tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post115971584760017719..comments2023-11-03T01:55:16.915-07:00Comments on Aunty Belle's Front Porch: Culture of Resistance in America's BackroadsAunty Bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1161646377215083532006-10-23T16:32:00.000-07:002006-10-23T16:32:00.000-07:00Hey Belle! Finally made it over here - and what a ...Hey Belle! Finally made it over here - and what a wonderful post this is indeed. ... "modern convenience but not modern insanity" ... NOW, that is something to tape as a note on my PC!<BR/><BR/>THNX for this one. It feels really, really good.Ben Harcoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00361321383963578052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1160469057275902432006-10-10T01:30:00.000-07:002006-10-10T01:30:00.000-07:00thank you for taking me along on this trip...Me Hu...thank you for taking me along on this trip...<BR/><BR/>Me Hubz' and I are kinda' fedup with the pollution over here...so we're thinkin' ov' moving up onto the mountains where the air is clean...It's not that far from the city but it's still quite an extra drive...we think it's worth it though...about next year..we'll do that next year...<BR/><BR/>inspiring pictures...Lady Prismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333352060797182573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1160434237605121082006-10-09T15:50:00.000-07:002006-10-09T15:50:00.000-07:00well, we're kinda considered a mountain/foothill c...well, we're kinda considered a mountain/foothill county. driving around just about anyplace on a daily basis i come across great views of the mountains and i do savor those moments. of course, what I need to do more is savor them at leisure....<BR/>that's truly restorative......................https://www.blogger.com/profile/13829766058760599443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1160398014473142382006-10-09T05:46:00.000-07:002006-10-09T05:46:00.000-07:00Schaumi, git up ter yore mountians as much as ya' ...Schaumi, git up ter yore mountians as much as ya' can...restorative!<BR/><BR/>HEy Butterlfy chile'? How've you been...need a trip, why doan'cha paln a few days ter be at the beach or a lake nearby, or even to visit a cousin? Find a back road an' jes' wander along it till ya find sompin' ya like.Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1160355115902519792006-10-08T17:51:00.000-07:002006-10-08T17:51:00.000-07:00I definitely could use a trip.I definitely could use a trip.butterflygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478785993576189511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1160218694549500302006-10-07T03:58:00.000-07:002006-10-07T03:58:00.000-07:00yeah, we have plenty a mountain view like that aro...yeah, we have plenty a mountain view like that around here.<BR/>Not from my house, but all i have to do is drive a very few miles.<BR/>the photos are lovely......................https://www.blogger.com/profile/13829766058760599443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1160161851786565762006-10-06T12:10:00.000-07:002006-10-06T12:10:00.000-07:00Yeah, Bird Beauty, thas' sorta what I wanna think ...Yeah, Bird Beauty, thas' sorta what I wanna think on--what do it take ter pack up and make such a change? What are yore thoughts? <BR/><BR/>Boneman, ya' like them stairs? Funny, sometimes it looks like theys heade down, next, a path taking you upwards...would be a fine paintin' mayhap? --be shure to post it fer us!! <BR/><BR/>But Lawdy, sugar, what kind of lady were that who had zebras and tigers--mercy!! Imagine youse fearful each time ya' step foot in her back forty.<BR/><BR/>Dawg, tahnky fer ya valentine--loved yer post...real fond memories--come agin soon, since yer ain't a tall mangy, but right fine ...fer a pup.<BR/><BR/>Onmywatch, howdy-do...yep, "come along way, but not "come a long way" as mah post suggests, but would be fun ter have streets named like that...Languishing Lane, and so firth...smile.Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1159979375125146202006-10-04T09:29:00.000-07:002006-10-04T09:29:00.000-07:00cool pictures, especially liked the Come Along Way...cool pictures, especially liked the Come Along Way street sign. If only more streets were named as such, it would be so much more fun to give directions. :)On My Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596696073997934432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1159964661179765962006-10-04T05:24:00.000-07:002006-10-04T05:24:00.000-07:00/bark bark barkaunty i left a valentine fer ya in .../bark bark bark<BR/><BR/>aunty i left a valentine fer ya in mah yard. i got a picture of them haids of uncles up....and 'ol hee haw too.<BR/><BR/>/grrrrsparringK9https://www.blogger.com/profile/08031137344229440004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1159897093237005742006-10-03T10:38:00.000-07:002006-10-03T10:38:00.000-07:00Love the stairway.Know 'bout llamas, though. Dang ...Love the stairway.<BR/>Know 'bout llamas, though. Dang fool animals have a spit that'll travel several feet at ya when they's displeased.<BR/><BR/>I used t'mow fer a lady that had , not llamas, but some other critter that looked like 'em and zebras, too. They'de hang in the same huge field, though, not together.<BR/>That's the field I used t'mow fer Mozel Schaffer.<BR/><BR/>Then, she also had two tigers out back of her place.<BR/>Boris would put out a purr that would scare the dickens out'a any dawg we'de bring by. But, all he wanted was fer folks t'put their fingers in his cage and give him a scritch.<BR/>Only, gotta be careful.<BR/>Tigers is meat eaters, y'know.<BR/><BR/>She had him since he was a cub, and till her death, she could still go into his cage and be with him.<BR/>All 800 pounds of him.<BR/>She'de take three or four chickens from the market, beat 'em with a hammer (breaks the bones up some) give'em a few chops and feed ol' Boris like he was a baby.bonemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615987464724590203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1159883451837065362006-10-03T06:50:00.000-07:002006-10-03T06:50:00.000-07:00nice tour here.makes me wanna take a weekend in th...nice tour here.<BR/><BR/>makes me wanna take a weekend in the country.<BR/><BR/>but makes me also look at the socio-economic trend - what it takes to pack up and get out...Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048533325118829436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1159882551521428252006-10-03T06:35:00.000-07:002006-10-03T06:35:00.000-07:00Hidy folks...yeah dawg! The Fugitive Agrarian PArt...Hidy folks...yeah dawg! The Fugitive Agrarian PArty--I nominates ya fer President.<BR/><BR/>Malinda, hee hee...yep, them's uptiwne folks wif the two holer...cain't imagine wht their idea of privaacy must a been!Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1159764590142478742006-10-01T21:49:00.000-07:002006-10-01T21:49:00.000-07:00Great photos! And, ya know... those folks with th...Great photos! And, ya know... those folks with the outhouse would have been high up back in the day with a 2-holer instead of one :)Malinda777https://www.blogger.com/profile/08228981460138143575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23068833.post-1159730611212692902006-10-01T12:23:00.000-07:002006-10-01T12:23:00.000-07:00/bark bark barkfugitive agrarian. that's my politi.../bark bark bark<BR/><BR/>fugitive agrarian. that's my political affilliation.<BR/>nice look at my home state thru anothers eyes.<BR/><BR/>/grrrsparringK9https://www.blogger.com/profile/08031137344229440004noreply@blogger.com