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My son Alex and I were out for a walk at a local park. As we came around a bend in the path we saw that the tennis courts were filled with players. “I was never really good at tennis.” I pointed to the two on the court that were hitting the ball to oneContinue reading “TENNIS ANYONE?”

“Hey, I didn’t know we had a Rose of Sharon bush in our yard.” I was looking out our dining room window at its beautiful purple flowers that had just begun to bloom. “We don’t.” My husband Steven said as he came over to take a peek. “Well, would you look at that.” he laughed.Continue reading “NEIGHBORLY GIFT”

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”