Woke up early today to ponder in the swing and eat my breakfast before I motored off to visit the grandchildren. The morning was waking so pretty. Light blue sky canvas with a white swipe of thin see thru clouds. The birds were singing and visiting the feeders. The cardinals were so pretty when the…

Sat on the swing early this morning. Pleasant and cool. The summertime hotness arrived shortly. Had a sweet guest today. We ate our breakfast in the lady den. After breakfast we took a walk with Penelope. My niece rode her scooter pretending to be a parrot named Amber. Penelope led the way, sniffing crazily. My…

Watched six squirrels eating and scampering around under the fighting finches’ feeder while I ate breakfast in the porch swing. A male cardinal lit on the ground between them and just jumped over every squirrel like they were playing leapfrog. Wish I could have filmed it. The flowers look gloomy. Their blooms are heavy and…

Well, Grandpaw raccoon checked into the Cage Hotel last night. He enjoyed the marshmallows and cat food! He’s had a shower from the rain and is waiting for my nephew to check him out. Took Penelope for a walk between rain showers and she didn’t notice him, thank goodness. He’s close to the bushes. I…

Perfect day today for porch pondering, cool and cloudy, slight breeze wafting. The sun just parted a big pile of cumulus clouds and the blue sky showed his face. You can feel a slight change in the temperature with that one little window of sunshine open. The breeze is too soft to rustle the scuppernong…

Today was so pleasant. Lots of large fluffy bleached clouds, blinding white in the warm sunshine. I did a little cloud watching till the sky became overcast. Occasionally the clouds would break apart and the blue sky canvas would be revealed. A pleasant cool wind blew off and on all day, wind strong enough to…

Mother Nature beat on her kettle drums and woke me with her thunderous pounding this morning. Penelope scrambled off my bed and bolted up the stairs to her storm hiding place under Stew’s bed. I was too sleepy to get up and get the swing cushions off the porch. When I finally got up I…

Been thinking about my grandmothers all day. Have torn up the house looking for the only photo I have of my Grandmother McMurray. She’s holding my son Thomas on his first Christmas. He’s dressed in a red velvet bubble suit. I have several photos of my Grandmother Lane. Re-posting this blog ‘cause these memories comfort…

Delightful morning. Was 63 degrees when I sat down on the swing this morning. So pleasant eating breakfast. The sky was cerulean, so clear and cloud free. As the morning waked up, God drug his white pastel longways across the sky and changed the sky canvas’ color to pale blue. Later the sky turned a…

Today my porch swing is a tiny boat. The boat is nestled in the ocean waters of a beautiful rocky coast harbor town in New England. The breeze is easily moving the boat along, gently pinging the boat’s fog bells. The wind is calm enough to coax individual notes from the wind chimes hanging on…