“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it,” Psalm 118:24. The wondrously deep blue sky has nary a cloud to mar its beauty this morning. Kat is sitting under the bird feeder poles, the birds are sitting on the power lines waiting for Kat to leave,…

Kat is sitting in the middle of all the bird feeder poles this morning, looking for a tasty treat. The birds are lined up on the power line by the old oak tree waiting for her to leave. I counted 15 cardinals, three finches, and three female grosbeaks. The male grosbeak is brave and just…

I’m back in my routine this morning, eating my bagel and fruit, perched happily in my porch swing watching the birds fluttering around the bird feeders. A breeze is playing a wind chime symphony that sounds like welcome home, welcome home. The sky is azure blue, full of fluffy white clouds kissed on their crowns…

My friends and I left New Smyrna Beach this morning and headed home, tired and worn out, full of delicious shrimp and multitudes of snacks, our hearts full of happy joyous memories. The ocean was so beautiful when we left, white capped waves pounding the beach with the rhythm of nature’s heartbeat, clouds in blues…

Going home in the morning to Alabama, racing back ahead of Hurricane Milton, saying prayers for the Florida peninsula as we leave. Mother Nature can be forceful with her storms so please remember Florida in your prayers! We enjoyed the beach this afternoon. God smiled and stopped the rain after lunch and we sat on…

“Life is like the ocean, it can be calm or still, and rough or rigid, but in the end it is always beautiful,” Anonymous. My friend and I went down to the beach this morning, sat in our beach chairs, a light silver rain was kissing the sand and the shore birds were frolicking right…

Well, we “golden girls” ages 47 to 72 made it all the way to New Smyrna Beach, Florida, in my “new to me” purple colored Kia Sorento named Theodosia. We stuffed that car with enough stuff to move into the condo we are staying in. Laughed all the way down through Alabama, Georgia, and Florida,…

Isn’t friendship a wonderful gift! My dearest friend is sleeping downstairs. We’re breaking tradition and saving our matching pajamas for tomorrow’s first night on the beach. We’ve been friends for over 40 years, raised our children together, mourned our husbands together, celebrated our grandchildren together. Moving to Roanoke three years ago didn’t change things. We…

From my archives… Did lots of cloud watching this morning and afternoon. I have become a nephologist, a big word for a cloud watcher. The sky today was a marble slab created with blue and white and gray streaks, resembled a marble counter top in a beautiful modern kitchen featured in an architectural magazine. I…

Ran around all morning getting things ready for a trip to Florida this weekend. My oldest sister-in-law and her daughter and my dearest friend and I are driving down to New Smyrna Beach on Saturday to visit my cousin and enjoy the beach for a few days. Beautiful area but is said to be the…