Since this is pre-Fourth of July, The Producer and I thought we might like some Fourth of July decoration photos. Unfortunately, the folks in the neighborhood did not agree since none of the decorations are up. So we had to switch gears and bring you the next best thing. (wait for it) Porch swings and rocking chairs. (I have O2 on the bus for anyone whose breath has been taken away.) At least it is a nice summer day for an outing. We are being catered by Kome of Austin. Our entertainment is Kid Rock.
Menu
sushi a-go-go classic rolls
Austin – krab salad, avocado, tuna, eel sauce, sesame seeds
crunchy dynamite – spicy tuna, avocado, tempura crunch, sesame seeds
Earth, wind & fire – avocado, cucumber, carrot, spinach, candied jalapeño, tomato, sunflower seeds
Fat samurai – salmon, yellowtail, tuna, shrimp, krab salad, avocado, cucumber, spinach, carrot
Go-go – bbq eel, cream cheese, avocado, go-go sauce, eel sauce, sesame seeds
Koko – inari, cucumber, avocado, sesame seeds
Chef’s signature rolls
Midnight sun (tempura fried) – smoked salmon, cream cheese, avocado, candied jalapeño, topped with sunflower seeds and go-go sauce
Endo in NY (rice paper) – salmon, striped bass, cucumber, cilantro, carrot, spinach, topped with gold tobiko, side of Thai chili fish sauce
Superstar – tuna, shrimp, squid, umè, daikon, cucumber, gold tobiko
Tarantula – shrimp tempura, softshell crab, avocado, carrot, spinach, sesame seeds, topped with black tobiko, go-go sauce, tx green sauce
Alone together – tuna, salmon, yellowtail, topped with bbq eel, go-go sauce, eel sauce, tempura crunch
Let’s go.
So here we have a rocker grill combo.
Secluded swing.
Rockers and spitoon. (just kidding. It’s an ashtray.)
Lovely swing.
Classic rockers and fountain.
Treehouse swing.
Rockers and flags.
Classic swing.
Good ole Texas rockers.
Rockers, lantern, and a bong.
Rocker for two.
Sweet porch swing.
Moma, babies, and rockers.
We hope you enjoyed the tour and wish you a super week. Now relax, have some food and listen to the music.
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Is there anything more relaxing than rocking on the porch on a quiet summer afternoon? Love the vibe, John. Hope you and the Producer have a lovely holiday weekend!
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Thank you, Lori. I hope you have a relaxing holiday as well.
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Greta photos. Put a whole new spin on ‘old rockers’! I do love Kid Rock and that video certainly took me back. (I won’t say how long) to when we would party at the lake.
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Nothing better than a party near the water. Thanks, Darlene.
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After all my raving about your neighborhood, they rejected patriotism on July 4th weekend? I’m very disappointed in them.
Great photos on your part, John.
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No, I’m just too early.
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I love to read in a rocker in pleasant weather with a little breeze to keep the mosquitoes away.
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Sounds like heaven. Thanks for creating the scene, Vera.
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I spent weeks in the summer reading on the swing on my grandparents’ front porch. Good times!
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I’ll bet it was. Thanks for sharing, Linda.
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I’m sad to see the lack of patriotism, but maybe the neighbors are running behind. I’ve always loved rocking chairs. Great shots, John! Stay cool.
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I was a bit early, Jill. The decorations are starting to come out. 😊
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Great places to sit a spell, John. I’ll nibble on an Earth, wind & fire.
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Good choice, Dan. Happy Fourth.
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All of those look really relaxing.
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They do. Thanks, Charles.
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Rockers on the porch … so many lovely memories. Thanks for sharing, John. I loved the journey.
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Thank you for coming along, Gwen.
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One of the biggest disappointments in our choice of a retirement home is that we did not get a porch and a porch swing. I am enjoying this tour around the neighborhood.
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Thank you, Maggie. There is something magical about a swing. Sorry you don’t have one. (I don’t either.)
