Soon as I opened the door this morning and headed out with Penelope I was surrounded and hugged by the oppressive humidity. The day felt, looked and smelled just like the summer days of my childhood. The sky is robin’s egg blue, a few white puffs of clouds floating in the blueness, hot sunshine beaming…

The sky is so pretty this morning, such a deep blue it’s almost purple in places. The birds are singing beautifully, happy and thankful for another day on planet earth. Absolutely no noise other than the bird songs, so gloriously peaceful. I sat in the swing enjoying the quiet for hours. Didn’t even ponder and…

Played “Let the Cat Die” in the porch swing today. My grandchildren loved to do that when they were so young we could all four sit in the swing together. You sit in the swing, swing high, then hold your legs up, and when the swing stops, the cat dies. Did a little research and…

Today was a day full of blue skies and white clouds and rain showers and pale purple clouds. It would rain and then the sun would come out, then the clouds would bunch together, and it would rain again. In the afternoon the sky was covered in thin cigar smoke clouds. I could see through…

Been pondering this morning on the beautiful vegetable garden I had the spring of Rosie’s death. I poured all my heartache and grief into my little kitchen garden and it flourished. I built a spider web trellis from twine for the cucumbers to climb, put a small brick path through the herbs, made a scarecrow…

I think God gave us the ability to laugh, a gift we should all enjoy. Laughter is such a wonderful stress reliever. Laughter helps us battle anxiety and worry. And its so much fun to really have a good laugh. And the best thing about laughter is it’s free and it’s catching. Job 8:21 reads,…

I love this quote by Dixie Carter talking about crazy folks — “This is the South and we’re proud of our crazy people. We don’t hide them up in the attic, we bring them right down to the living room to show them off. No one in the South ever asks if you have crazy…

Sat in the swing all morning it was so pleasant. I dozed off several times, waking when my head bobbed down. There was a cool breeze blowing, making the wind chimes sing. I love wind chimes. I have seven of them hanging around the swings, each one representing a special memory, and I love to…

Can’t even remember how the sky and clouds looked this morning. I was too excited picking the first squash and counting the little bell peppers. My tomatoes are still just blooms, same on the cucumbers. The cucumbers are beautiful, filling up the bird trellis with their vines and blooms. After lunch I sat in the…

“The rain begins with a single drop,” Manal al-Sharif. Been reading quotes today about the rain. I love a rainy day. Good time for some of us to nap or to read. Never can take a nap in the day time, I just lie there wide awake. Guess you can call it resting. Not good…