Such a beautiful day today in so many ways. The sun is shining, my vegetables are growing, the birds are singing, and the squirrels are chattering. We’ve had two brief sprinkles of rain while the sun brightly beamed. I love when that happens. I watched a purple cloud hovering on the edge of the horizon…

Another day as pretty as can be. Don’t think I’ve had a good night’s sleep since Chief died but I did last night. I’m up earlier than usual having slept the whole night through for the first time in years. I woke to the birds singing and watched two squirrels frolic in the bamboo fronds…

Another beautiful day in the books, so warm I’ll call it a summer day, blue sky sketched full of clouds by Father Sky, the sun beaming down very warmly, birds frolicking all around the yard. I ate my breakfast in the swing and watched the birds and the two squirrels, Fatty and Brownie. Yesterday the…

Pretty morning with lots of birds and squirrels, delicate rain showers. So relaxing to sit in the swing and hear the rain drop symphony mixed with bird song melodies. I put my porch ferns and peace lilies on the sidewalk to enjoy the showers. The pansies are standing tall loving the cooling rain drops. The…

Left Peachtree City early this morning after my grandchildren went to school. Chased a beautiful blue sky, cloudless and sunny, all the way home to Alabama. When I crossed the Alabama-Georgia line, Father Sky rubbed his blueberry pastel across the horizon and left some soft strokes of color in layers of blues and purples. I…

From my archives… Another wonderful day the Lord has gifted us, the overcast sky so beautiful in its layers of whites and grays and purples and blues. The layering of the clouds looked like the peaks of a distant mountain range on the western prairies. I love watching the clouds stack up in colors and…

From my archives… The word for this beautiful blue sky day is windy! I’ve been watching the bamboo perform in a dance recital all afternoon, bending and swaying, knocking against each other, composing a rustling bamboo symphony like cymbal brushes on a drum set. The cardinals are latching onto the thin branches and enjoying the…

From my archives… Not much time porch pondering today but I’ve given a lot of thought to how each day offers a multitude of new beginnings. Yesterday is gone but there’s always tomorrow. We need to put the past behind us, try not to worry about the future, and live and enjoy each day. Realistically…

Visiting the grandchildren… from my archives. Ate breakfast on the porch this morning looking at an overcast sky, colored like a big bowl of melted vanilla ice cream. Kept looking for some color to show up, to marble its beauty, but the ice cream color held till mid-afternoon when light gray clouds started to move…

Perched in the swing all day thinking I needed to get up and do a few chores but being retired I selfishly decide it’s okay to bird watch the day away waiting for the sunset to send me in the house. The male red-breasted grosbeak came back to my bird buffet today but didn’t bring…