tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post4826030704849247243..comments2023-10-17T08:29:42.738-04:00Comments on Empty Nest: PorchesEmpty Nesterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-69923004100734060502015-05-03T11:28:00.118-04:002015-05-03T11:28:00.118-04:00Yes. IF I ever get any grandchildren. And that'...Yes. IF I ever get any grandchildren. And that's a BIG, IF. Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-52654956942973406072015-05-03T11:27:22.565-04:002015-05-03T11:27:22.565-04:00Those are the ones I like! WHAT?! They deliver??? ...Those are the ones I like! WHAT?! They deliver??? I'll pass that word on to my girls! Thanks!Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-19952953006430058762015-05-03T11:26:32.901-04:002015-05-03T11:26:32.901-04:00I hope you get the chairs! I hope I do too. LOL Th...I hope you get the chairs! I hope I do too. LOL Then I shall sit out there and run back inside when I hear my drunk neighbors coming. LOLEmpty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-72764423598208854122015-05-03T11:25:17.469-04:002015-05-03T11:25:17.469-04:00I would spend all my time on a porch like yours! I...I would spend all my time on a porch like yours! It's perfect! Hope you are doing well! I miss visiting with you. I'll get better about it when school is out!Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-5302852775416541112015-05-03T11:24:13.619-04:002015-05-03T11:24:13.619-04:00They're great, aren't they? Hope my girls ...They're great, aren't they? Hope my girls come through on rockers for my porch. And then you can come rock with me! :)Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-26458941997675008182015-05-03T11:23:19.057-04:002015-05-03T11:23:19.057-04:00Yeah, my fingers are always getting ahead of my br...Yeah, my fingers are always getting ahead of my brain. Or is it the other way around? LOL No worries!Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-72362769602111141842015-05-03T11:22:47.366-04:002015-05-03T11:22:47.366-04:00You need to write a post about your porch and put ...You need to write a post about your porch and put up pix! I'd love to see it! Thanks!Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-63621414717871211512015-04-26T19:56:09.641-04:002015-04-26T19:56:09.641-04:00Blogger cut me off before I was finished! I wante...Blogger cut me off before I was finished! I wanted to add, you will now be the Grandmother on the porch, carrying on the family tradition! A happy ending to the story.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121172465022137270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-37287730827976479932015-04-26T19:54:45.716-04:002015-04-26T19:54:45.716-04:00Those look like the chairs lined up outside the Cr...Those look like the chairs lined up outside the Cracker Barrel Restaurant. They will deliver them to your front door. How happy I was when your post said your porch is now ready for enjoying! Happy news. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121172465022137270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-1982723788353845052015-04-24T10:32:53.937-04:002015-04-24T10:32:53.937-04:00Porches are wonderful places for all sorts of soci...Porches are wonderful places for all sorts of socializing. What fond memories you have of the porch and interesting how you came to love cigar smoke because of it. We got our wrap around porch last year, but don't have it finished. Still, I enjoy it every day. The grandkids love playing on it when they visit. I'm putting two of those chairs on my list too! :-)Cranberry Morninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10758563068581561194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-80148784368259940412015-04-21T19:51:17.932-04:002015-04-21T19:51:17.932-04:00Nothing better than sitting on a porch. I think ab...Nothing better than sitting on a porch. I think about moving sometimes, to a place that doesn't take all of my time, then I walk out on the porch and I say no way am I leaving my porch. I spend so much time on them that I would be lost without them.<br />I hope you get two rocking chairs so you can sit and listen to the wind blow through the leaves on that oak tree. <br />Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998621464797636686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-70947655091324880182015-04-21T00:19:45.526-04:002015-04-21T00:19:45.526-04:00I wish I had a porch my parents had one at the hou...I wish I had a porch my parents had one at the house I grew up in but not the house they are in now which I might add they have been in since 1980, if I could buy a house I would make sure we had one Jo-Anne's Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418152399382818709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-70310201079868715312015-04-20T21:22:39.333-04:002015-04-20T21:22:39.333-04:00excuse the mistakes in my typing. I didn't re-...excuse the mistakes in my typing. I didn't re-read very well.