Ponderings from the Porch Swing

Woke up yesterday at the crack of dawn with the grandchildren. Cloudy rainy looking skies but we made it to swim team practice. The skies were overcast and full of rain but nothing marred another beautiful day with the grandchildren. The sun wasn’t out but my heart was full of sunshine from the grandchildren. We…

Re-running one of my favorite blogs. This story always gets a good laugh and is a special memory. I’m beautifully exhausted from a grand day of grandmothering. New blog to follow tomorrow. Well, haven’t had time to do much porch sitting lately but have found time to get my pansies nestled in their pots. Been…

Today was a beautiful Father’s Day. We started the day off with blue sky and sunshine. We went to church and I enjoyed the service. Thomas’ family were ushers and the children enjoyed their duties. Our grandchildren love their daddy and gave him sweet homemade cards at breakfast. I loved my daddy and being the…

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…