Friday Flash 55 - "It's what I need..."


Upon my return trip from Charleston I told my husband, 

"It's what I need to be happy! 


Haint blue wooden celings with whicker fans supported by white columns, 


hanging floral baskets framing deep seated rocking chairs."


Months later as our glasses clinked toasting our new porch, I said


"If I only had an ocean front view..."



This is for "Friday Flash 55"  Please click HERE to see the G-Man's blog and to see what others have to contribute!  This IS Fiction, but I DID come back from my Easter vacation REALLY wanting a southern style porch...

Comments

Monkey Man said…
That's some cottage. Dream big or don't dream at all, I always say.
April 28, 2011 at 5:15 PM
dustus said…
Beautiful down there in SC! Your 55 and pics make me want to go on vacation. Wonderful post.
April 28, 2011 at 5:19 PM
moondustwriter said…
Love the shots and the porch is divine.
The beach view will have can be borrowed
April 28, 2011 at 5:30 PM
Unknown said…
Here I am out on my screened deck, blogging and reading, thinking this is the life...then you pulled out your words and photos. Now everything seems so small in comparison.
April 28, 2011 at 6:06 PM
Maude Lynn said…
Oh, I want one, too!
April 28, 2011 at 6:15 PM
G-Man said…
Margaret...
I was getting soooo jealous HA!
Loved your bright vibrant story today.
Most Excellent 55.
Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End...G
April 28, 2011 at 6:40 PM
Brian Miller said…
ha there is always more to want..smiles.
April 28, 2011 at 6:49 PM
Olivia said…
Sigh........

Whenever you decided to move on to the sea- side place; call me over for this one! I'll manage in there.. hahaha

The 1st shot took breath away....

Friday hugs xox
April 29, 2011 at 12:38 AM
MorningAJ said…
I could live there. :)
April 29, 2011 at 1:55 AM
PBJdreamer said…
Gorgeous pictures you paint with your words!



that is all
April 29, 2011 at 7:59 AM
Crystal said…
I just love Charleston, S.C. Wonderful place.
April 29, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Linc said…
Beautiful photos and a nice little tale :) Thanks!
April 29, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Anonymous said…
Tsk. Never happy. Get yourself a poster of the ocean and stick it between the columns.

- Alice
April 29, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Belinda Munoz said…
Right...and I could use a personal chef and a a masseuse!
April 29, 2011 at 1:44 PM
Shanae Branham said…
Wow...what a beautiful place. Great pictures... Did she get her ocean view?

Click here for my 55
April 29, 2011 at 2:05 PM
Lulda Casadaga said…
Isn't charleston lovely...just as lovely as this 55! :)
April 29, 2011 at 2:06 PM
Steve Isaak said…
Fun, solid, photo/word-interplay piece.
April 29, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Margaret said…
This is fiction...I have no porch, but would love one. But you know how it is with most women... Paint a room and then new carpet is needed, then furniture... And then the next room needs to be done to make it flow...

Just celebrated 21 years of marriage this weekend and I will be getting to everyone's 55's soon!
April 30, 2011 at 8:36 PM
Dutchbaby said…
I may not need that porch, but if I had one, it would make me happy indeed. And if it had an ocean view along a beach with white-white sand, that would be divine.

Happy Anniversary, Margaret! We've been married 21 years too.
May 2, 2011 at 9:03 PM
Snowbrush said…
The latest "Smithsonian" magazine contains a quote about Charleston from before the Civil War. The writer of that era described the city as like, "...a distressed elderly gentlewoman...a little gone down in the world, yet remembering still it's former dignity." From your photos, I would say that it has found a first-rate plastic surgeon.
May 2, 2011 at 11:14 PM
Margaret said…
Dutchbaby - Yes, the balance between need and want gets blurred at times!

Snowbrush - I can believe that. How beautiful could it REALLY have been with all the dirtiness - horse manure and urine, the CLOSENESS of every house and the fact that slavery was really weighing the south down. It wasn't as profitable and sustainable as they liked to say. If only the south had let slavery go and HIRED them. But I'm sure conditions still would have been bad back in the day. I am so glad I can enjoy that city NOW and that the architecture has been preserved. On my last visit I toured Magnolia Plantation and they had a whole "slave tour" devoted to explaining how it was the blacks who brought their invaluable knowledge of rice planting to the area. And how nature has been turned back to the original state and is now habitat to birds, etc. It is all pretty... NOW.
May 3, 2011 at 11:02 AM
Bee said…
We get a magazine called "The Week" and every week they feature homes according to a specific theme. Last week, it was porches . . . although most of them were more like roof decks. Isn't it pleasurable to fantasize about the perfect house? Btw, nobody does porches like Southerners. ADORE these pictures.

Thanks so much for visiting me today.
May 4, 2011 at 12:48 PM
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