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…

This morning the sky was the bluest of blues with not a cloud on the sky’s pulchritudinous canvas. The cardinals were enjoying the feeders with the occasional downy woodpecker hanging upside down eating from the suet basket. I saw a little wren, not very old. He was a skinny juvenile and didn’t have the rounded…

Beautiful quiet morning today. Only cardinals flitting around. I slept later than usual and ate a late breakfast on the porch pondering in the swing. I could smell the gardenias blooming beside the porch banister. Chief rooted the bush from a bloom he picked one Sunday at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church here in Roanoke. Had…

Another pretty morning for porch pondering. Bright clear sunshine. Delicate blue sky with lots of clouds. Made me remember all the summer mornings I’d race out of the house and hop on my bicycle. Just felt and smelled like a summer day from my childhood. The clouds have been so interesting lately. They come and…

Ate breakfast on the porch this morning. The sky was dark blue and cloudless, a serene endless blue canvas. The sun was gleaming and waking up Mother Nature and her critters. Another beautiful day in the making with just a slight breeze to make porch sitting pleasant. The birds were slow to the feeders so…

Such a pretty pleasant day it is. Bright clear sunshine. A few Clorox white clouds hung on the sky’s clothesline. Cool breeze, just strong enough to coax a quiet yard symphony from the wind chimes. Was thinking if it’s this beautiful here on Earth it must be glorious in heaven this morning. Chief always said…

Another glorious day compliments of Mother Nature and God. Dark cerulean blue sky with ethereal chiffon clouds, fat and fluffy. Lots of birds singing. Sun so bright I needed sunglasses to sit on the porch. The sun was accenting all the different greens in the yards and trees lining the horizon. The kind of sun…

This morning was perfectly beautiful. I use that word too much but there’s just not another word. Maybe I should write the morning was splendid with an arctic blue sky and lines of thin soft-hued white clouds stretched across the horizon. The sun was shining on the neighborhood’s freshly cut lawns making them sparkle with…

“Cherish every single day you have left because tomorrow is never promised,”— Cody Bret. This is certainly true and I have experienced several tomorrows that unexpectedly didn’t come for my loved ones. I know my readers are tired to reading about Chief and Rosie but sometimes the words just pour out and I can’t stop…

Had company all day today, my great-niece spent the day with me. She came early and brought me and Stew bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits. We enjoyed them and we enjoyed having her with us. We took Penelope for two long walks in new territory where there were lots of new smells to sniff. Penelope…