Ponderings from the Porch Swing

“In the stillness of rain, the soul finds peace, a moment to breathe, and a chance to remember all the beauty in simplicity,” Malcolm Calnan. What a beautiful way to describe a rainy day. I love a rainy day. I’m sitting in my lady den, watching the trees and bamboo take their silver showers. The…

The sky today was a tapestry of colors and cloud shapes, changing from a blue sunny sky to a cloudy overcast sky swirled with gray and purple clouds. My neighborhood has been joyfully quiet all day, the air full of the songbirds’ singing. A big fat wren sat on the bannisters this morning trying to…

The day is waking in all her glory. The birds are singing and flittering all over my yard, the scampering squirrels are stealing sunflower seeds from the bird feeders, and the buzzards are climbing the wind current staircases. Another day spins with its blue sky and warm sunshine. I’m perched in the swing drinking coffee…

The sky is beautifully overcast today in the colors of pewter and silver and slate colored grays. Ralph Waldo Emerson says, “The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” I agree and the overcast skies are just as beautiful to me as the deep blue skies of sunny days. The cloudy sky hasn’t muted…

“The month of May is the gateway to summer,” Jean Hursey. Today was a study in the coming summer. Bright blue sky with a thin layer of bridal veil clouds, stretched across the sky canvas, sketched by Father Sky’s white pastels. One lone turkey buzzard was riding the spiral staircase of the wind currents, winding…

Another picture perfect spring day. Father Sky sketched his deep blue sky with lots of white clouds. The bright sun warmed up the landscape, waking all the birds to sing their love songs. I think I heard them singing the chorus to His Eye is on the Sparrow — “I sing because I’m happy, I…

Today is so pretty in its spring dressings. Looks like a page from a children’s picture book. I can see a glimpse of heaven in the sky today. The magnolia leaves are sparkling in the sunshine when the breeze shifts them on the branches. The sky is azure blue, sketched full of fluffy round clouds,…

A glorious thunderstorm is playing out now in the day’s gloaming. Mother Nature opened the flood gates, the clouds rolled in dark and purple, the wind bent the trees, and the life giving rain fell from heaven. I love a spring thunderstorm when the windows are open, all the thunder booms and rain symphonies can…

Today was clean off the porch day. The corners were full of leaves and clutter. I have decided I am not a hoarder, I’m a devoted clutterer! Found things in the leaf piles I didn’t know were missing. Thank goodness for leaf blowers! Did not see Balthazar, the big king snake in the leaves, so…

The porch is so pleasant this morning. The sun is hiding under her quilted cloud covers of grays and whites and blues and purples. Occasionally I hear the drumbeat of intermittent rain drops on the purple yard chair. The birds are cheerful and singing happily, their symphonies heard all over the neighborhood. I need to…