Selma has wonderful front porches in its historic districts...Old Town, Ice House, Riverview. This porch is similar to the one on the house where I grew up. That's where we played in summer when it was too hot in the sun. We had a swing, a hammock, fans, hanging ferns, even an electric ceiling light on the screened porch for gatherings after dark. That's when we played cards and made homemade ice cream.During the day, we turned the porch into a "pretend hospital" and used bikes and wagons for ambulances, M&Ms for medicine and the hammock for triage. It's also where we shelled peas and butterbeans and where the cat had her kittens.
These days, the temperatures have been too hot for people to even sit on a porch, but I imagine cooler weather by September will bring them back out.
14 comments:
What a great porch! I would love to sit out there & watch the people going by:)
What wonderful memories.
Such enjoyable memories of childhood.Wouldn't mind going back in time to enjoy them.
Have a nice weekend too!
This is everything one imagines a porch in the deep south to be. Love it.
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Thats so great, you are a very lucky person to grow up in a house like this, this is one of our dreams , having a house like this with a hammock hmmmmm...!!!!
Great photo,
:) JoAnn
It sounds like the porch I grew up with. And a wonderful picture.
How beautiful -reminds me of those American movies set in houses like this.
We have huge verandahs up here in Rabaul - and we spend a lot of time looking out over the ocean in the cool.
Such a peaceful porch scene!
I love the porch and the iron gate. It is soo beautiful.
Love this porch.
I think when newer houses stopped having porches built with them a lot of neighborhoods began to waste away. Sitting out on your front porch (or step) is such a great way to meet your neighbors and make a connection.
Very cool site. I have a web site of the largest national historic disticts. over 450 homes. None as the Near Westside Neighborhood. We are designated nationally as having the largest concentration of Victorian homes and architecture. The old porches that have survivided are fantastic. You can take a look at www.historicnearwestside.com Keep up the good work on this site.
Samuel Draper
historicnearwestside@yahoo.com
We don't have porch in front houses and I ever thought (seeing movies) it has to be so nice to sit there and watch life around.
I just love all these house photographs, especially this porch.
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