From my archives but so relevant for today — Today was beauteous! The epitome of a Southern summer day, hot and humid, deep blue sky, occasional clouds, enough clouds for the sun to paint a raspberry and turquoise sunset. I ate a Mrs. B biscuit in the swing and the cardinals joined me on the…

Ate my breakfast this morning sitting in the swing watching two mocking birds chasing a turkey buzzard around the yard next door. The buzzard was flying close to the ground and the mocking birds were hot on his tail feathers. I wondered if the buzzard was crippled. Once they headed across the street I lost…

Today was a beautiful day in so many ways. It was my baby’s 34th birthday. I’m getting old and he’s getting older. That little 4 pound, emergency C-section baby, is a lumberjack of a man now. Hard to believe 34 years have passed since his birth. And where did they go? One of my cousins…

Today was another glorious day…hot like summer is supposed to be but that just makes the sweet ice tea in the Mason jar that much sweeter. Sat on the swing perch and ate my breakfast bagel and drank my coffee and watched the cardinals and purple finches frolicking around the bird feeders. Got to get…

Big boom and a crash of thunder work me up this morning. Penelope jumped up from the end of the bed and leaped off to go to her safe zone under my bed. Even it I put my hand on her and pat her she won’t stay by me during a storm. If I’m in…

Been contemplating all my blessings today as I sit perched in the swing on this hot summer Sunday afternoon. I have been composing some simple prayers today and reading and studying different prayers. I love Native American prayers with all their uncomplicated words and simple symbolism. I think they are so beautifully written and imagine…

Been searching for inspiration today and found a little spark in the first and last stanzas of Barry Cornwall’s poem, The Nights — Oh, the summer night has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne; whilst the sweet winds load her with garlands of odor, from the bud to the rose…

The sky is blazed with blueness today and the sun shines yellow and bright. The birds are happily feeding and singing and talking with their mates. Their musical score is a beautiful euphony of sounds and songs. Three squirrels discovered the feeders in the flower bed and were chowing down till I ran them off…

Been lazy all day, sitting on the porch swing watching the birds and reading a book. Saw the neighbor hawk fly by clutching a little creature in his talons. Didn’t look big enough to make much of a meal. All the songbirds left the feeders in hurry when he came by, guess they didn’t know…

The day was pretty, the sky dark blue and golden fingers of the sun warmed the day. I worked on my flower bed by the mailbox and filled the suet feeders up with new cakes. The big woodpeckers are still coming to the suet feeders. And the three little downy woodpeckers are still visiting together.…