Debbi's Front Porch: clod hoppers

Thursday, September 14, 2023

clod hoppers

I made these pictures walking around last Spring in Charleston

clodhoppers!!!

Good, thick, strong, sturdy shoes! My Ma-Maw called shoes like this "clod-hoppers". ha ha LOL

they sure have come in handy for traipsing through old plantations, swampy lanes, grave yards, gardens and country roads!!

beautiful blooms cascading over a pretty little fence

Pretty sure that's a pink mandevilla. Our red one is currently blooming and doing great.

made pictures of church towers:

Pretty sure that is St. Michael's (below). So neat how George Washington climbed clear to the top of that tower!

Hope your week is going great so far! We are getting some cooler mornings out early, but the days are still hot. Still lots of nice summer thundershowers pretty much daily.

this week I processed kale:

.....and beans

....and made butter!

Have a great week!

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~Lavender Dreamer~September 14, 2023 at 4:27 PM
It's nice to have shoes that keep your feet dry. The grass is so tall on some of the trails now and my shoes get wet! Love your pretty photos and Yummy veggies! I always loved Swiss Chard in the garden.
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DebbieSeptember 18, 2023 at 1:31 PM
what a great post!! i remember the term clodhoppers, isn't it funny now?!?! my feet always get grassy and wet because i have such an adverse reaction to shoes!!

it's so nice to have fresh veggies isn't it, tomatoes are always my favorites!!

and you better smile in your next picture, you have a beautiful smile!!
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Jenny the PirateSeptember 19, 2023 at 10:01 AM
Look at that beautiful butter!!! And aren't these cool mornings just glorious? xoxo
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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!"

Thursday, September 14, 2023

clod hoppers

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