Porches

Our daughter-in-law from the Dallas area visits from time to time.  She is a city girl, but enjoys visiting and is always happy to help when she comes.  Here she is on the back porch helping bundle radishes for the market earlier this spring.

And, a little later that day she packaged sunflower sprouts for me.

Just having an extra pair of hands was a great help and we finished work earlier that day than we usually do.  After the work was done, we sat on the front porch, enjoying the evening and drinking a glass of wine.  As we sat there, she said this was our "non-work porch", as opposed to our back porch being our "work porch".

You see, our front porch faces the north and looks out over a large field that we rarely mow which is usually filled with various wildflowers depending on the season.  I wrote about it in this entry:

http://windyacresnaturalfarm.blogspot.com/2013/05/spring-flowers.html

About a year ago, we had a sidewalk installed leading up to the front porch and had some landscaping done.  So, this is a pleasant place to sit and relax.  Here is a picture taken on the front porch.

Our back porch, on the other hand, faces south and is where we wash produce and get it ready for the market.  It does not have nearly as pleasant an atmosphere as the front porch.  Here is a picture of it.

As you can see, the daughter-in-law was right-on in her assessment of the two areas.  Tom and I have even picked up using the terms "work porch" and "non-work porch" to refer to them.......as in "If you need me, I'll be out on the work porch." or "I'll meet you on the non-work porch."

Funny how new terms get coined and take on a life of their own!