The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #103964 Message #2123866
Posted By: Jerry Rasmussen
11-Aug-07 - 04:15 PM
Thread Name: Front Porch News
Subject: RE: Front Porch News
Welcome back, Susan. Do you have fleas as white as snow?
It looks like the kitchen table thread is up and running, but as long as it's such a lovely evening I'll just sit here on the porch for awhile. Back in the days when, if you wanted to get cool in the summer you sucked on a piece of ice off the ice wagon, the front porch was our air conditioning. Our house had a screen-in porch that ran the length of the front of the house and halfway down one side. It was a favorite place for us to relax after supper. Today's decks can't measure up to a front porch.
"Gliding on the porch swing on a lazy Summer's eve
Waving to the neighbors, out to catch the evening breeze
And every time the kids ran out, they'd slam that screen porch door
And that's about the only time my Father ever swore"
From Screen Porch Door
Jerry