Today’s sky was so blue and clear, sketched without a cloud. Mother Nature invited Mr. North Wind for tea and he kept the oak leaves and magnolia leaves dancing down the street with his strong breezes, creating large whirlwinds that danced and spun around. The bamboo bent in the wind, knocking together like wind chimes,…

Today’s quote in my daily quote book is “Let us always meet each other with a smile,” Mother Teresa. Wouldn’t that be great if the world tried to follow that advice. I’m thinking of the random smiles I shared with folks today. I was walking Penelope as a stranger walked down our street this morning.…

I’m perched in the porch swing enjoying this winter day’s awakening. The sky is so beautiful after last night’s storm, the blue sky is bluer, the white clouds are whiter. The clouds are color washed on their bottoms in shades of grays and blues and purples. The sun is bright and yellow making the yellow…

Two friends from Alexander City spent the day with me today. We had the most fun, lots of laughter, lunch at Pizza Hut, shopping at the local feed and seed store, and a little thrift store thrifting. Friendship is a beautiful thing! Friends are people we choose to spend our time with. They cheer us…

Just finished washing the last of the Christmas china from my family dinner. Been collecting Christmas china since I was a teenager. Santa Claus brought me a hope chest one Christmas. A hope chest is a piece of furniture where young women collect items in anticipation of married life. I loved it. It sits at…

From my archives of 2023… Today has been another beautiful winter day, cloud cover thick enough to block out Mother Nature’s sunset pageant, but wondrous in its heavy colored layers of grays and purples. I just wonder if Mother Nature’s painting was magnificent tonight. I’m ready for the rain clouds to disappear so the sun…

Ever had a day so glorious you just can’t soak it all in and you’re still covered in golden family fairy dust at bedtime? I’m sitting in the lady den, snug in my feeted pajamas, watching my little fireplace heater logs thinking of all the wonderful holiday memories with my family I’ve gathered to keep…

Pondered on the porch today perched in the swing watching the beautiful songbirds flitting around, happily singing their prayers of thanksgiving for the glorious sunshine and the freshly filled bird feeders. Penelope was taking a nap in her play pen, snuggled under a cardinal blanket. Her blankets were in the washer and she absconded with…

Today has been a glorious day! The sky was tropical ocean blue, a few blue spaces sketched with thin blades of white clouds. The day was cold but the sun warm as I sat perched in the porch swing watching all the songbirds on the feeders. Titmice and chickadees rustled the scuppernong vines cracking open…

We all crave warmth in many different forms, the warmth of a fire, the warmth of our family and friends, the warmth of a beloved mate, the warmth of a good meal, the warmth of sunshine on a cloudy day, the warmth of a loving God. I’ve been sitting in the lady den all afternoon…