The Front Porch Swing

[lindz8504]

Hey all! Stopping by for a few minutes before the littlest one's second birthday party this afternoon! Her birthday isn't until Monday, but the older kids actually have school Monday...

Been busy this morning, getting house cleaned, food ready ect....

Everyone have a wonderful, blessed weekend!!!!

Oh, and is Bee still having computer problems?

 

[Triple Willow]

Hey all!  Stopping by for a few minutes before the littlest one's second birthday party this afternoon!  Her birthday isn't until Monday, but the older kids actually have school Monday...
Been busy this morning, getting house cleaned, food ready ect....

Everyone have a wonderful, blessed weekend!!!!  

Oh, and is Bee still having computer problems? 

Happy birthday to you little one!
Bee has "gone fishin" - be back tomorrow probably.

 

[perchie.girl]

I was asleep while all this wonderful rhubarb banter was going on. Thanks everyone for the recipe ideas. Very nice to have ideas for rhubarb desserts and compotes and jams and even raw recipes for those of us that are "crust-challenged".

I think everyone has contributed good ideas on the taste descriptions too. Think celery, but as a fruit. Not a sweet fruit like a raspberry, not quite as tart bitter as a lemon, more in the melon kiwi fruit lychee nut range?

Still on the food theme, I'm trying those Brazilian ribs for tonight because there's company coming! Good good friends who've been overseas for half a year. We have so much catching up to do! So question is, I know how long to do them (6 hours) but at what temperature?

275 Here is the website for the recipe
Brazilian rib recipe


The recipe page has a revieew section take a look at the first review starting with the words.... "I am Brazilian... " hers is the modification to the recipe that I cooked.

deb

 

[Triple Willow]

Ditto with my SIL.   He's the one I sneakily decided would help me if I needed it.   Nope.  

My boyfriend will help if I really need him to but I know he hates it so bad I just don't ask. BUT he did build me a henhouse. But he doesn't want anything to do with the chickens.

 

[perchie.girl]

Hey guys due to the new computer I am Rolling on my book these days so I have been hiding now and then to write. By my calculations the VERY ROUGH draft will be approximately 45,000 words. I also have a boat load of illustrations to scan in and put in place too.

I am on the last Handwritten journal of a set of journals I have written in for the past three years. I am no up to 13372 words on journal five. 96 pages from a Journal transcribes into 34 pages in Word.. These are diaries that run about 200 pages give or take. As soon as i am done transcribing book five I can write something new. Because I am only half way done.... LOL

The push to get it all into the computer started when I lost Journal six when the car got stolen. Thankfully it was only about a quarter filled. Surprisingly loosing it was a blessing in disguise. Because I started writing a time line... Which I sorely needed to do. During that process I named several characters that had been going with "place holders" for some time.

The lost illustrations will come back when I continue. They are just line drawings. I have a character that is a scientist in this book who is keeping a journal. These will be her journal notes and illustrations.


deb

 

[enola]

I looooooove a good book!

 

[heartsizedfarm]

Hey guys due to the new computer I am Rolling on my book these days so I have been hiding now and then to write.  By my calculations the VERY ROUGH draft will be approximately 45,000 words.  I also have a boat load of illustrations to scan in and put in place too.

I am on the last Handwritten journal of a set of journals I have written in for the past three years. I am no up to 13372 words on journal five.  96 pages from a Journal transcribes into 34 pages in Word..  These are diaries that run about 200 pages give or take.  As soon as i am done transcribing book five I can write something new.  Because I am only half way done.... LOL

The push to get it all into the computer started when I lost Journal six when the car got stolen.  Thankfully it was only about a quarter filled.  Surprisingly loosing it was a blessing in disguise.  Because I started writing a time line... Which I sorely needed to do.  During that process I named several characters that had been going with "place holders" for some time. 

The lost illustrations will come back when I continue.   They are just line drawings.  I have a character that is a scientist in this book who is keeping a journal.  These will be her journal notes and illustrations.


deb

I'm glad you've had some productive creative days! Those are wonderful spirit lifters. And thanks for the ribs recipe too.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: You are welcome. I have been writing on this book for more than thirty years. on again off again sort of deal. It got shelved about the time I was pregnant with my son and I didnt pick it up again till three years ago when mom had to go for a lumpectomy. I dont do hospitals well so in order to keep from passing out or having a panic attack I started writing it from scratch.

I am hoping to ePublish eventually.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

I looooooove a good book!

What kinds of books do you read? I havent read a book in about six or seven years now. But when I start I can read them in about two or three days going though two to three a week.

deb

 

[enola]

I like biographies, history, historic novels, animal stories and of course gardening, homesteading and animal care/medical books.

What type of book are you writing?