Thursday, September 9, 2010

Sweet Peas and a Porch

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A fabulous bushy growth of Sweet Peas lives out front, only two steps down from my front door. All I ever did to create this flower bed was drop the seeds in the ground, cover them with quality soil and water them. Year after year I've been blessed with this beauty. I have yearned for a small porch on the front of the house for an insanely long time. That, however is one thing on the long list of what I think should be done to this old grumpy granny house. My heart is full of pretty ideas; nothing fancy, just pretty. A porch would enable me to sit outside, yet protected from the "elements", and I could have some of those Sweet Peas growing in pots on the porch. Wow, all of a sudden I'm sounding like an old lady wanting to putter around, protected from whatever might bother me; not only weather but bugs and other pesky intruders! I'm not old, really. Just ready to have some quiet time and privacy in a beautiful little spot, as long as I'm stuck here in this little town far away from my beloved ocean.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Looking Away

Watching people is something I sort of enjoy. There are moments, however, when the people around me are just too much for my eyeballs (and the feelings within) to take in. So I find myself looking away rather than AT. If a cute baby is in my sight range, I gaze admiringly. Beautiful people are easy to look at. My husband has amazing self control when beautiful women come along. He has programmed himself to look away. And he looks AT me...which is what I yearn for. His loving, admiring attention is what I appreciate and need. Yes, I said NEED. So many women today claim they don't need a man to make them happy. Well, fine, be that way. I'm a GIRL and I fell in love (over a few months' time) with this gorgeous, sleek hunk of a guy. I need him and he needs me. That's God's design.