Summer...oh my gosh, it's summer

I don't know what your excuse is for not writing all the time but I can give you mine. It's this porch, yes a porch. I find myself making my way out there and enjoying the world around me.

It's where I realize how blessed I am to live in America. I love my flag that flows so beautifully in the wind. It tells me there is still hope, when things are appearing gloomy. That many have put their hand over their hearts and promised to protect. Wow, I don't know about you but it brings tears to my eyes.

I also looked at my hanging baskets, they are called patriotic red. Yummy, right up my ally. I could afford to buy them and all around me can enjoy them. I have air conditioning, to keep me cool when really hot outside and heat to keep me warm. This is truly a great place to live...America.

Bless all that travel through my little blog.

Carol

Winter Wonder Land

I often wonder why I can complain one day and love the next. Today the temps are in the high thirties. So I zipped up my coat, grabbed a cup of coffee and enjoyed the rocker on the front porch. The sun was shining so bright I had to close my eyes. And I pondered the garden with sprigs of green growth pushing their way through the ground.

No it was not going to happen this afternoon or even in a week but it would happen as it does every year. The ground would get warm, and God would bless us with life. I am always in ah of Him. What would life be like not believing? I really don't care what others say, I just think life is so much more valuable with that belief.

So, here I sit, with the sun melting my fears and pains. Dreaming of the coming season. Remembering how in September I would stand on the porch and proclaim without shame, "die plants die". Boy does that sound cruel. But that is what is nice about Minnesota. You move from hot summer days, lots of work in the garden, to fall where you enjoy the outdoors without having to tend to grass and weeds. Winter, sweat pants, shirts and light jackets are the call. You enjoy a blanket and a book by the fireplace. Then spring, wow, God goes to work again and your life becomes full of color and wonder. So, in closing, from my thoughts from the garden, life in Minnesota is once again in balance. Until the next storm. Smile.

God Bless all who wonder into my blog.

Carol