The sky is cornflower blue this morning, not a cloud anywhere I can see. Was hoping for a good rain this afternoon but Father Sky didn’t sketch enough rain clouds on his sky canvas. The clouds dropped a few fists full of raindrops to cool things off and perk up the vegetables who are standing…

Talked to my friend in Florida after supper. We played the What Did You Have for Supper game. I said, “I had pancakes for supper. You?” I can feel her smile through the phone. “I just had salmon and spinach eggs Benedict and coffee crunch cake for dessert.” Last week I had a bowl of…

Can’t deny summer today! Pretty blue cloudless sky, hot humid sunshine. I bought two ornamental trellis panels for my cucumbers to climb on and the ground was so hard even with the hammer I couldn’t get the bottom stakes in the ground as far as I wanted. The trellis package had two little wrench’s, four…

As we all work in our yards and gardens or just enjoy taking care of our porch plants this summer lets remember to “plant seeds of happiness, hope, success and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature,” Steve Maraboli. Sat outside in the swings between chores…

Ate breakfast on the porch ignoring Penelope’s begging for blueberries and pondered the meaning of life. No, I did not. Just kidding. I wondered why my yard was so quiet. There was no bird symphony playing. No wind chimes singing. Cardinals, downy wood peckers, chickadees, wrens, doves, and wood thrushes were scurrying around and eating…

Remember I wrote I drank from the hosepipe yesterday. What was I thinking? According to internet research it’s a miracle I lived to see another day. My hose pipe is old as dirt, just lays itself down thrown near the bannisters waiting for insects and germs to enter, heating up so chemicals from the stagnant…

Today was so pretty with its robin egg blue sky and hot yellow sunshine. Love Marcus Tullius Cicero’s quote, “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” Two of my favorite things, gardens and books. Enjoyed my morning’s gardening and bird feeder chores listening to the happy songbirds’ symphonies. After…

Drove home from Peachtree City this morning in the bright yellow sunshine under a clear blue sky. The only birds I saw as I drove home were a group of buzzards enjoying a road kill breakfast. I went to my granddaughter’s chorus concert last night. They put on a musical featuring music from the movie…

Visiting my grandchildren so my words today are from my archives, May 13, 2025… Today was rather fallish in my corner of the world. I walked Penelope in a light rain this morning and tried to sit on the porch and ponder but it was just too cool and damp. Pitiful when 61 degrees makes…

I was thinking today that just being alive is a such a wonderful thing. To wake up each day with breath is a blessing. And I know I write that almost every day but I think we need reminding of what a gift each day is. The world is full of all colors and all…