I use to enjoy posting photos of  front porches I would see on my walks.    Now I have a theme for Fridays.  

I had trouble for about three days getting into my own blog and other blogs.  I was getting blocked and for some reason I thought it started happening after my last post...thinking it was something that got into my computer.  I ended up deleting the last post and it just happened to coincide with others blogs that I couldn't get into either ...shorter version it was a blogger problem.  

I'm doing whatever I can to get my inspiration back for sketching.  

Hope your weekend ahead is one with good weather and good food, good health and generally good all over.  Mine will be fun because the sun will be out and it will be the beginning of hopefully lots of hiking and visiting some areas down where I use to live, to enjoy walking along some trails down there and combine that with a visit to see my new little granddaughter who is now 4 months.

This porch appealed to me because of the old mail box in front and the plants.  This was from a walk in Redlands, Ca awhile back.

 I am a big nature lover.  I didn't know how big until I moved to the mountains.  At my long time house I knew I loved to be outside working in the yard but I also had kids, their friends and my medical transcription job I did at home.  So in those years of working I knew I preferred working outside rather than in the house cooking etc.  In fact, I would rather clean toilets than cook, although I had to cook and was ok at it.  

But we move to the mountains and I could hardly stay inside in the first 8 years or so.  I would go over to our local lake, a few blocks away. with  bird food and sit on the ground and invite them to come in and "talk".  There was one tree where all the coots would run up to me when I got near it so I called it the gathering place.   I know they enjoyed the peanuts more than the conversation but I enjoyed just sitting there and asking them about their day. 

The world has gone so crazy that I'm glad i have this connection to nature as it really soothes the mind and heart.  I hope you all have a way to relax and enjoy whatever it is you do to find peace.