The Front Porch: Winds of Change
The Winds of Change:
I took a few pics of West Monroe's " Antique Alley" today. I was waiting for my niece Gracie to cut my hair and decided to stroll down the side walk and into some of the shops along the way. As I passed by one of them, I came up on a doily that was for sale just thrown into a buggy. Wow! What a memory it triggered.
Growing up when we did, we knew what a doily was. Today's young folks might not, so I will explain. A dollie is a piece of lace often crocheted together in a pattern to place something on or for just really pretty conversation pieces. The hands that brought these beautiful pieces of artwork together were often wrinkled with time and knotted with the knowledge of life sewn into the piece. My Grandma's hands made some of these and as her Momma before her, she would pass them down when change would come. Only brought out on special occasions to place pound cake on for a celebration, she would draw it from the sideboard and place it on the table as the aroma of her Baptist pound cake filled the air. Oh what joy. I can still smell the cake and see the powdered sugar sprinkled across the top of one of my favorite confections.
Change would be in the air as we finished and crossed the dogtrot to chairs out in the porch for the evening.
Change is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes though, it takes a little getting used to. The United Kingdom is experiencing a big change this week as the world mourns the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and brings in King Charles III. It will be quite a change to get used to I'm sure.
Every day brings change. We have to be ready for it no matter what. God will guide us and give us direction when needed. In all circumstances, let us remember most of all to just be thankful as we begin each day with a season of change .....
Remembering the hands that made the doily and a Baptist pound cake tonight off " The Front Porch "
Please enjoy the pictures from our Antique Alley...
