The sky is beautifully overcast today in the colors of pewter and silver and slate colored grays. Ralph Waldo Emerson says, “The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” I agree and the overcast skies are just as beautiful to me as the deep blue skies of sunny days. The cloudy sky hasn’t muted…

“The month of May is the gateway to summer,” Jean Hursey. Today was a study in the coming summer. Bright blue sky with a thin layer of bridal veil clouds, stretched across the sky canvas, sketched by Father Sky’s white pastels. One lone turkey buzzard was riding the spiral staircase of the wind currents, winding…

Another picture perfect spring day. Father Sky sketched his deep blue sky with lots of white clouds. The bright sun warmed up the landscape, waking all the birds to sing their love songs. I think I heard them singing the chorus to His Eye is on the Sparrow — “I sing because I’m happy, I…

Today is so pretty in its spring dressings. Looks like a page from a children’s picture book. I can see a glimpse of heaven in the sky today. The magnolia leaves are sparkling in the sunshine when the breeze shifts them on the branches. The sky is azure blue, sketched full of fluffy round clouds,…

A glorious thunderstorm is playing out now in the day’s gloaming. Mother Nature opened the flood gates, the clouds rolled in dark and purple, the wind bent the trees, and the life giving rain fell from heaven. I love a spring thunderstorm when the windows are open, all the thunder booms and rain symphonies can…

Today was clean off the porch day. The corners were full of leaves and clutter. I have decided I am not a hoarder, I’m a devoted clutterer! Found things in the leaf piles I didn’t know were missing. Thank goodness for leaf blowers! Did not see Balthazar, the big king snake in the leaves, so…

The porch is so pleasant this morning. The sun is hiding under her quilted cloud covers of grays and whites and blues and purples. Occasionally I hear the drumbeat of intermittent rain drops on the purple yard chair. The birds are cheerful and singing happily, their symphonies heard all over the neighborhood. I need to…

“May my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living.” ee cummings. This quote popped up in my mind when I opened the front door this morning and walked out on the porch. Such a pretty day just full of bird songs and bright sunshine. The sky was the color…

Enjoyed watching a robin in my yard this morning. I told him spring had already sprung if he was here to herald the coming spring. He was hopping and prancing around the yard with his beak tilted up. I think he thought he was so handsome, dressed in his gray-brown suit and orange vest, he…

“Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present,” Bill Keene. I love that quote. Today has been a beautiful present with its blue sky crowded with purple and gray clouds that never emptied their bellies of rain. My newly planted vegetables need some rain on their…