It was frosty and cold this morning when I walked Penelope. The grass under the trees was white with frost. The day had waked beautifully, cold and clear, deep blue sky canvas, warm golden sunshine. I wore my feeted pajamas over my clothes and a down vest. My old yard shoes have a hole in…

Today was wind chime windy. Mine were pinging out loud brash notes, banging their pipes together in a symphony of clangs. The wind sounds like winter, wrestling the leaves around the branches, ruffling the cardinals’ crests. The sky is dark blue, so pretty, not a cloud in any direction I look. My friends’ organ wind…

Filled up all the bird feeders this morning. It was cold, my hands froze. The water in the bird baths was frozen. The cardinals and titmice sat on the power line, feathers fluffed up, patiently waiting for me to finish. I know they were hungry. I put out fresh suet in the feeders for the…

Saw a luminous conversation between Mr. Crescent Moon and Mr. North Star at the day’s gloaming. The sky was just a picture of deep aquamarine, hints of velvet purple, and the star and the moon were lined up diagonally, talking about the cold night coming, wondering where the stars were. Guess Father Sky was having…

Nippy today but the sky was glorious, gemstone blue, cloudless and clear. I counted four buzzards, pinned like black stars on the blue sky canvas, circling up the sky stairwell. The sun was warm enough for me to do some porch pondering but once the sun left to get ready for sunset, the porch became…

The sky is beautifully blue today filled with mackerel scale clouds bleached Clorox white on their crowns by the sun’s rays. The clouds are moving quickly across the sky taking the dark blueness of the sky with them, leaving the sky cloudless and a lighter blue. The yard is full of birds happily performing symphonies…

Well, Alabama pulled out a win at the Iron Bowl. Roll Tide! I love college football and miss watching it with Chief. We’d always have a tea party while we watched the ballgames. There are no perks to widowhood, changes every aspect of your life. Several Bible verses comforted me after Chief’s death. My favorite…

The day was so beautiful, crisp and bright, a cool wind blowing with a touch of the holiday spirit in the air. The sky was winter blue, illustrated with a few clouds sketched by Father Sky. I missed the sun setting but I took Penelope on a walk right as the night drank in the…

Today is a day of thankfulness. The McMurrays celebrated our Thanksgiving together Saturday so today my youngest son and oldest brother will be eating supper with me tonight. I just cooked a pork loin and made bbq and we’ll have chips and baked beans. I thought this Thanksgiving day of what blessings I’m most thankful…

Sat in the porch swing today pondering in the warm sun, a reward between chores I didn’t want to do. My bird feeders are full of cardinals, the males so handsome in their dark crimson robes and jet black bibs, the females pretty in their dusty brown dresses. The little purple finches are providing a…