The morning is so beautiful. The earth is at its most glorious after a storm. The sky a deep blue dotted with white and soft gray clouds, fluffy and kissed on their crowns by the sun’s hot rays. Father Sky has drawn a prize winning pastel rendering of a summertime sky, perfect in its glory.…

“Love is when all the glitter falls off and you still see the person sparkle,” Sneha Pal. At my age I know my glitter, if I even ever had any, is gone. Maybe those I love still see my sparkles. Found this quote in my desk this morning, one of my favorites. A beautiful morning…

As I struggled to get my car’s gas tank lid off with my carpal tunneled up arthritic hand this morning I thought, if was 40 years younger, I’d open a little gas station for old fogies. I’d pump gas for them, check tire pressure, wash the windshield, check the oil. You needed oil, no labor…

I was looking over my vacation photos tonight of my grandchildren and I and my eyes rested on a photo of my hands and my granddaughter’s hands on top of a colorful bow tie puzzle. We worked on the puzzle for several days laughing and talking while we sorted the little pieces and fitted them…

Sat outside today till the heat drove me back to my reading chair in the cool of my bedroom. The day was pretty and bright. The sun warmed my tomatoes and reddened them up. I picked a big tomato and marveled at the warmth of its skin as it rested in my palm. Wondered if…

My little kitchen garden in cow lick pots is such a source of joy to me. I picked a few tomatoes, two cucumbers, and a few sprigs of mint for lunch today. It’s such a wonder of life how we plant a few seeds, nurture and water them, and we’re rewarded with a harvest. It’s…

Father Sky did himself well with the sky canvas today, sketching a pretty blue sky, accented with fluffy white clouds, the sky almost purple where it touches the horizon. As I walked Penelope I remembered a quote about blue skies. “A walk beneath a blue sky clears the mind and lifts the soul.” I love…

Today is another glorious day, blue skies dressed in fluffy clouds colored in shades of white and cigar smoke grays, hot and humid like summer is supposed to be. Just makes the sweet ice tea in the Mason jar that much sweeter. Sat on the swing perch this morning and ate my breakfast bagel, drinking…

“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough,” Meister Eckhart. Been thinking about prayer today as I’ve prayed for those beautiful children who lost their lives in the flood. The not knowing…I can’t even imagine. I’ve sat on the porch today and twice watched the…

The big fluffy clouds are traveling slowly today, gathering for their afternoon stroll onto the horizon hoping Mother Nature will dress them in a colorful formal gown for the sunset pageant. The sky is robin egg blue, a slight breeze is singing the wind chimes. I’m sitting in the swing watching a few songbirds on…