Debbi's Front Porch: dirt roads and ......Summer reading

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

dirt roads and ......Summer reading

I like the Pioneer Woman magazine and enjoyed these plate pages in a recent issue!
I collect these plates for my kitchen, so these were fun to see!
I've been collecting these plates for quite a few years, and we just NOW got them hung up in our country kitchen. I think I need to stop collecting plates. ha ha LOL

If you look closely, you might see your plate!

Some of my plates:

I have plenty of magazines to read this summer. Cant seem to catch up with them all, we stay so busy!

books I got for my birthday

(below) sometimes I find good books in this magazine on their book page

First magazine

one of the prettiest covers of Southern Lady ever!

Rest in peace, Phyllis Hoffman, who founded this lovely magazine back in 1999, I believe. She passed away in July.

another birthday book....in my "to read" stack

I've been busy finishing up the Belva Plain books in this saga. They've been really really good! Lots of fascinating history, WW1, WW2 and beyond. I'm following the family somewhere in the 1950s right now, in Harvest. I love Belva Plain's big long generational novels that go through many eras.

Evergreen 1978

The Golden Cup 1986

Tapestry 1988

Harvest 1989

Heartwood 2010

(above, the years published, not the years the story takes place)

If you enjoy reading----Do you like to read in the Summer? Do you prefer magazines or books?

I do love both....and definetly prefer "real" books and magazines that you can hold in your hand and enjoy, not the online things.

3 comments:

Pamela M. SteinerAugust 22, 2023 at 6:34 PM
Oh my goodness, Debbi! I have that exact same "The Ten Commandments" plate! It belonged to my husband's grandmother! I don't have any other state plates, but I think I had one for New Hampshire, but not sure if I still have it. I got rid of a few things when we moved here. I prefer REAL books too. I am not an e-book person at all. I check the books out from our public library. They have a pretty good selection. I like magazines, except that they seem to have more ads than real stuff anymore, and that frustrates me. I have stopped subscribing to magazines and only receive a couple right now. I think someone special ordered one for me, and I enjoy it when it comes!! I have been doing some reading this summer since it is too hot to go outside much. And the mosquitoes are too bad in the evening to go out. So I read. I enjoyed seeing your plates and books and magazines. I hope you are having a good week. Love you.
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NanaDianaAugust 23, 2023 at 2:59 PM
I used to get a ton of magazine delivered to my house. Sadly, many have stopped production and I have kind of fallen off the magazine bandwagon after I realized how much I had spend on magazines over the years! lol. I read in the summer. I take Scruffy for his morning walk, grab my coffee and then he and I sit outside and read for at least an hour....well...I read and he snoozes. lol. Love your fun plates and I always enjoy visiting your blog. xo Diana
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DebbieAugust 24, 2023 at 10:32 AM
i am not a reader, but i am trying to be. i joined a book club and i have kind of enjoyed it. i find i don't read fast enough for this group. i really enjoy magazines, short articles with lots of pictures!!

the first image is so pretty and those plates are gorgeous!!
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Tonight's Micromoon--we watched it rise over the Battery tonight, it was red and orange

Skywatchers in Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones will get a view of the full moon tonight (Sept. 13) at 11:32 p.m., 10:32 p.m. and 9:32 p.m., respectively, while East Coasters will see the moon at its fullest at 12:32 a.m. on the 14th. Regardless of time zone, the moon will appear just a bit dimmer than usual (eerie!), because it will be at apogee, or its farthest distance from Earth. That means that the moon will appear about 14% smaller and 30% dimmer than when it is at its closest point to Earth, which is known as perigee. (Livescience.com)

LETS END KILLER WHALE CAPTIVITY!!

Please research the captive killer orcas that the SEAWORLD franchise holds captive. It is animal cruelty at it's worst. Those killer whales need to be FREE, NOT HELD CAPTIVE BY us humans and forced to do 'tricks' for our amusement. (and to make SEAWORLD a lot of money. ) Please go watch BLACKFISH when y'all have time okay? also read "Killer at Seaworld". You will learn so much and I doubt if you ever pay entrance fees to enter SEAWORLD or any of it's affiliate parks again.........because you will learn what the money really goes for........PROFIT. Their profit...........the poor whales gain nothing. But life captivity. Sad lonely lives in bathtub size enclosures where they cant even interact with their own pods and offspring normally. Many of them are so sick and die very painful deaths.The 'breeding' program is a joke. They are not even allowed to procreate in a natural and normal manner. The whales that were caught in the wild were taken from their pods and their mothers in a very cruel and inhumane fashion---it is heartbreaking. It's awful sad. Please research and then let me know what you think, okay? Whales are magnificent creatures, I love them. I tell everybody it's okay to love them and to want to go see them......but please go to areas where you can view them in the wild either from the beaches or cliffs or from boats. Not from cement swimming pools where they are mis-treated, gawked at, and forced to 'perform'. God created them and intended for them to exist in the seas! They really need to remain free........................

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OEjYquyjcg

(please watch)

"Following where my camera leads me!"

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

dirt roads and ......Summer reading

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