Ponderings from the Porch Swing

Today was another day of deer watching. Ashley and I ate breakfast watching a small heard of seven deer leisurely walking down a path through the woods behind their house. Their dog Magnolia just sat on the top step of their back porch and watched the parade with us. The sky is gray and cloudy.…

Drove to Fayetteville today to visit my grandchildren for a few days. Just when I drove up their driveway the sun burst through the clouds. Needed that sunshine after the scary storms last night. I see pretty blue sky and white bleached clouds. I can hear birds singing but haven’t seen any yet. Handley is…

Did not sit on the porch today till mid afternoon. Would have washed away like the pollen during the early morning storms. Mother Nature was really showing off with her lightning bolt and thunder skills. She waked me with her lightning bolts. Looked outside this morning and a few cardinals were happily eating from the…

Sat on the porch last night after supper. Was enjoying watching a flock of eight male cardinals and their mates on the feeders. These cardinals always come at dusk and feed till almost dark. I think the goldfinches incessant noisy chattering gets on their nerves. They visit the feeders with the goldfinches during the daytime…

Beautiful day today! The sun is as bright and warm as a mid summer day. Little cotton puffs of clouds are moving quickly through the light blue sky. The wind is conducting a wind chime symphony. Penelope is sleeping in the sunshine, on her back, legs in the air. We haven’t seen our chubby little…

Another beautiful day with blue skies and lots of bird songs. Got hot, too. Hate to complain of the heat this early in the season. Sun ran me out of both swings and into a chair that was in the shade. Had to move Penelope’s pen in the shade, too. She’s been after the fat…

Sat outside the WHOLE day today. Loved every minute of it. That’s the beauty of retirement to me. No agenda, just let the day plan itself. Love laying my head on the pillow at night time and knowing tomorrow is anything I want it to be. Ate breakfast and lunch in the swing. Watched the…

Sat outside in the yard in my purple chair for a long time today. My grass had its first mowing this morning and the air was full of birds chirping and squabbling around the feeders. So pleasant to be sitting in the sunshine, reading the newspaper on this first day of spring. Penelope enjoyed her…

Sat outside this afternoon. The sun was warm on my face in the swing. Penelope took a siesta in her playpen. The sky was a pretty clear blue. Just a few pastel stick swipes of white clouds. The gluttonous, beautiful goldfinches are cleaning out the feeders as fast as I fill them up. I don’t…

Today was an absolutely beautiful day. The sky was a dark blue. Cold and crisp. I picked steel from the color chart for today’s blue color. No clouds till late afternoon. All the trees have almost leafed out so that changed my horizon view, no dark branchy shapes of the trees during the sunset. Sat…