tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52344850900957377842024-03-05T06:38:51.533-06:00Southern Comforts & Conversations From the Back Porch✿⁀⋱‿”˜ƸӜƷ˜”‿.•⁀❀⁀⋱‿✻‿.•⁀✿
Pull up a chair, kick off your shoes and sit for a while on the Back Porch. Ponder the sites, chew on the words and laugh if the feeling moves you. Savor the cool breeze, enjoy the smell of sweet olive, jasmine and fresh cut grass. Join us for a tall glass of ice cold sweet tea. ✿⁀⋱‿✻‿.•⁀❀”˜ƸӜƷ˜”❀⁀⋱‿✻‿.•⁀✿
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-61595192818291205872015-01-21T17:22:00.001-06:002015-01-21T17:22:31.178-06:00GoldenThe sky is golden and painted with twigs, like fingers on branches of the trees. A few leaves remain, stuck... too late to fall before the final freezes of the season.<br />
The squirrels are from leapng in the trees. Jerking and jumping and squeaking and cackling. They know a freeze is coming and they are preparing. Jan 21 was mild, winter is returning<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-12923928770184401312014-12-26T15:39:00.002-06:002015-01-16T10:33:26.106-06:00Low sixties and down from a breeze....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I'm in the yard watching the clouds roll by.<br />
Low sixties and down from a breeze....<br />
I'm sitting on a picnic table near the creek.<br />
A loud chickadee is either singing to me or scolding me I haven't decided which.<br />
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The pool is full from last week's rains.<br />
The day is mild, typically southern.<br />
A wet weather system is supposed to be blowing in later tonight. Another 3 to 6 inches of rain to be dribbled and poured onto the wet, winter earth surrounding my house on the northshore of Lake Pontchartrain<br />
Christmas came and went bringing the family near as it should be. Good food, memories and plans for the future.<br />
Narcissus bulbs planted and a few loads of clothes fluff and folded aleady.<br />
The sun screams as it breaks through the clouds ever so strongly but breifly.<br />
Life is good and full.<br />
Animals are singing announcing themselves.<br />
The wind rustles in the cat tails and scoots up the trees all the way to the top of the leaves. The loosest leaves dangle gently vibrating like a blanket listing on the air. Listen hard and imagine you can hear their ringing like little Tibetan temple bells.<br />
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Lazy December (last work day off) kind of Day.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-76889733782794775702014-12-21T01:21:00.004-06:002014-12-21T01:21:58.363-06:00How did it get so late so soon? ~ Dr. Seuss<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-70791049326028835862014-12-14T14:35:00.001-06:002014-12-14T14:35:47.851-06:00hints of Christmas Gumbo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-72053943290223775602014-11-30T09:42:00.002-06:002014-11-30T09:43:25.885-06:00Sunday MorningsSunday mornings are best begun with long deep yawns and a cup of coffee... <br />
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with chicory.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-62540204034524337322014-11-28T21:30:00.001-06:002014-11-28T21:30:07.063-06:00 The Day After Thanksgiving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm on the back porch.<br />
It's 58 degrees.<br />
The sun is in my eyes and I feel warm on my cheeks.<br />
Glorious day after Thanksgiving.<br />
The leaves fall as the breeze picks up. Squirrels and birds are speaking ~ trying get this Sun while they can.<br />
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Slowly I'm feeling some of that tension beneath my right shoulder blade loosen up. The wind chimes rocking back and forth. Kindly and slowly.<br />
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So glad the weekend is here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-22772295770101286792014-11-28T19:40:00.001-06:002014-11-28T21:24:54.190-06:00A moment of silence in honor of shrimp merliton casserole.This year a series of unfortunate events changed our Thanksgiving plans. Instead of a family holiday in the mountains, we found ourselves at home with a gutted kitchen unable to host the annual family gathering. Thankfully my brother and sister-in-law had her family and ours for Thanksgiving at their waterfront home on Lake Pontchartrain.<br />
Thank goodness I shopped on line earlier in the week because the Honeybaked ham store was packed. Once I went through the cattleline I had the preordered ham with a bone in hand.<br />
A ham with a bone is a southern tradition. A necessity in and of itself. It is meant to be used for cooking after the holiday. It offers a reminder of times with family. Like a kiss to take with you as you go out the door.<br />
My family's Thanksgiving follows a fairly regular menu. All that changes are the names of the cooks who prepare cherished Southern recipes with their own tradition and care.<br />
Honey Baked Ham and turkey with giblet gravy. Baked maccaroni and cheese and my grandma's sweet potato casserole. Momma's cornbread dressing and my sister-in-law's mom's oyster dressing. Shrimp merliton cassrole. ~A moment of silence in honor of shrimp merliton casserole. ~<br />
The kids were sweet. The hugs were tight the words were deep and meaningful.<br />
A good time was passed by all. Laughs, photographs, memories.<br />
I couldn't ask for more.<br />
My Mom and I discussed it and we both agree; The fact that my 24 year old nephew asked to have the ham bone to bring home for later cooking was significant as a sign of his newly found level of maturity.<br />
That's when it hit me... This would not happen outside of the south.<br />
If it did, it certainly wouldn't be an indication of a young man's entry into adulthood.<br />
The South where recipes and traditions are handed down by many family members who have long since passed on. It is inevitable that so many of life's descriptions, adjectives and analogys surround food.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-66164152194636544842014-11-28T19:20:00.000-06:002014-12-14T12:16:22.005-06:00My Cup Runneth Over<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From the moment of my rising until the last wakeful memory of each day I am overcome with sincere gratitude. I'm thankful for every breath, every hug, every second of this life I am blessed to live. I wish to savor the time spent with those I love deeply, and appreciate the impact that even the smallest exchange with another can have on my life. Thanks to all who have come in and out of my life and with sincerity of heart I am thankful to those who remain. My cup runneth over.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-1544399472680318702014-10-19T18:38:00.001-05:002014-10-19T18:41:59.075-05:00I am a Southern Girl by Birth...<div>
...and a native New Orleanian by the grace of Gawd. I've never considered myself a country girl. A southern girl yes, but not a country girl. That is until a month ago. My husband and I found our dream house rather by accident and left the suburbs that we fled to before we started a family. Situated about 75 miles north of New Orleans, it is a totally different world. A totally different vibe. A totally different speed. We are living in the country. </div>
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I intend to savor every moment of every day and appreciate all of the little things. Here in the country where it's less crowded and there's more space it's easier to see the things that would have fallen between the cracks. Amidst the disorganization and frenzy of half unpacked boxes that litter my home, I am finding a gradual inner peace that has been locked away for quite some time. I want to make the next chapter of my life mean more. I want to taste every taste. Appreciate the smallest if details. Welcome to the back porch the conversations are beginning.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-71525906008964132302014-08-16T18:19:00.000-05:002014-08-16T18:20:21.171-05:00Just Before a Summer's Rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-11841458755467468842014-08-09T18:39:00.001-05:002014-12-14T12:19:25.149-06:00Leaving the 'DellThere's a comfort that comes from the familiar. Like the warm summer breeze it just comes.<br />
