Ponderings from the Porch Swing

Drove up to visit the grandchildren in Peachtree City this morning. The sky was baby blue and cloudless. The drive was so pretty. I saw a jet, way high in the sky, the sun’s rays striking its silver wings in a flash of light. I was so mesmerized by the plane’s wings that I forgot…

Been distracted by chores and errands today and I didn’t get to enjoy the pretty day from my porch swing perch. I did watch the sky canvas, sketched spring blue and dotted with white wispy clouds, for a few moments, sitting in my purple yard chair while Penelope took a sunbath. The songbirds were happily…

The March wind is keeping me off the porch swing this morning. It’s just a little too cold. I guess I’m getting old as I approach my 69th birthday next week. The day has finally warmed up enough for me to ponder in the porch swing. It was cold this morning walking Penelope. Mother Nature’s…

From this day in 2024… The afternoon has been so pretty, a pale blue sky full of fat sun kissed clouds, their bellies lightly shaded grey, pushed around by the whispering and sometimes the roaring winds of March. The sun broke through mid-day and warmed up Mother Earth. I tried to ponder in the porch…

The day is as quiet as a country cathedral. No birds songs, no wind chimes’ tintinnabulations, just a southern Sunday morning quietly waking, warming up in the sunshine. Just as I get comfortable in the swing, a lonely train whistle wails loudly, bursting through the quiet, clickety clacking down the iron rails of the track,…

Been sitting in the porch swing most of the day. Guess I’m a certified porch potato now. The sky has been cornflower blue all day, cloudless and clear, the sun hot on my cheeks when her rays reach the porch mid-day. A cool breeze has pinged the wind chimes, adding bell solos to the songbird…

Played porch tag with the porch swings all day. Sat in one swing, too hot with my sweater on. Sat in other swing, too cold without my sweater. I felt like Goldilocks with her bowl of porridge. The day was so pretty, warm sun beaming from a blue sky canvas dotted with fluffy clouds. Had…

Can’t remember the last time I watched the sun rise, guess it was when I was driving to work in Alexander City in 2021. I’d leave around 4:30 AM and I’d see the sun awaken the day each morning before I got to work. The sunrise colors are so glorious. The sun rises in the…

Father Sky sketched a pale blue sky canvas this morning and rubbed his white pastel across the sky filling the heavens with thin white clouds. The songbirds were scarce today. I could hear their beautiful symphonies but the birds didn’t venture into the yard till late afternoon. I’m just amazed by the number of cardinals…

I sat and watched the birds this morning as I perched in my purple yard chair. Was a little too cool in the shade of the porch swing. I wonder why I haven’t seen a robin this year. Folklore says the robins brought fire from heaven so maybe they warm the earth, waking her for…