March 22, 2012

I have always loved front porches and porch swings. On rainy days when I was growing up my friends and I played cards and board games on our front porches and  I read for hours while swinging on our swing which I padded with a lawn chair cushion.  This particular swing used to be on my mother and father's front porch and the porch was always our favorite place to be while visiting.  Mother and I would visit over cups of tea before the kids woke up and then games, reading and joking would take over.  Many sunsets were oohed and aahhed over as we relaxed there in the evening.  It was the one thing I insisted I bring home last December when my mother moved from her home in Indiana to an apartment here in Dayton.  I pray that it is enjoyed as much here as it was in Indiana, Hobbes certainly seems to have taken a shine to it.