The Front Porch Swing

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Raised three boys, who are now out of the house and on their own. It's a job and one has to be ever vigilant. It's a great calling and the world needs more godly men, more so now than ever. I have three good, respectable young men but the traps the devil lays out there for young men are varied and dangerous...they are ever in my prayers.

 

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@heartsizedfarm, we just found out that those "Civil War era" chairs are probably not that old. The upholstery is new and there are probably some newer staples that were used for the reupholstering. That being said, the antique shop owners we consulted with were impressed with the deal we got and really liked the chairs otherwise.

Mom and I are actually really relieved. We had wanted to try our hand at reupholstering/retouching the chairs, but hadn't wanted to mess them up if they had original paint/parts/varnish. Now that we know that is not the case, I'm going to take the time and do some research on reupholstering. I'm thinking with those older chairs, I'm going to replace the cushions and the fabric. I also want to check all the legs and make sure they won't give out. There is a missing doule on one of them, so I need to replace it. Once they each get a new set of seats, I think I'm going to sand down the wood just a big and give it a tiny bit of a white wash to bring out the fabric. Mom wants to embroider something really pretty into the fabric.

I'm gonna post pics later. Mom wants original pics of them so we can fix them up again if we realize we were crazy for trying to fix them, haha!

Sounds like a neat project. I'll enjoy seeing the end product. The whitewash touch will be very pretty.

 

[heartsizedfarm]

Long day so im gonna sit by the turtles and sip some tea. Just finished chicken soup for dinner but any sweets left sitting im happy to take a nibble. Left house at just b4 8am and went few blocks over to get into line for gas which was over 5 blocks long. Got around first corner and young man in car behind me came up and started talking to me. I was pretty clueless and tried to tell him I dont speak or understand too much arabic. Called a friend who spoke to him and was told to get out of line since I was a woman and go up to the station. Well I did and man there told me go back to end of line. So I went back and they gave me my spot back. Young man was upset but I told him its ok. After awhile another man told me go to front I told him I had but was sent away. He said sorry. Well we snaked our way around and right at 11am I was filling my tank. Guys with machine guns strapped on were walking around and yet it was quiet and orderly. It was 86 degrees but we had a nice breeze and I sat watching a movie on my tablet and one of the men offered me a bottle of water. Got home and power had gone out. Girls wanted to go out but I needed a rest and after an hour we took a drive. Power was out over large portion of city and traffic is already deadly and not a single policeman guiding traffic anywhere so it was travel at own risk. Power came back at 4pm. We sat at home eating a small quart of icecream dause you know it was melting lol. Helped my youngest with her classes since im pushing her to study again. Power went out again just as we sat down to dinner so we ate by lantern. Power came back after 30 minutes. I got some pics while I was out on my phone but the download feature on this site doesnt like me lol. I did manage to get my chicks photos uploaded yesterday in my Libyan chicks album if anyone wants to guess sex and breeds. I noted the ones crowing now. Few more possible boys looking at tail feathers along the saddles. But they have small combs. Final temp was around 86 today and its not even begun to get hot yet. Libya holds world record of 126. City is around 3hours drive from me. Hope I can post more pics soon. Prayers to all who need them, welcome new folks and safe journeys to those on vacations. From the other side of the world good night.

Feeling for you in that long line up in that heat. Soupy ice cream is still ice cream though right?

 

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What my two 7 yr old hens thought of our chicken proofing our back steps with the addition of a gate and deer netting.....

Can you see the smirk on that WR's beak? Yeah...they were amused.

 

[heartsizedfarm]

What my two 7 yr old hens thought of our chicken proofing our back steps with the addition of a gate and deer netting..... Can you see the smirk on that WR's beak? Yeah...they were amused.

How was your family reunion? Good fun? Did you have folks from very far away?

 

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How was your family reunion? Good fun? Did you have folks from very far away?

It was lovely weather, the food was excellent, the family were their usual selfish, boorish, ungrateful selves, their kids were raging hellions and they all left the mess for their 80 yr old mother and I to clean up....so, things went as they usually do.

The farthest drive was 4 hrs away and that group stayed all night the night before....and that was a real slice of life. Never again.

Don't know why we expect it to get better each year but each year it gets worse and worse. Mom says this was the last year.

As you may have gathered, my family are not the Waltons......

 

[heartsizedfarm]

It was lovely weather, the food was excellent, the family were their usual selfish, boorish, ungrateful selves, their kids were raging hellions and they all left the mess for their 80 yr old mother and I to clean up....so, things went as they usually do.     The farthest drive was 4 hrs away and that group stayed all night the night before....and that was a real slice of life.  Never again. 

Don't know why we expect it to get better each year but each year it gets worse and worse.  Mom says this was the last year. 

As you may have gathered, my family are not the Waltons......  

Ha! Nobody's family is the Waltons, not even the Waltons.

I'm sorry you got left with clean up. What a nuisance after you've done all the preparation and hosting work. I sometimes console myself after an event (I'm supposed to be hosting my family's reunion August 10) that at least it pushed me to get the place looking the way I wanted it, and now I get to enjoy it after they're all gone.

 

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What my two 7 yr old hens thought of our chicken proofing our back steps with the addition of a gate and deer netting.....

Can you see the smirk on that WR's beak? Yeah...they were amused.

Hey thanks for the roost Maa Bee

deb

 

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Ha! Nobody's family is the Waltons, not even the Waltons.

I'm sorry you got left with clean up. What a nuisance after you've done all the preparation and hosting work. I sometimes console myself after an event (I'm supposed to be hosting my family's reunion August 10) that at least it pushed me to get the place looking the way I wanted it, and now I get to enjoy it after they're all gone.

That's exactly what Mom said! She says the reunion forces her to get all her spring chores done in a timely manner and then we can relax the rest of the summer...only she doesn't relax, so that doesn't really work.

Hey thanks for the roost Maa Bee

deb

Pretty much.

 

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Hey thanks for the roost Maa Bee

deb

That was really nice of you to put a gate up for them.