In the gray and gloom of yesterday, I was very glad I had taken the time to snap these few shots of the gorgeous blue sky we’d had the day before.
When I emerged from Bible study on Monday, the patch of sky over the church was that rare bluest-blue—so bright it fairly glows, so rich [...]
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8 Oct
Blue Skies
6 Oct
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for 10/6/08
Hello Friends! Is it just me, or did last week seem really long? Anyway, it’s Monday once more, and time for The Simple Woman’s Daybook, hosted by Peggy. Seems like this is the mainstay of my blogging these days…..oh well!
Outside My Window…Pitch black, hopefully cool! The back porch garden is in severe need of watering—that’s [...]
1 Oct
On the First of October
Don’t you just love October? Especially if you live in the American South, like I do, this is the time of year when the weather begins to cool. One of the best things in the world is being able to sleep with the windows open, and this is the time, after a long, hot summer, [...]
26 Sep
Sunrise
A friend asked for more pictures to help her “place” me in my world here at Echowood. For you, dear heart, and for anyone else who cares—here is the view from my back porch every morning at sunrise. (I took these shots yesterday, shortly after 7:30 a.m.)
Why are these things always so much lovelier in [...]
4 Sep
Every Time It Rains
I’m telling you, even a sprinkle around here causes the trees to fall apart. So you can imagine what it’s like when we have real rain.
This past Monday (Labor Day), the whole family went out to clean up the mess of sticks, branches, and pine boughs thrown from the trees by the winds and [...]
27 Aug
One Thing ‘Fay’ Did…
Was knock down this tree in our yard. More like, “pull it out by the roots,” actually. It knocked over the fence and fell straight across our neighbor’s swimming pool. Amazingly, it was just short enough that it didn’t hit their house—just sort of “brushed” it. (This tree is bigger than [...]
25 Aug
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for Monday, August 25, 2008
Outside My Window…Tropical Storm Fay has left a complete mess in its wake. Our yard is a disaster—branches down, whole trees down (pictures to follow in a later post). Technically, it’s over. But it isn’t over. Even as I type this, the sky is dark. It’s thundering again—we already had [...]
18 Aug
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for Monday, August 18, 2008
Outside my window…It’s gray and drizzly. Tropical Storm Fay “might could” (as they say in North Carolina) hit us later this week.
I am thinking…About giving up the Internet—shutting down this blog, closing my e-mail account. The web can be both a blessing and a curse. One makes friends and wastes time, receives [...]
17 Aug
Time for Hibiscus
The hibiscus are in bloom!
There are so many different varieties of this flowering plant. In Texas, we had a couple near our living room window. They would die every fall and grow back up from the ground every summer, producing enormous red-orange blooms. Here at Echowood, we have four “trees” of hibiscus [...]
11 Aug
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for Monday, August 11, 2008
Outside My Window…The sun is rising on another blue-sky day (and I imagine it will be a hot one!). The squirrels, cardinals, and bluejays that normally frequent our yard aren’t around yet—perhaps they’re making the rounds and are still over at the neighbors’! I see I have a bunch of cherry tomatoes to [...]
