Ponderings from the Porch Swing

Been searching for inspiration today and found a little spark in the first and last stanzas of Barry Cornwall’s poem, The Nights — Oh, the summer night has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne; whilst the sweet winds load her with garlands of odor, from the bud to the rose…

The sky is blazed with blueness today and the sun shines yellow and bright. The birds are happily feeding and singing and talking with their mates. Their musical score is a beautiful euphony of sounds and songs. Three squirrels discovered the feeders in the flower bed and were chowing down till I ran them off…

Been lazy all day, sitting on the porch swing watching the birds and reading a book. Saw the neighbor hawk fly by clutching a little creature in his talons. Didn’t look big enough to make much of a meal. All the songbirds left the feeders in hurry when he came by, guess they didn’t know…

The day was pretty, the sky dark blue and golden fingers of the sun warmed the day. I worked on my flower bed by the mailbox and filled the suet feeders up with new cakes. The big woodpeckers are still coming to the suet feeders. And the three little downy woodpeckers are still visiting together.…

Today I went with oldest sister-in-law to LaGrange to her cataract doctor. She drove there and I drove her home. Was a little apprehensive to ride with her after she had a fender bender on her own driveway, but after her promises of driving 45 miles and hour and being very, very careful, I got…

Opened my eyes this morning and I could see the beautiful blue sky, white fluffy clouds sketched on the blue sky canvas by Father Sky. The morning sun’s rays were filtering down through the bamboo canes so prettily. Another glorious day for me to make my own. I remembered a quote I read yesterday that…

Drove to Peachtree City this morning to visit the grandchildren and go to church with them. Went by Shady Oaks and was afraid they’d keep me if I stopped. Bertha, my Tahoe, wanted to drive in and check out the parking but I persevered and we kept going. The sky was cloudy, full of grays…

If you are a cloud and sky watcher like me we’ve seen a little of everything today. We’ve had blue skies with sunshine and white fluffy clouds and overcast skies and angry purple cloud skies and gentle rainfalls and heavy short lived rains. We’ve heard some thunderclaps and seen some lightning bolts. Father Sky has…

Today has just flown by, don’t know what I accomplished if anything. Oldest brother came by to tell me had taken his new puppy to vet brother for a checkup. He was talking about the dog like it was a grandchild. Good to see him so happy about something. We checked on my garden and…

So pretty today, bright and green and HOT when you’re putting pine straw around things. Can’t find my gardening gloves so it’s slow go with the pine straw. That stuff is prickly. I swear that raccoon that opened my plastic box of things on the porch several months ago stole them. I’ve always kept the…