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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Childhood summers on the farm were defined by specific tasks: helping Mom in her massive vegetable garden, preparing for the county fair, baling hay and straw, and picking strawberries.

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... Most summer evenings, the entire family crowded onto Grandma's front steps in the shade of a massive oak. Grandma served bowls of steaming shortcake topped with crisp, sweet strawberries drowning in cold milk. Sometimes, we'd get a strawberry pie.

A few years ago, I planted 12 strawberry plants and coaxed a few jars of jam and one strawberry pie from them.

Last year, I invited the neighborhood to pick. We couldn't keep up.

The reward for all this garden work comes in a bowl of strawberry shortcake shared with family on the front porch. Summer traditions continue one berry at a time. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-22 12:27 AM | Reply

That visualization reminds me of ...

Robert Earl Keen - The Front Porch Song (1984)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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[Verse 1]
This old porch is a big ol' red-and-white Hereford bull
Standin' under a mesquite tree in Agua Dulce, Texas
He just keeps on playin' hide-and-seek with that hot August sun
He's sweatin' and a-pantin' 'cause his work is never done, oh no
He's got them cows and that red-top cane

[Verse 2]
This old porch is a steamin' greasy plate of enchiladas
With lots of cheese and onions and a guacamole salad
You can get them at the LaSalle Hotel in old downtown
With iced tea and a waitress who will smile every time, yeah she will
I left a quarter tip on my ten dollar bill
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#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-22 01:38 AM | Reply

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