Ponderings from the Porch Swing

Been porch pondering in the porch swing today under a homemade vanilla ice cream colored overcast sky, non descriptive, no layers of grey or blue. Mid-day the cloud cover gave a little space for the blue sky to peek through but not long enough for the sun to show herself. I watched a few layers…

Perched in the porch swing, I’ve been studying the sky but I can’t differentiate any colors except the overcast dull white clouds. Searching for the perfect color word for the white color I see but can’t find the word I’m thinking. It’s not ivory, not vanilla, Swiss chocolate might be the perfect word. There was…

Today was busy, busy all day long. I’ve been running hither and thither all morning tending to groceries and chores. Haven’t had time to watch the birds or ponder on the meaning of life, no time for thoughts on my words for tonight. The chalky white overcast sky parted mid-afternoon and let patches of the…

As I watched a flock of purple finches fight the cardinals for the perches on the bird feeders outside the lady den windows this morning, I thought of a quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson, “Nothing in nature is unbeautiful.” God created nature and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I was trying to…

Man, today has been a day! Been so busy and so crazy I haven’t even glanced at the sky. Took a good look when I walked Penelope close to dusk and the overcast skies were full of see through smoky thin clouds in colors of gunmetal, slate, and oxford grey, floating quickly across the horizon…

The wind y’all, oh my goodness, how it blows today. Guess the wart hog needed to lose a few more hairs! Love this quote, just stumbled upon it. “God provides the wind, man must raise the sails,” Augustine. You want to get anywhere on the sailboat of life, you better open your self to God…

The wind would blow the hairs off a wart hog’s back today. The wind chimes are banging and clanging, the bamboos are bending down to touch their toes, the old oaks are shedding small branches. A good size oak limb fell in the side yard, just missing my car and landing partly in the dump…

Blue sky every where I look today, perfect periwinkle sky, clear and sunny. Nothing to mar the blue sky canvas but a few crows and a few buzzards flying around warming their wing feathers in the bright sun. Kinda like a spring morning with a winter cool breeze. The wind has been strong at times…

Drove home today from Peachtree City under a beautiful clear blue sky with lots of sun kissed clouds sailing across the horizon. For several miles I drove toward a huge cloud that looked just like a songbird sitting in its nest. The cloud was huge and I could see the birds’ feathered head, its eyes,…

Father Sky sketched a beautiful azure blue sky for the grandchildren’s soccer games this morning. Riding the cold brisk winds over the soccer fields were 12 vultures, two hawks, and four Canadian geese. A flock of goldfinches graced us with their presence and flew across the fluffy clouded sky after chattering in the trees behind…