Ponderings from the Porch Swing

Ate my breakfast in the swing again today. Only saw cardinals and doves and chickadees on the feeders. A tiny downy woodpecker spent time on the suet feeder. It was a female. She was dressed in her black and white checked tuxedo. She breakfasted on a suet feeder. She’s a beautiful little girl. Her boyfriend…

Beautiful day today. Saw the winter blue sky as I ate breakfast on the porch. Two turkey vultures were riding the wind. As the day progressed the sky got lighter and the pulled cotton boll clouds drifted by. The clouds look just like wisps of cotton that have been pulled from the cotton boll bracts.…

Last night I woke up to go to the bathroom at 2:30 AM and I heard the most beautiful singing from a bird perched in the bamboo forest in the backyard. I had the bathroom window open a few inches so I opened the window all the way so I could enjoy the singing while…

Beautiful porch swing day! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the wood thrush is bathing in the bird bath. All is well with my little world. Nature is bringing me peace today. That wood thrush is a thorough bather. His mother won’t have to check under his armpits. He almost splashed all the…

Sat on the porch this morning in the dreary drizzle and I heard a symphony of nature’s creation. Started listening to three distinct rain drips drumming out a pattern that mixed perfectly with a soft ringing of the wind chimes. As I relaxed and marveled at the symphony, two neighbors’ trash cart lids slammed down…

Started my day out in the swing on the porch this morning. Ate my bagel and cantaloupe watching the birds on the feeders. Dreary, depressing, cloudy day. Went for a walk with Penelope and watched a few squirrels running their circle laps around a big oak tree trunk. Ever watched squirrels run like this? They…

Sitting in the swing with a cloudy sky and Mother Nature’s wind. The sun is playing hide and seek with the clouds. The winds chimes are loudly playing their tunes. The vultures are very high today, floating on the wind currents. They don’t have to flap their wings. Still haven’t figured out why the buzzards…

Y’all the wind today is gusty and blustery. Love that word blustery! Another exquisite day on the porch swing. Penelope and I are letting the wind swing us. Sky isn’t winter dark blue today but light blue, pretty, with white fluffy clouds. The clouds are moving fast. The wind chimes are getting a good work…

Been sitting on the porch most of this beautiful day. Warmer in the yard than the house. It’s six o’clock and the porch is as pleasant as a spring day at dusk. Saw a beautiful sunset from my swing perch but when I went inside to get my camera the peak of colors had changed…

Another beautiful day. Mother Nature is still blowing her wind. Penelope and I sat in the yard in the sun today more than we did the porch. Oldest brother came by and he sat in the yard with us. He left his phone on the table in the yard when he left so I gave…