I’ve been embraced by another glorious day today. A billowing breeze has kept the porch so pleasant. I’m thinking of the song Beautiful by Carole King where she sings, “You’ve got to get up every morning with a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart then people gonna…

What a glorious day it is today! I feel like I’ve been to church services this morning in a beautiful little cathedral in England. The street is deathly quiet, the sun is beaming down bright warm sunshine, the birds are singing hymns of thanksgiving. The quietness is so wondrous, not a sound except the songbirds…

“Thank you, God, for another day, for opening up my eyes and ears to see and hear the goodness you have left here for me. Amen.” I love this short prayer I found in my reading yesterday. I don’t know who composed it. How depressing it would be to live in darkness and never see…

Well, who would have thunk it? My rain dance actually worked! We got a 30 minute downpour this afternoon. It got windy and I had to quickly get all the swing pillows picked up before they blew away. I threw them in Penelope’s play pen and headed inside. I sat by the window and watched…

Sat out on the porch this morning. It’s just so humid! I’ve watered my vegetables and flowers and washed out the bird baths and filled them up with fresh water and my clothes are wringing wet. My eyes are burning from the sweat dripping down my face. I feel for all the outdoor workers, I…

From my archives — Ate breakfast on the porch this morning sitting in the swing, surveying my little world. Had a soft wind chime symphony with a few cicada solos. So pretty outside, azure blue sky, lots of fluffy cotton ball clouds, bleached white on their rounded tops, light gray on their bottoms flushed with…

Beautiful day today the Lord has made. Father Sky colored his morning sky blue with fluffy white clouds. Later he picked up his pastels again and sketched purple and gray thunderstorm clouds, cooled the air down to the seventies, clapped some thunder and added a few lightning bolts, but only let a few sprinkles of…

Beautiful day today the Lord has made. Father Sky colored his morning sky blue with fluffy white clouds. Later he picked up his pastels again and sketched purple and gray thunderstorm clouds, cooled the air down to the seventies, clapped some thunder and added a few lightning bolts to today’s sky, but only let a…

You could not deny summer today, hot and humid, but glorious with all the song bird symphonies and the dance recitals of the butterflies. I watered all the flowers and vegetables, giving them a good soaking. Cleaned the bird baths and pushed them further into the shade. I’m still hung up on Emerson quotes. Love…

Happy 248th birthday to America, the wondrous and glorious slice of heaven I call home. We are so fortunate to live in a free country. And I’m so grateful for my small town American life. Enjoyed swimming at baby brother’s farm this afternoon and we had delicious barbecued ribs with all the trimmings for supper.…