Tuesday, May 19, 2015

My front porch

One of the things I have enjoyed the most about our home here in Poughkeepsie is our front porch.
I have many great memories from the view of my front porch: countless whiffle ball games, soccer, lawn darts, running through the sprinkler, croquet, bocce ball, fireworks, storms, etc.
As spring hit this year after such a long, hard winter, I realized again how beautiful the view from our front porch is.  Tom said it several times while here.  We were so lucky and blessed to have such a great front and back yard for you kids to play in.
Today I sat and had my morning yogurt and granola. The bees were buzzing, (and yes, Tom also noticed we keep our tennis rackets on all our porches), the flowers are in bloom and giving off a great scent,  hummingbirds visiting, and such a sweet breeze blowing.
I can picture Tevia sitting on the front steps while her kids played with water.  Kathy's kids playing on the porch and swinging.  Jarek cutting the lawn. Jacob practicing pitching with dad, prom photos, etc.  I would take the time to post pics, but they are in so many different places it would take a whole day.

Then there were the great Halloweens, Christmas lights, Easter egg hunts.
Not to mention all the animals- deer eating my front bushes, squirrels stealing my small pumpkins, turkeys crossing the yard.

Here is a recent one.
I am grateful for such wonderful memories.  We surely have used this front yard happily and fully.
I found a few more. The older ones are still in photo books.
(Who wants a good photo scanning-organizing project?  Will pay top dollar)
The last one is a movie about the trapped raccoon.
Yep, many memories were made here  in this front yard.  Love love love my front porch!