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Maybe when we move to a one story home I will get one.
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There you go.
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Here are all these rockers on porches and I don’t even own one! I’m feeling remiss. I love the swings. My dream: Wrap-around porch with a swing placed in just the right spot. Sigh.
And… a grill on the front porch? That is so very bizarre!
That was some good eats and tune! Happy Sunday!
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Thank you, Dale.I thought the grill was bizarre as well. 😊
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Hey yo! Everyone! Look at me, the BBQ King! 😁
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😁 My grill’s bigger than yours.
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Haha! It is Texas, after all 😉
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Yes it is. 😁
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There’s something quite iconic about a porch swing or rocker. They just ooze Americana.
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I agree, Monika. Thanks for the thought.
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Do people sit out on their front porches? When it’s nice weather here (temps below 85) we have a lot of sitters. Hard to take a walk without stopping for a talk! And I’ll take that krab salad, please! 🙂
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Around here you have to sit at night. Daytime is just too hot.
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Temp with humidity 112 today! I think I’ll stay inside!
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Good idea.
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Fantastic swings. Nice menu. But I really enjoyed the video, especially the visuals. HOLY MACKERAL! I enjoyed it even without the music…but the music was good. I need to hear more Kid Rock.
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He’s a Detroit native as am I so I’m fond of his music.
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Have you seen his mansion in Nashville? He’s done well. Ted Nugent is another rocker from Detroit area. I visited his small store on a sales trip in Detroit. As I’m sure you know, he’s an avid hunter, bow/arrow, I believe. The store was all hunting paraphernalia.
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I have not seen his place in Nashville. Bob Seger is another Detroit native.
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I saw him interviewed on Tucker Carlson. Huge house. Quite a character.
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Yes he is.
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Really like Bob Seger. Plenty of recording artists came out of Detroit.
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Yup.
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Rocking chairs, and swings… reminds me of when I lived in Marshall, Mi! ❤
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I love Marshall Michigan. The houses are so beautiful. Loved Win Schuler’s restaurant.
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Loved the cheese spread.
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Good stuff.
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I’ll have my lunch on one of those nice porches with a rocker if I may please?
I’ve always wanted a front porch, but right now I’m happy with my back patio/porch. Happy Independence Week-end, John! 🧨🎆🎆
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You have those fabulous views too. Happy Fourth, Deborah.
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Happy 4th to you too! 🧨🎆
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Thank you, Deborah.
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I can’t help but notice how empty the porch swings are. No fool would want to be out in your heat right now. Stay cool, John!
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So true. I don’t know for sure but I think they are used more in the spring and fall or at night.
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Hi John, there are some lovely houses in your area.
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Yes there are for sure. Thanks, Robbie.
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creative and fun times ahead. Enjoy John!❤️🇺🇸
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Thank you, Cindy. You as well.
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You’re so welcome.. Thanks a lot! 💗
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Happy 4th John.
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Thank you, John. Happy Fourth to you.
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John,
I must take issue with the swing for two. It sure looks like a swing for one to me 😂😂
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Rocker for one? A big one.
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John, this is actually one of your most satisfying tours. That menu sounds scrumptious — perfect for this hot weather. All the porches and swings looked so relaxing and inviting. I love the idea of that stone house with the swing on the balcony. It must be a splendid house. Have a relaxing Sunday. Hugs.
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Aw. You are so kind, Teagan. Thank you so much. Glad you liked the tour.
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There’s something so relaxing about sitting in a rocking chair and feeling the rhythmic motion of moving it. But I’ve never fully understood rockers for two. It just feels counter-productive to rock at somebody else’s pace!
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I think you are right Debbie. Does seem counter relaxing having another galoot on board the rocker.
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Porch swings and rockers are the best! Gliders are wonderful, too.
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I remember when a neighbor got a steel glider. It was something in the 50s.
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My grandparents had one on the screened-in summer cottage at Cape Elizabeth. It had lots of cushions for comfy reading and daydreaming.
