Welcome!

Welcome to my blog, Pine Trees & Random Morning Glories!  I am excited to start this now although I have been thinking about it for months.  I chose this name for my blog because I have lived most of my life under and around majestic pine trees.  I love pine trees, but random morning glories that appear in odd places make me smile.  On my daily walk, showy, white morning glories pop out in the most unusual places, like unexpected blessings. 

My morning walk with my dog Presley is my time to turn off and tune out.  I walk without a cell phone or music in order to enjoy my surroundings.  I listen to the sounds of nature while I mull over my latest writing or my latest read.  I don't like to talk, other than to my dog, so I am a solitary walker in the mornings.  I wave and greet my neighbors, but other than discussing the weather, the latest deer sightings, or Presley,  we do not dawdle. 

It was on my daily walk that I discovered the random morning glories.  Early this past spring, I noticed something white along the asphalt road.  I assumed it was trash as this woodsy area is a late night parking and what-have-you spot.  There are no houses close to this stretch of road.  Litter is dumped out with no respect to the surroundings.  As I approached the lone, white item embedded among grass and weeds, I realized it was a single, white morning glory blossom straining toward the spring sunshine.  I smiled.

I hope you will continue to read my blogs and let me know what you think.  I am an aspiring author, trying to get my novel published.  It is still a work in progress, according my one of my first readers, so I will be working on it while writing my next story as well as this blog.  Also, I am about to start a part-time job, the first time in years I have worked for someone other than myself.  And, my sweetie pie and I still have our own antique business.  Whew! Better go for now...