That's the feeling I get sitting on my back porch outside of New Orleans. Wind chimes are shimmying an "every-now-and-then" song. Squirrels jump from the oak tree to the gutter scrambling after snacks. Somewhere a weenie dog sounds mad. The birds, some seagulls,. someone's air conditioner. White noise plays in the background. I'm not alone. I am in my own my space with a lizard going from green to brown to rust and he walks on the rust colored rug. Colored like fall.<br />
I am excited, affirmed, and anxious. I am at peace but I am scared. I am leaving this suburban utopia near the highway. It has has grown large enough to look like the New Orleans I remember when we moved out of New Orleans.<br />
We are moving.<br />
Seeking Live Oaks, Hills, Horses & Heaven. Up there if a guy walks out of the woods with a shot gun, you know that whatever he shot had four legs.<br />
Buying the dream house in the country.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-25015555419366484922014-06-07T23:13:00.001-05:002014-06-07T23:13:40.276-05:00NOLA Speak: What are New Orleans Go Cups?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vjePi4Cxv3g" width="480"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-36312121042179783102014-06-07T19:31:00.002-05:002014-06-07T19:40:53.454-05:00I Have Settled Back Into the Comfortable<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-42173512492110031672014-06-02T18:36:00.001-05:002014-06-02T18:36:59.433-05:00Do Not Drink Anything While Reading This<a href="http://mentalhealthforparents.com/do-not-drink-anything-while-reading/">Do Not Drink Anything While Reading This</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-51920922865158021722014-05-21T21:35:00.000-05:002014-05-21T21:41:50.618-05:00•´♥¨`*•✿(ˆ◡ˆ)✿ ~ 1 woman , a beach ....flip flops and cold strong drinks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: none; color: #333333; font-family: PMingLiU, serif; font-size: 20pt;">The sun is rising over Ono
Island.</span><span style="background-color: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333; font-family: Sylfaen, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">ღ</span><span style="background-color: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">¸.</span><span style="background-color: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">✻</span><span style="background-color: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">´´¯`</span><span style="background-color: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">✻</span><span style="background-color: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">.¸¸</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: PMingLiU, serif; font-size: 20pt;">pinks and tangerine hues are now stretched by the sun breaking through.</span><br />
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<span class="grw"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">This late spring morning
brings the first warmth felt to my cheeks this year.</span></span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%;">¸.•´♥¨`*•</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%;">✿</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%;">(ˆ</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%;">◡</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%;">ˆ)</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 107%;">✿</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: PMingLiU, serif; font-size: 20pt;">The weather has
permitted.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: PMingLiU, serif; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Sylfaen, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">ღ</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">¸.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">✻</span></div>
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<span class="grw"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Permitted the life to
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<span class="grw"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">The weather has been
memorably spectacular.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Sylfaen, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">ღ</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">¸.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">✻</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">´´¯`</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">✻</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">.¸¸.Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ..</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">(¯`</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">✻</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">´¯)<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="grw"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">The tide goes on bringing
life in and out of the pass. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="grw"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Sand outlines the
happenings like an eyelet boarder.</span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">`*.¸.*</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">✻</span></div>
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<span class="grw"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">The sweet smell of the
ripe fruit in the bowl beneath my nose, hangs in the air capturing my senses.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">´´¯`</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">✻</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">.¸¸.Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Sylfaen, serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">ღ</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">¸.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">✻</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; font-size: 20pt;">Soon the house will be
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<span class="grw"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Laughter and small feet
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<span class="grw"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "PMingLiU","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">Missing family who are not here with me.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">´´¯`</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">✻</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.266666412353516px;">.¸¸.Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ..</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-51375819826424792582014-05-18T23:45:00.003-05:002014-05-18T23:45:51.721-05:00Kipling Rose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234485090095737784.post-17178424696971010852014-05-16T00:04:00.000-05:002014-05-16T00:06:23.343-05:00The Place on the Beach will soon feel complete<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: "Talking to the Moon"; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Welcoming in the last cool front of the season. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: "Talking to the Moon"; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My heart is warming. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: "Talking to the Moon"; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Family is beginning to arrive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: "Talking to the Moon"; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Place on the Beach will soon feel complete with them in the
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: "Talking to the Moon"; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Days will roll into nights. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #37404e; font-family: "Talking to the Moon"; font-size: 22.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Good times will pass between us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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