I have become so enamored with the sky and the clouds. I sat in the swing and watched the dark blue sky all day. Hard to think I never gave the sky and clouds a thought but sitting in a swing and watching them daily, I’ve begun to marvel at how beautiful they are. Even…

Father Sky and Mother Nature collaborated together today and created another glorious fall day, warm bright sunshine, cotton boll clouds floating around the azure blue sky canvas, melding together and crowding each other. Some of the clouds were softly brushed on their bellies with light gray but not colored dark enough to spill some rain.…

The man in the moon was still up when I walked Penelope this morning. I’ve enjoyed looking for him in the mornings, dressed in his pale luminous pajamas. Can’t find him some nights, though. Today was so delightfully fall. Blue sky, clear and cloudless as far as the eye could see. Guess Father Sky decided…

Today was so pretty, clean blue sky, blushed with thin wisps of frail clouds. The sun was working overtime getting temperatures up in the mid-seventies. The breeze blew just strong enough to ping the wind chimes softly and knock the loose acorns off their branches. An acorn fell from my old water oak and hit…

Today was a glorious fall day. William Cullen describes it best, “Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile.” The sky was one big blue grin, cloudless, sparkling in the sunshine. I sat in the swing to watch the songbirds a little while before I did some much needed chores but the day’s beauty rooted me to the…

The most wonderful thing about retirement to me is laying my head down at night and knowing tomorrow has no agenda. The day is mine and I can choose to make the most of every moment. I had a wonderful day today. I’m so grateful for the life I have, my friends and family, my…

Henry David Thoreau said, “An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” I was greeted by a glorious morning as I took Penelope on her first walk of the day and have been blessed with a beautiful Sunday. Mother Nature is blowing the bamboo around this morning, rustling their slender branches, fanning…

Today was oldest sister-in-law’s birthday. Her daughter carried us to LaGrange to eat lunch as a birthday treat. We laughed and chowed down at Longhorn, bought beautiful pansies at Home Depot, shopped around in TJ Maxx and ate DQ Blizzards on the way home. I had the best time and I’m grateful for the loving…

Today was so pretty, a fall morning of serendipity. Father Sky sketched a deep blue sky canvas and Mother Nature pulled her cotton bolls apart and flung the pieces in the sky, dotting the sky canvas with clouds bright white and cigar smoke gray. The sun was yellow and warm in the day’s cool. A…

Woke up at 5 AM this morning to a honking goose on the foot of my bed. Penelope was coughing loudly, a perfect impersonation of a Canadian goose. Reminds me of when my babies had the croup. I could not go back to sleep so I just got up for the day. Took her to…