Today has been so beautiful in so many ways — the sky, the birds, the sweet words from friends on the internet. Spent the day with my dearest friend and we ate caramel cake and key lime pie! I hope I go first because I could not get through some days without her words of…

Been sitting in my reading chair this morning, watching the glorious morning come alive, thinking how the month of March has always been a roller coaster month of emotions for me. Our daughter, Rosalyn Louise, named after her grandmothers, died in a car accident on March 17, Saint Patrick’s Day, of 2002. Today is the…

I found a letter in the mailbox yesterday! Nothing makes me happier. That sweet note warmed my heart and made me cry and smile all at the same time. For the past 24 years my friend Boss Lady has sent me a heartfelt note on the anniversary of Rosie’s death. That thoughtfulness is a true…

Another pretty day sprinkled with melodious bird songs, warm sunshine beaming down from a beautiful blue sky. Mother Nature, Father Sky, and Old Man Winter are cooking up some heavy storms this weekend. No signs of it today, though. Hope everyone will weather the storms safely. I’ve eaten my breakfast in the porch swing this…

The Lord blessed us with another beautiful day. Sapphire blue sky with a cool March wind. No wispy clouds to mar the skyline. God’s candle was warming the day with its golden rays. Sat down on the porch swing several times just long enough for Penelope to do her sniffing around the porch and yard,…

Such a beautiful day today! The sky was almost cornflower blue, the sun blinding and bright, her golden rays warming the earth. Not a cloud in sight when I walked Penelope. It was chilly and the wind was fierce at times setting the bamboo to dancing in time with the wind chimes’ loud symphonies. I…

Today is pretty, blue skies, yellow sunshine. Two intersecting jet contrails have drawn a huge cross on the sky canvas, so majestic and so fleeting, no time for a photograph. Almost gone, now resembling a shore bird in flight, wings outstretched, long legs tucked tightly. If these bumblebees, flying around the pansies, grow any larger,…

From a blog in March of 2023… Walked Penelope before breakfast this morning and thought about how the sun kisses the earth awake each day as she warms its fertile soil. Saw the first of the wild purple violets blooming in the yard next door. Had to search my brain to remember a quote I…

John Sarris writes, “I return to my front porch where the air smells sweeter and the sun feels warmer than any other bend in life’s long road.” I understand this quote. My front porch is a bend in my life’s journey where I find my peaceful contemplative refuge from the world. My front porch feeds…

Lots of porch pondering today on a glorious day the Lord has made. Ate my bagel and fruit sitting in the swing this morning watching all the handsome little songbirds flitting around the feeders. It’s a pretty morning, heavily overcast in grays and whites and blues. If I look intently at the sky canvas I…