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15956818436541141380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-63723241513235000042015-04-20T20:02:21.521-04:002015-04-20T20:02:21.521-04:00When re resided out house and put a roof on Jim an...When re resided out house and put a roof on Jim and I build an amazing front porch. I LOVE IT!!! I sit there on the swing Jim bought me with the dogs on the loveseat next to my swing and enjoy whatever weather is happening. I wish I could add pictures to this comment but I can't but it is my most favorite place. This year I would like to take my swing and the loveseat and paint the main partsJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15956818436541141380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-39777762577224476402015-04-20T18:37:31.407-04:002015-04-20T18:37:31.407-04:00I did see this clear canoe that would be nice. But...I did see this clear canoe that would be nice. But it is $2500 or more so, I'm thinking I'll be getting the rockers. LOLEmpty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-34456395019753614822015-04-20T18:36:39.968-04:002015-04-20T18:36:39.968-04:00Love those! I'll be doing the sittin' soon...Love those! I'll be doing the sittin' soon. I hope. How are you doing? Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-89346981962013812602015-04-20T18:35:51.890-04:002015-04-20T18:35:51.890-04:00When you come to visit???? I can't wait!!!! We...When you come to visit???? I can't wait!!!! We'll sit there and on the beach and on the deck and wherever we want to sit! And talk and laugh and just have the BEST TIME EVER! Love you right back! Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-56638154429917319292015-04-20T18:33:43.349-04:002015-04-20T18:33:43.349-04:00I'm the same way about those cigars. I love th...I'm the same way about those cigars. I love the smell to this very day. I'm looking forward to my rockers and sitting on the porch again. Until the drunk neighbors come over. And Satan's sisters who live across the street. Wait... LOLEmpty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-51135520620419667942015-04-20T18:32:09.882-04:002015-04-20T18:32:09.882-04:00I love them too and I would sit right there with y...I love them too and I would sit right there with you. ALL. DAY.LONG. :) Empty Nesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060983954463697344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-23971188432138210732015-04-20T17:12:44.252-04:002015-04-20T17:12:44.252-04:00I would love a porch to sit on. Hope your get your...I would love a porch to sit on. Hope your get your chairs. I'm getting a Chromebook 2 for Mother's Day!Debby@Just Breathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685398064340027809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-21213311718629921092015-04-20T16:51:51.994-04:002015-04-20T16:51:51.994-04:00My Aunt's lake house has a porch and when peop...My Aunt's lake house has a porch and when people ask what we do on vacation we say:<br /><br />porchin' (sitting on the porch)<br />eatin' (eating anything and pork bbq)<br />puzzlin' (putting puzzles together)<br /><br />It's so much fun! I just have a deck on my house, and it isn't quite the same!Bizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783112702666715422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-87344839238361454922015-04-20T16:08:16.480-04:002015-04-20T16:08:16.480-04:00We had a huge porch in my first house that I lived...We had a huge porch in my first house that I lived in until I was 5. I loved that porch. The railings would get decorated at Christmas and we used to sit on them in the summer. My grandparents in West Virginia had a porch with a beautiful porch swing and my grandpa and I used to sit on it and eat jelly beans when I would come to visit. My grandma's house in upstate New York had a wrap around BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09432729957196570774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-54621823202988268742015-04-20T13:01:38.795-04:002015-04-20T13:01:38.795-04:00I grew up with a very friendly front porch that ha...I grew up with a very friendly front porch that had a swing at one end. The porch was always an invitation to stop and talk, have an iced tea or a beer. I miss front porches. Not one house in our neighborhood now has a front porch. We all have back patios with pools. Lucky to know our neighbors anymore. Pam, I also had a grandpa who smoked cigars, and the smell always makes me feel safe and Terri Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333024343069943295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600608370084874699.post-51082108945722657862015-04-20T07:35:12.472-04:002015-04-20T07:35:12.472-04:00Oh, I LOVE to sit on a rocking chair on a porch! O...Oh, I LOVE to sit on a rocking chair on a porch! One of my sisters lives out in the country and has a mountain almost in her backyard. She has a screened in porch with rocking chairs. I could just sit out there ALL.DAY.LONG and enjoy the peace and beauty!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533317405680450964noreply@blogger.com