Outside

Thursday was a warm day, and since I knew some cold days were coming, I decided to sit outside in the sun and warmth.  In shorts.  In February! 

Macy brought a toy and came outside with me.

My accessories:  cell phone and current mystery novel.

 This is our sweet gum tree.  No leaves but some of the fruit is still hanging on.  It's not fruit in the "eating" sense, just the hard, prickly, interesting fruit of this species of tree.  My grandmother had one of these in her backyard and I remember how painful it was to walk over the sweet gum balls. 

 I watched the sun set.

 Noticed I need to refill the squirrel feeder with a new ear of dried corn.

 And the bird feeder needs a new supply as well.

 I spent some time just watching the clouds float on by.

 Until it was finally time to head inside, although I kept the door open with the screen across the doorway so I could listen to the frogs singing in the pond behind our home.

 Macy brought her toy back in.

 And eventually figured out there was a better way to hold it.