Through The Front Picture Window

Love, laughter, tears, hope Memories intense, hazy Family and friends

Strong feelings matter Let your voice not be silent Change flows from the heart The heart speaks volumes Speak, sing, write, communicate Those who need to, hear!

Sunrises, sunsets, sunlit beaches, sparkling lakes and streams, early morning dew on the lawn, riotous colored flower gardens Clear moonlit star spangled nights, soft winds singing through wind chimes,  street lights and porch lights glowing in the dark Lightning bugs glistening in the lawn and in the trees, heat lightning, sun reflecting off new snow, sun shinning through a frosted pane of glass Rainbows at the end of storms, neighbors helping neighbors, winter blue skys over the ocean, cardinals, hummingbirds and butterflies Finding someone  who loves you, an engagement ring, a wedding, a baby's smile, friends who lift your spirits during hard times and times of celebration Art, music and dance, an innocent loving soul, a well written poem or story, good triumphing over evil, the love of a pet for their human. Love.

Pretty little May left with a monster of a throw down Our neighborhood of older trees had branches and limbs broken and blown down. The storm came with hard blinding rain It came with whirlwinds I hope to never see again Streets were blocked with trees and debris Some utility poles came down and there was a fire up  in our neighbor's tree A limb was hanging on their electrical wires sparking a fire After several frantic complaints and calls the power was cut and calmed the wires A few hours of inconvenience was preferable to going up in flames If I hadn't complained about it to 911 six times we would have been the ones to blame People kept knocking on our door complaining about the electrical fire It didn't matter it wasn't our yard, people came to us to do what was required In the end, neighbors pulled together to clear tree limbs and branches out of the  streets Delmarva and tree service companies replaced poles and cut away trees which was no small...

James, William called Specks, Charles, and John Fought in the"Great War" and now are gone Two in the Army, a Paratrooper and a Marine All four came home from places where life was brutal in the extreme Four families were raised, some close some farther away The war was rarely if ever spoken about at home in those bygone days My father was James, and only in his last months here on earth Did he speak about the beach where men died with eyes open wide while on their rifles they were perched War heroes die on the battlefield every day Some here in our streets and some in countries far away War on crime or war overseas There are people in uniform protecting you and me James and his brothers are just a handful of men That served their country when it needed them So I put out four flags every Memorial Day A small salute for a debt that can't be repaid

Returning home from my weekly women's breakfast and what do I see? A heating and plumbing truck blocking my driveway and it wasn't for me! I honked my horn and waited patiently As it finally  moved out of the way and I was free To pull into my driveway and I hoped they'd stay away but it wasn't to be. When I came out an hour later to go shopping my driveway again wasn't clear and free. The same truck was blocking it and this time they almost wouldn't move for me. I expressed my displeasure at where they chose to be and, If they did it again I would cause trouble, believe you me! Upon my return they were nowhere that I could see. The end of my driveway was clear and free. That made a much more relaxed and happier me.