Category: Front Porch Musings

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and above all, have fun

August 15, my birthday eve day…a beautiful day.

Yesterday was hot, smoky, stuffy…a little miserable weather-wise. But overnight, a cold front whooshed through. And it rained. And the morning dawned cool, clear and fall-like.

Not only is today my birthday eve day but it is also the anniversary of Julia Child’s birth and this year is the 100th. Julia Child is a recent inspiration to me. I love and admire her fearlessness and passion for life.

“The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken. Bon appetit.”*

Bon appetit, indeed :) !!!

This evening, Bear, Bob and I shared a space of proximity that I thought might be impossible a year ago.

“Learn how to cook — try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless and above all have fun.”*

Oh, yes.

*Julia Child

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It was a dark and stormy night…

…or to be more exact…it IS a dark and stormy night. I write this post with thunder rumbling and getting closer. The sky is dark at 8:00 p.m. an hour and 45 minutes before sunset. My S.A.M.E./NOAA radio has alerted twice for severe thunderstorms.

I cannot help thinking of and missing Karl…knowing this weather would be so upsetting to him.

…Bear, it does not faze. Bear is lying on my bed. The window is open, lightning is flashing and thunder is rumbling and he is calm.

Bob is under the daybed in his room!

It is a dark and stormy Saturday night.

The grass has been mowed. The yard and house and woods grasses glow green – more so against the backdrop of the stormy skies.

But during a time of light…

Mariposa Lily.

The woods has a bumper crop of Mariposa Lily this year.

Beautiful.

CRASH, BANG, BOOM and a flash of lighting! The storm approaches. It is raining…harder.

Time to unplug. Happy Saturday evening.

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Happy Birthday Dear Mama!

My Mama, me, Miss Dixie Lee Morgan…us girls :)!

Mama and I have both cut our hair and trimmed some pounds, but we are who we are and we are happy to be us.

I am VERY happy to be my mother’s daughter and to be where she and I are in a wonderful place of sharing the love of food, of cooking, of books, of pets, of animals, of life and of each other.

Happy Birthday, Dear Mama!

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Celebrate!

I know!!! – it is Thursday night before Memorial Day weekend and “burger” day is Monday…the holiday. BUT! – my workgroup met a huge deadline today and it went well with only minor glitches and all are pretty happy to have completed the project. So, even though it is Thursday, with Friday to go…and not yet the “holiday” … I am celebrating. Yes, there are 7 burgers and only Bear and I to eat them…not all tonight :)!

It has been mostly gray and rainy but this afternoon, it cleared, the sun came out and it is a perfectly cool and crisp 50F with clean, clear air. Bob was on the front porch with me as the burgers cooked. Bear and I ate our burger supper and then had a wonderful cruise around the loop ending with a treat on Beardog point.

It is Thursday night, before the THREE (3!!!) day weekend. A huge goal was reached. Bob, Bear and I are healthy and happy. The sky is blue and the sun is shining. For this day and for this moment, we celebrate!