Porch Views... East Wells,Vt

[JohnDeere4300]

I know a lot of you guys are older than me, but I remember using coal as the only heat source. If you did not build a fire, using coal, then you wash down using cold water, if you even took a bath. In the orphanage that I grew up in, we had large basements that had a coal room, and the coal truck would bring the coal and dump/shovel it down a chute to the basement. We used the cinders for the potholes, and that was hard on the bare feet. We didn't get to wear shoes until it snowed, or on Sunday. Life was hard back then. Some of you will never know. How many people remember brush brooms used to sweep yards? We didn't have metal rakes. Anyway, enough of this old stuff, I don't even like antique stuff.

Good Morning J_J,

I'm 42 years old, please let me stay young

No i don't know how hard it was back then....Only what my Father & great & grandparents have told me.... I do like to hear stories about the older days when life was much simpler, and i do like antique stuff. I have a lot of antique furniture that belonged to my grandmother, and have some things that was my great grandmother's.

I also have some tools that my grandfather & great grandfather made...I also have a shovel & pitchfork that they made, and they made the handles & shaped the metal in those.

I have the first lawn mower that my grandfather bought, and of course it's a "reel mower" and it still works & cuts grass.... I have let my 12 year old son push it around the yard just to see how hard it was to cut grass back then

(You was talking about people sweeping their yards)

Back in the 80s when i was about 15 years old i remember seeing old women sweeping their yards...and i use to deliver news papers & cut grass for 3 neighbors. There was this lady in her 90s and i delivered papers to her. I use to see her sweeping under a big maple tree in her front yard, and i ask her one day why do you do that.. and she told me that she did it so the grass wouldn't grow... I told her that it would look better if the grass did grow, and she said that she would have to mow it then... and that it was much easier to sweep it than mow the grass, and that she had been doing that for over 40 years

I wonder how many people still sweep parts of their yard ?

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning Scott,

Kathleen's rock garden is looking great!!

Is that a little bear on the porch ?_


Scott, sorry if i hijacked your thread.

Good Afternoon Bill,
Yes the little bear was my birthday gift from Kathleen last year, its a little fire bear, remember Im a volunteer fireman, and she spotted it somewhere and just had to have it ! Actually I think it was two years ago come to think of it !

Dont worry about highjacking anything, Ive been guilty of that for years !

A couple more rock garden shots, we put down a couple of yards of cedar mulch this past weekend and Kathleen sees some benefit to tractors after all !

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Guys,
Just an updated picture of Kathleens' flowers and a sunset from last weekend ! Summers is finally here !

 

[Bird]

Sure is pretty, Scotty.

 

[JohnDeere4300]

Good Afternoon Guys,
Just an updated picture of Kathleens' flowers and a sunset from last weekend ! Summers is finally here !

Good Evening Scott,

Kathleen's flowers are looking great and that's a nice sunset!....Its always a pleasure to see pictures from your area!

I'm glad your getting some warmer weather....We could break a record low in the temperature this weekend. Its suppose to get in the upper 50's and that's cool for July.

Thanks for sharing some more great pictures!

 

[jinman]

Nice photos, Scotty. Those flowers have sure changed since the first time you posted a picture. They are really pretty. The geraniums in the sunset picture look pretty healthy too.

We decided to go with a full bed of petunias and another of yellow marigolds at the driveway and steps going to our house. The first picture is of our entryway flowerbeds. They have done amazingly well and have been spectacular. The big canna in the picture is over 6' tall. It comes back every year and we love it. Also the second picture is of the rocked flowerbed we put in a few weeks ago. The cannas have just done better than we ever expected. It's exactly what we wanted. Kathy put some very aromatic petunias in a big flowerpot. Our little kitty, Bluebell, thinks they smell nice too.

I love caladiums and try to find a spot for them each year. This year we put them in the bed on the east side of our house. It gets partial morning sun and light filtered through our oak trees. It has done very well.

We also have a bed of geraniums, but we've lost about three plants because the bed is on the south side of our house and 100+ weather is really tough on them. They really prefer much lower heat or shade during the heat of the day.

 

[scott_vt]

Nice photos, Scotty. Those flowers have sure changed since the first time you posted a picture. They are really pretty. The geraniums in the sunset picture look pretty healthy too.

Good Mornin Jim,
Your petunias look great ! I wouldnt have thought they would do so well with the heat that you guys are having !

Now that we have all the flowers growing well, I have a new problem. Something is boring small holes in my tomatoes at my Ct home ! Im going to try and see if I can buy some spray at the feed store or HD that will get rid of whatever is causing this ! Kathleen is not happy ! And has assigned me the task of getting rid of the pest whoever he may be !

 

[scott_vt]

Good Mornin Guys,
We puppy sat this past weekend !

Rocky can get a bit lively at times, overall not too bad, that means I didnt get beat up too bad !

And a nice sunset shot also !

 

[Bird]

We puppy sat this past weekend !

We've had our daughter's three dogs since Thursday, but she and her husband are supposed to be here in about 30 minutes to get'em. But they're all 3 just little white Maltese dogs. And talk about "lap" dogs, I can't sit down without all 3 of them wanting up in my lap.

 

[scott_vt]

I can't sit down without all 3 of them wanting up in my lap.

Good Evenin Bird,
I think I know exactly what you mean !!!