Ponderings from the Porch Swing

Both of my day camp girls were here today. We cooked cinnamon rolls and bacon for breakfast and ate in the lady den. Actually I ate perched in the swing and they happily had breakfast in the lady den on their trays. We piddled the morning away laughing at silly songs and decided to get…

Today was another wondrous day for a grandmother and a little granddaughter. We got our breakfast of bagels and muffins and fruit and headed to the porch to perch in the swings and watch the birds. She made the muffins by herself but was traumatized by my Mason jar measuring cup. All old Mason jars…

Today was a beautiful day with a few sprinkles of rain every so often but that didn’t dampen the fun at my house. My little Patty day campers and I had another happy day full of fun and laughter. We ate cinnamon buns for breakfast on the porch. We played Scrabble, one of us had…

Today was a beautiful day, blue sky, bright sunshine. Father Sky sketched blue and white and grey and purple clouds, layering them upon each other. The colors of the clouds were stacked like a paint chip card. It rained in the sunshine late afternoon and my granddaughter ran to the window and said, “It’s raining,…

A loving family is such a gift from heaven and I’m blessed with one. My three brothers and I and our children gathered together Saturday at baby brother’s farm to celebrate the beginning of summer. We call it the McMurray Fam Jam, been doing this for about ten years. We had the best time. We’re…

From my archives — Perched in the swing all day thinking I needed to get up and do a few chores but being retired I selfishly decide it’s okay to bird watch the day away waiting for the sunset to send me in the house. The male red-breasted grosbeak came back to my bird buffet…

From my archives but so relevant for today — Today was beauteous! The epitome of a Southern summer day, hot and humid, deep blue sky, occasional clouds, enough clouds for the sun to paint a raspberry and turquoise sunset. I ate a Mrs. B biscuit in the swing and the cardinals joined me on the…

Ate my breakfast this morning sitting in the swing watching two mocking birds chasing a turkey buzzard around the yard next door. The buzzard was flying close to the ground and the mocking birds were hot on his tail feathers. I wondered if the buzzard was crippled. Once they headed across the street I lost…

Today was a beautiful day in so many ways. It was my baby’s 34th birthday. I’m getting old and he’s getting older. That little 4 pound, emergency C-section baby, is a lumberjack of a man now. Hard to believe 34 years have passed since his birth. And where did they go? One of my cousins…

Today was another glorious day…hot like summer is supposed to be but that just makes the sweet ice tea in the Mason jar that much sweeter. Sat on the swing perch and ate my breakfast bagel and drank my coffee and watched the cardinals and purple finches frolicking around the bird feeders. Got to get…