Lara's Southern Porch Party & Poetry

[Lara]

How do you milk an Oat?

With a whole lotta'
patience, Mistah' M

 

[SetWave]

 

[Pappy]

Good morning Pappy, nice to have you join us on the porch.
Can I interest you in a Southern Country Skillet Breakfast to go with that coffee?
I often have this minus the bacon and top it with some Pesto...and
some Peet's Organic French Dark Roast Coffee with a little Oat milk in it.
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Look delicious.
Thanks for the invite.

 

[Ken N Tx]

A little music for the porch people.
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[Lara]

I Got Them Deep River Blues...those fingers have played a million songs

 

[Lara]

Let's all make today a better day than yesterday...

moments
through poems shared
across the seas
across the hemispheres
our hearts and minds
connect ~ Lara

“Sometimes it's the same moments that take your breath away
that breathe purpose and love back into your life.”
~Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

This video is beautiful relaxing music that plays for 3 hours.
I listened to it this morning as I pruned my plants and flowers out in the sunroom:

 

[MarciKS]

I'd like to participate but all my poetry is dark. LOL

The music is pretty though ty Lara!

 

[Lara]

I feel a vintage southern road trip song coming on...

 

[Lara]

...maybe this
oldie but goody road trip song

 

[RadishRose]

Wish I had a porch swing.

 

[MarciKS]

Wish I had a decent porch for a porch swing.

 

[Ken N Tx]

Wish I had a decent porch for a porch swing.

 

[Pappy]

 

[Lara]

Good morning.

Their mama, always humbly in the background, just warms my heart
And her children are always smiling and at peace.

"On Top of the World"...

LYRICS in part
If you love somebody
Better tell them while they're here
I'm on top of the world
I've tried to cut these corners
Try to take the easy way out
I kept on falling short of something
I coulda gave up then but
I've traveled all this way for something
Now take it in but don't look down

 

[MarciKS]

Are you my fairy godmother for the day? A porch...a swing & cats? LOL! Woohoo!!

 

[Lara]

It's Monday!
"Come Monday" intro from Jimmy Buffet's Porch (or maybe a borrowed porch?)

 

[Lara]

"Nowadays, people are so jeezled up.
If they took some chamomile tea and
spent more time rocking on the porch in the evening
listening to the liquid song of the hermit thrush,
they might enjoy life more." ~ Tasha Tudor

 

[RadishRose]

 

[Lara]

Haha, RadishRose, here's a similar one
from Julia Sugarbaker...

 

[RadishRose]

Haha, RadishRose, here's a similar one
from Julia Sugarbaker...
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Well, now we know it's true!

 

[Lara]

 

[ohioboy]

Good morning.

Their mama, always humbly in the background, just warms my heart
And her children are always smiling and at peace.

"On Top of the World"...

LYRICS in part
If you love somebody
Better tell them while they're here
I'm on top of the world
I've tried to cut these corners
Try to take the easy way out
I kept on falling short of something
I coulda gave up then but
I've traveled all this way for something
Now take it in but don't look down

Lara, those are not the right lyrics. They are singing the right ones in the video.

Original by The Carpenters, music by Richard Carpenter, lyrics by John Bettis.

 

[Lara]

I know @ohioboy I said "Lyrics in Part" in my post.
I picked out the parts I wanted to post and left out the fluff and refrains on purpose.
But thank you for visiting the Southern Porch Party! Have some Sweet Tea

 

[ohioboy]

Not to be stubborn, but those are not even "in part". They appear nowhere in the song.

 

[Lara]

Hmm I finally took a second look and you're right...it's from another song...not the Carpenters at all. Not sure what happened there. But now I can't edit it unless I ask Matrix to delete it and it's not that important enough to bother him.
Thank you for pointing it out...and not giving up