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I was cleaning up the dishes from dinner when my son Alex came in from the back porch. “A thunderstorm’s rolling in.” he said. I peeked out the kitchen window and saw that the sky was already getting dark. “I’ll be right out!” I cried as I wiped my hands on a dishtowel and reachedContinue reading “A GOOD THUNDERSTORM”

I looked out my kitchen window and noticed something on one of the large oak trees in our back yard. It was about 50 feet up and scurrying around the trunk. “What is that?” I asked my son Alex as he came into the room. He came over next to me and looked out theContinue reading “RAINING PEANUTS”

My son Alex and I were sitting on our back deck when I leaned over to one of my pots of daylilies to move a vine of creeping jenny that had wrapped itself around one of the bright orange petals. “Aren’t they beautiful?” I asked. Alex looked over and nodded. “They really have popped!” “I’mContinue reading “SUMMER’S HERE”

The tree service was going to be coming soon, so my husband Steven and I were standing in the back yard trying to decide which trees needed to be trimmed and which ones needed to be removed. “There’s some dead branches in that one.” I said as I pointed up into the huge oak tree.Continue reading “HUMMINGBIRD TREE”

I was in my bedroom, putting away the laundry when I noticed a small travel size container of hand sanitizer sitting on top of my jewelry box. I picked it up and went into the hallway. My son Alex was coming out of his room and I held up the container. “Do you know whereContinue reading “SMALL GIFT”

I walked into the living where my husband Steven was sitting on the couch reading the newspaper. “Morning!” I said as I walked by him. “How’d you sleep?” Steven looked up and seemed surprised. “Where are you going?” he asked. I shook my head. “No where. Why do you ask?” Steven pointed to my head.Continue reading “WHERE ARE YOU GOING?”

I live in the state of New Jersey so, when our Governor got on the television the other day and said we could finally go to the beach I was estatic. “The beaches are open! The beaches are open!” I cried out as I ran to my son Alex’s room and began knocking on hisContinue reading “THE BEACHES ARE OPEN”

I was walking into the kitchen when the light through the back door showed some dust bunnies tumbling past the refrigerator. “Oh, come on!” I cried as I went to the front hall closet to get the broom and dust pan. I began sweeping the dust bunnies into a pile when I noticed more dirtContinue reading “CORONA CLEANING”

Our doorbell rang and I could see the delivery person leaving a box on our steps. I waited a few pandemic seconds before I opened the door and called “Thank you!” and dragged the box into the house. Reaching for the can of Lysol that now had a permanent home on the floor next toContinue reading “BIRDER BEGINNER”

I’d just finished cleaning up after breakfast and was sitting on the couch staring out the front window. “I can’t believe we just did another week of sitting inside waiting for this pandemic to end.” I sighed as my son Alex came over to the couch to sit down. “It flew by didn’t it?” heContinue reading “MR. SUNSHINE”