My new morning ritual....

As my black Cuban coffee brews in the expresso machine (with three balsam apple leaves atop the grounds) and Cracker romps in my neighbor Theresa's yard behind me, I feast on ripening "Gray Street Grapes" while picking up ripe Jamaican Cherries off the mulch and relishing them too. Once back inside.....three cups of nice black bitter coffee while checking e-mail, FaceBook and weather forecasts. What a good simple life I lead!