Chats on the Farmhouse Porch 10

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Welcome to another visit on my porch! I love porches and tend to notice them when I drive by a house. Perhaps more so now that we have our weekly chats on a porch. I see the trees beginning to change colors. This is my favorite time of year.
Before my oldest daughter was born, I was required to have twelve weeks of complete bed rest to get her to a gestational week that would be safe. Towards  the end of those weeks, I had more doctors appointments than ever. I remember going to one, a few weeks after the last one. The leaves had changed into a full color display during that time. I remember walking out to the car and looking as though it was my first time to see colorful trees. As we made our way down a major road, I could see many trees and the colors were beautiful. I must have gone the whole way speechless, just taking in the view. (Me? Speechless? Must have been one heck of a view!! It certainly beat the four walls I'd seen for weeks on end!) I think of that every fall when the reds, yellows, oranges, greens, and browns decorate for the season. I hope you enjoy the best of this season.Questions

1. Would you rather cook or clean house?
2. Who do you resemble in your family?
3. Have you tried e-books yet?
4. Do you collect anything?
5. What's your favorite fall tradition?

My answers:

1. I'd rather cook dinner for 500 than do any housecleaning. I love a clean house, but housework makes me crazy. 
2. My mom. I not only look like her, but I have her same crazy sense of humor.
3. I was able to borrow a color Nook from our local library. They just started loaning them out. It was interesting. It was loaded with 53 non-fiction books. You can get them with Best Sellers, general fiction and many other categories. I found it a bit frustrating if I wanted to go back to look at something. It's much easier to leaf through a book. With that said, it would be very convenient for vacation or a business trip. One little leather covered "book" is much lighter than a huge stack. I do love real, paper books. I like the feel, the smell, the look, and the way they feel when you fall asleep curled up with them. I couldn't warm to an e-reader like that! I will try another one from the library. This time I will check out a Kindle. Hubby has one and he really likes it. This way I can get one loaded with books I might be interested in. I'm not running out to buy one though.
4. I collect cobalt blue vases, but my collection has somehow morphed into cobalt plates, bowls, and a covered dish that looks like a chicken. I also have enough blue and white dishes that one could accuse me of collecting them too.
5. Decorating with pumpkins is good, but baking apple pies would have to win! I also love the traditions of Thanksgiving. It means being with family and thanking God- both are good in my book. :)

Guess what we've been doing lately-

Yes. Harvesting sweet potatoes.This is just one of many day's harvests of the gems. We planted LOTS of them this year. I like them baked, boiled,roasted, in cottage fries, in breads, as pie, as cake (with cream cheese frosting), and even in curries. I don't think I've ever had sweet potatoes prepared in a way I didn't like. What's your favorite way to eat sweet potatoes?
Enjoy the season and have a spectacular week!Hey, Martha- that woman at Everyday Ruralty is improving her vocabulary, She's always wishing people a great weekend, a wonderful weekend, or a super weekend. She said "spectacular" this week.Imagine that!Maybe Wendell is teaching her some new, big words.