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Sounds wonderful.
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Oh, it was!
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😊
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A nice selection of seats, John. There’s something about sitting outside and contemplating…
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Very true, Barbara.
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This was a peaceful and satisfying tour – good switch and one of your better ones. Perfect for summer. I’ll take the house with the spitoon or the moma and babies. We have two weathered rockers on the patio but would love a swing too. Summer calls…
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Yup. Summer is here. Thanks, Jo.
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They all look comfy, but I’m a big partial to porch swings. Thanks for sharing! Happy 4th!
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Happy 4th to you as well, Jan.
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Nice, John, and great music for the rockers! I played some Duke Ellington for the swings. 🙂
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Good idea, Tim. I can almost hear the A-Train now.
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The A Train? Okay, “Let’s Ride,” and tell the conductor “Drop Me Off in Harlem!” 🙂
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You go ahead. I’m going to go to the end of the line.
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Wow, lotsa rockers where you live.
Lotsa rockers here, too, but they’re not the relaxing kind.
LOVE porch swings. I haven’t seen one in a long time. Of course I haven’t been out of the city’s centre for a long time.
Good food on this trip; nice and light for eating in the heat.
Speaking of heat, I keep hearing reports of Texas and how dangerous the heat is.
I’m sure you are staying safe, and keeping Twiggy inside.
Odd, but cool song! Speaking of cool, the herd needs some!
🧊🐂🐂🐂🐂🧊
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We have has temps above 100 for the last 11 days. Today is only 91 so we are feeling cool now. Here is some nice cool water for the herd 🚰🐂🐂🐂🐂🚰
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Uch!
91 is cool…. right! Is that with the humidity feels like index? I’ll bet it’s like 100 there.
Thanks for the H2 Oxen!
🚿🐂🐂🐂🐂🚿
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Feels like 97 but it is better than feels like 114. 🛁 🐂 🐂 🐂 🐂 🛁
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I love those Texas rockers. And did you happen to notice the rocker for two blends in with the blinds from that window?
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Funny how that happens. Also it’s on rocks. Lotta crunching going on.
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Haha! Yeah I think I’d pass on that one thanks. Gimme the Texas rockers, a cool breeze and a frosty adult beverage and I’m good.
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Me too. Except I would like to do that in a place like Pennsylvania where a hot day is still livable. 😁
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Man, it sounds rough in your neck of the woods right now. I talked to my daughter who’s settling in at her new place in Vermont . . . temps in the sixties. Nice.
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Wow.
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I know!
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People! It’s our country’s birthday! Sorry, just sad that you had a hard time finding July 4th decorations. Hubby and I had a new American flag made from a wood carver. I’ll post it on the 4th. Best to you, John. Enjoy the 4th!
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I have my flag up.
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Good to know! And, of course you do. Apologies for sounding ‘kinda awful’ about the neighborhood.
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I can only imagine because the fourth is on Tuesday that everyone is delayed. (I have to do my post on Saturdays for obvious reasons) The city had a problem with the flags they normally put out and had to pick them all up. I normally do a feature on those but could not this year. You weren’t awful. I felt the same. 🤗
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You make some good points. Thank you, John. 🙂 🇺🇸
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That is a great collection of photos. I’ve never seen someone make a collection about porch rockers. You might be onto the next great coffee table book.
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Ha ha ha. Thanks, Craig
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Big fan of porch sitting. Thanks for the tour 🙂
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Thank you for coming along, Denise.
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We’ve got rockers, but never had a place for a swing. Love that one attached to the tree.
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It does look terrific in person too.
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Loved the porch chairs and the sushi. Happy 4th! 🙂
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Thank you, Debby.
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Oh, sweet summer days! The blue chicken people are crazy for umbrellas right on their balconies. It looks weird…thank you for a romantic stroll, dear John!🙂🌷🍨🍤🍤🍤🍻
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I’m sure it does look weird. I guess they are afraid of their blue chicken getting sunburn.
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