Ponderings from the Porch Swing

Ever had a day so glorious you just can’t soak it all in and you’re still covered in golden family fairy dust at bedtime? I’m sitting in the lady den, snug in my feeted pajamas, (yeah it’s warm outside but it’s cold in my house) watching my little fireplace heater logs thinking of all the…

Another melted vanilla ice cream sky courtesy of Father Sky’s pastels, so pretty with all the cloud layers pooling together, gray and blues and whites. I’m sitting on the back porch of my niece’s family home high up in the Randolph County hills looking at the mountains so beautiful in their colors subdued by the…

Today has been a glorious day! The sky was pale ocean blue, a few blue spaces sketched with thin blades of white clouds, their bellies cigar smoke gray. They day began cool but the sun warmed the earth as I sat perched in the porch swing watching the songbirds on the feeders. Titmice and chickadees…

Today was a beautiful day of overcast clouds gathered in cigar smoke grays. After sunset the sky was a canvas of deep purples, so beautiful in their different watercolored brush strokes. I missed the pageant of sunset but I know it was glorious. Picked up Penelope this morning from middle brother’s vet clinic. She’s jealous…

I watched my grandchildren motor away mid-morning and as their car pulled away a small patch of blue sky opened in the overcast sky and I thought to myself, Chief and Rosie are looking down and giving safe travels to Thomas and his family. Our family Christmas dinner could not have been more glorious. The…

Well, we had our McMurray family dinner tonight, delicious food and a smorgasbord of desserts. Lot of cheerful laugher and happy conversations around the six dining tables. The children were so happy and full of Christmas excitement. It’s been another beautiful day. Was too excited myself to gaze at the sunset. I don’t even know…

Another blue sky December day, but beautiful in its understated colors. I drove to LaGrange this morning trying to decide the color of pastels Father Sky sketched with. The color made me think of our ducks’ eggs years ago, a muted grayish blue sometimes with a green tint. My oldest son sold his duck eggs…

I’m happily worn out from cooking and cleaning and setting places for 43 for my family’s Christmas dinner on Saturday. Tomorrow I’ll be making a caramel cake and a pecan pie and cooking the collards. I’ll make a quick trip to LaGrange to pick up the shrimp. Got a big ham in the fridge, too.…

Beautiful day…cornflower blue sky, white clouds riding low on the horizon, wisp clouds stretching out in the high sky, a few jet contrails mixed in with the clouds. I have ten thousand chores to do but I’m going to just sit in swing a little while and soak up this glorious day the Lord hath…

The sky was so beautifully blue today, cloudless and clear. I sat on the porch and watched a few birds on the feeders, enjoying the warmth from the soul soothing sunshine. The water in the bird baths was frozen solid, so pretty, looked like ice flowers as the water had frozen following the curved pattern…