Ponderings from the Porch Swing

Today was so pretty, clean blue sky, blushed with thin wisps of frail clouds. The sun was working overtime getting temperatures up in the mid-seventies. The breeze blew just strong enough to ping the wind chimes softly and knock the loose acorns off their branches. An acorn fell from my old water oak and hit…

Today was a glorious fall day. William Cullen describes it best, “Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile.” The sky was one big blue grin, cloudless, sparkling in the sunshine. I sat in the swing to watch the songbirds a little while before I did some much needed chores but the day’s beauty rooted me to the…

The most wonderful thing about retirement to me is laying my head down at night and knowing tomorrow has no agenda. The day is mine and I can choose to make the most of every moment. I had a wonderful day today. I’m so grateful for the life I have, my friends and family, my…

Henry David Thoreau said, “An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” I was greeted by a glorious morning as I took Penelope on her first walk of the day and have been blessed with a beautiful Sunday. Mother Nature is blowing the bamboo around this morning, rustling their slender branches, fanning…

Today was oldest sister-in-law’s birthday. Her daughter carried us to LaGrange to eat lunch as a birthday treat. We laughed and chowed down at Longhorn, bought beautiful pansies at Home Depot, shopped around in TJ Maxx and ate DQ Blizzards on the way home. I had the best time and I’m grateful for the loving…

Today was so pretty, a fall morning of serendipity. Father Sky sketched a deep blue sky canvas and Mother Nature pulled her cotton bolls apart and flung the pieces in the sky, dotting the sky canvas with clouds bright white and cigar smoke gray. The sun was yellow and warm in the day’s cool. A…

Woke up at 5 AM this morning to a honking goose on the foot of my bed. Penelope was coughing loudly, a perfect impersonation of a Canadian goose. Reminds me of when my babies had the croup. I could not go back to sleep so I just got up for the day. Took her to…

The much needed rain is falling but it’s a beautiful day to me because I have the sun in my heart. I’m sitting in my reading chair watching nature’s silver tears bring life back to my parched landscape. The sky is a bowl of melted vanilla ice cream swirled with grays and occasional pops of…

I’m so grateful I can still look at the world through a child’s eyes. The eyes of children are always full of wonder at the Lord’s creations, excited to be alive with life, knowing there is magic to be found. It’s so hard to hold on to the magic of childhood as the responsibilities of…

Drove home from Alexander City this morning under a vanilla overcast cigar smoke sky, clouds gathered together in grays and purples, spitting a heavy drizzle on my windshield. The trees decided to button up their colorful fall cardigans this weekend and I enjoyed all their glorious colors as I motored home. I was thanking God…