Did not have any time for lady den or porch pondering today. Had a wonderful family party and Christmas dinner. Heard some good stories around the dinner table. Funny how we all have different memories of childhood that the other siblings don’t remember. Little brother couldn’t remember the tricycle bear that frightened him. Broke down…

Been a productive day but no time for porch sitting. Did a little chair sitting while I ate lunch and watched a flock of cardinals on the feeders on the the deck. Finally got the red and green apples sliced and put on the birds’ Christmas tree. Fatty the squirrel is huge now. He’s taken…

Beautiful day for porch sitting and pondering. Deep blue, cloudless sky. Sun feels good on my face. Lots of my bird friends visiting the feeders. All is right with my world today! Penelope is taking a depressed sun bath siesta. I put a dog sweater on her. Penelope absolutely hates sweaters. First time I put…

So nice to sit and relax with a cup of hot chocolate stirred with a Hershey kiss in the bottom and ponder and listen to the rain falling down. AND no running around getting pots and pans to catch the leaks! I’m really fortunate and I appreciate life more each day. I know all too…

Been trying to ponder all morning. Porch too cold, lady den not working so I guess that means I must enter the grandchildren’s room and put away the decorations strewn around and on top of their twin beds. Isn’t the human brain a wonder. The word strewn just typed itself. Probably never used it in…

Pondering in my lady den this morning. Little too damp and sprinkling rain for proper porch sitting. I sat long enough to see a few birds stop by. Glad to see Nutty the nuthatch. I thought he’d found another restaurant. I soon retreated back in the house to ponder in my chair in the sun…

I am a terrible housekeeper. Maybe it stems from a lack of home economics in my education. Being in the band saved me from PE and home economics. I’m furiously cleaning for the McMurray Christmas dinner this Friday. Over forty of us now and we sit down to a feast and eat off Christmas china…

Sat on the porch to ponder this morning. It’s was cool and damp. I watched a male cardinal nibbling from the platform feeder and saw him fly away. He landed on a sweet gum tree at the corner of the porch. The little tree, no taller than five feet, has somehow managed to hold on…

Sitting on the porch this morning. It’s 80 degrees on Thursday, December 8. High next week on Thursday is 49. You never know what season you wake up to in Alabama. Sometimes it even thunders when it snows. My pansies friends are not enjoying the heat.They are fainting like Southern belles and hanging over the…

Sat on the porch for a long time today. My birds have either found another restaurant or are eating berries from someone’s yard. Had a couple of cardinal pairs about dusk and the four fighting finches fought over their favorite feeder. I have 18 feeders from the front yard to the backyard deck and the…