. I…

Well, no pondering on the porch today. Too cold and dreary. My pantry was bare, my fridge had no milk, my wallet had no grocery cash, so I did what any self respecting woman would do. Took my jars of pocket change to the coin machine at Wally World. Have not set foot in Wally…

Well, today again the wind drove me off the porch. I’m missing my porch pondering and bird watching. Temperature was great, beautiful blue sky but the wind…. So figured I might as well tackle taking the decorations off the large Christmas tree in the living room. Only broke two Christmas balls but it was a…

Pondered on the porch with gale force wind today! Blew my fruit jar of tea off the little table by the swing. Didn’t break, thank goodness! Watched the wind bending the tops of the magnolias across the street then it would blow on our side. The wind blew the quilt on the bottom of Penelope’s…