Been trying to sit in the swing and ponder today but it’s really too hot. Roanoke is under a thunderstorm watch and heat advisory warning. Heat index now is at 124 and it’s 1:30 in the afternoon. Thank you to whoever invented window unit air conditioning! I sat in the swing for a little while…

Today was a beautiful summer day. Dark blue sky painted with white fluffy cotton ball clouds, some clouds purple with rain that never fell from the sky. The bird feeders were filled with cardinals and chickadees enjoying their seeds and sips from the bird baths. A few doves lit on the ground bobbing around on…

Actually had a little sprinkle of rain this morning while I pondered on the porch. Not heavy enough to keep me and Penelope from our morning walk. There have been storms all around us but our little slice of the world could still use some good rain showers. Enjoyed a soft breeze this morning while…

Ate a Mrs. B’s biscuit this morning with some cantaloupe and strawberries sitting in the swing pondering on life and looking up at a beautiful cloudless summer time blue sky. Every time we look up at the sky we can count on seeing something different. Bright clear sunshine, twinkling stars, glorious sunsets, bleached cotton ball…

Ate a Jack’s bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit on the porch this morning while watching the birds and admiring the beauty of the day coming to life. Had to take Penelope to get a shot for her itching at middle brother’s vet clinic. She loves to go there. Gets so excited. That girl dog can…

Ate a Mrs. B’s biscuit this morning in the swing and pondered on Rosie and Chief and how their deaths have affected my life. I was sitting in the swing and imagining Chief sitting in the double rocking chair and imagining Rosie in the other swing with her children, still at the toddler age, chubby…

Sat on the porch this morning eating a bagel spread with cherry jam from Mercier Orchards in Blue Ridge, Georgia. So delicious. Had four strawberries on my plate, too. Chief and I had a small strawberry bed for several years. I’d go outside and pick enough strawberries to put on top of my cereal some…

Sat on the porch this morning and the breeze was just wonderful. Strong enough to keep me cool as I sat in the swing and pondered. The breeze pinged the wind chimes softly and played a Sunday hymnal symphony. The birds chimed in and the cicadas sang for their mates. The light blue sky was…

Ate a bowl of fruit for breakfast this morning sitting in the swing and soaking up another beautiful sultry summer morning. The baby blue sky was so pretty, covered in mackerel scale clouds, rippling and undulating across the horizon. Really looked like waves of clouds, slapping the sky. The cicadas are singing so loud they’re…

Ate my biscuit on the porch in the swing this morning. The flies weren’t as interested in a biscuit as they are a bagel or maybe the citronella candles have burned long enough to work. The sky was so pretty, blue like the color of Feltman Brother’s baby clothes. All kinds of clouds in the…