Today could be called dreary but to me it was a pleasant and cool rainy day, perfect for perching in the swing. I love to sit outside when it’s raining, listening to the rhythm of the rain drops, composing a symphony of rain accentuated by the pings of wind chime pipes, making up song lyrics…

Been sitting in my reading chair this afternoon looking out the window at a vanilla bean ice cream colored sky, watching the rain fall from the heavens, the silver drops twinkling off the points of the slender green bamboo leaves. I love rainy days, time for relaxing, reflecting on life. I’ve watched the birds flitting…

“I see the moon and the moon sees me!” Mr. Waning Gibbous Moon has been staying up late the past few days. While walking Penelope each morning, I’ve been catching him awake, his luminously handsome self hung high in the deep blue sky. I wonder if he stays up to watch the sun rise? The…

Today has been a regular old timer’s day. I’m finally committing to being in my dotage. Guess I should take Shady Oaks seriously and start saving cash for strip poker nights. Looked for my glasses forever this morning and they were right in front of my face on my desk, lying beside my iPad. Usually…

Today was a beautiful Sunday, the morning gleaming with yellow sunshine reflecting down from a crystal clear azure blue sky. The moon, Mr. Waning Gibbous, hanging high in the sky, not bedded down yet, had pulled the blue sky covers up to his neck, so luminious he was almost translucent. The morning was cooled with…

When I walked out on the porch this morning, I was gifted with a beautiful cloudless, deep blue sky, bathed in bright clear golden sunshine. I sat on the porch in one of my black swings, leaning back on my bird patterned pillow, thinking the Lord has really outdone himself with this wondrous morning. Then…

Another beautiful day for porch sitting this morning. Father Sky sketched a soft blue sky and filled it with niveous fluffy clouds but the day didn’t feel like fall. Summer has come back to my neighborhood. Got hot mid-day on the porch and I hate to admit it, but after I fought a war shutting…

I have done nothing but enjoy being alive this Thursday, perched in the swing most of the day, watching the birds and the butterflies. Bootsie, the neighborhood watch dog, bounced over and had a staring match with Kat. Kat stood her ground and Bootsie got bored and left when she couldn’t intimidate Kat. The beautiful…

Today is my daughter Rosalyn’s 40th birthday. She’s celebrating in heaven with Chief and if their view of the sky is half as pretty as what I can see, she’s having a glorious celebration. If she was here with me we’d be on a birthday shopping spree that would have to include a new purse…

Today was just lovely! The sky was perfectly fall, a dark azure blue, clear and cloudless, the sun warming my face as I walked Penelope. Kat has been watching the birds and butterflies from her perch on the bannisters. The zinnias are full of yellow cloudless sulphur, black swallowtail, and dark orange monarch butterflies. Tomorrow…