The Trail Since 2006
It began with a spark of inspiration from a few kindred spirits scattered along the Appalachian ridges, mostly in North Carolina and Virginia. Back then, we were virtual friends who—for the most part—never shared a physical porch, but we built a digital one together. Some were writers, some were poets, and some were photographers, each of us finding our way through those early “virtual woods” on the internets.
What follows is a collection of my latest musings (and perhaps a bit of blathering), a trail of thoughts that winds all the way back to those first steps in 2006.
Or just meander through my past muses… Just hope the coffee isn’t stale!
October Seventh, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/hmuP_AQcAdw Walking out on the back porch just after 6:00 a.m. this morning, the world was dark. The sky was clear. And Orion shown brightly directly overhead. The only sound was the roar of…
October Sixth, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/MPu9kD30tIE
October Fifth, 2021
Tuesday https://youtu.be/MubjkD_S1i8 As I took the photos in the video this morning hummingbirds were buzzing right by my head. As I stood less than 6 inches from a feeder two hummers sat and ate right…
October Fourth, 2021
Monday https://youtu.be/zPmWhAYhb2g Overnight a cool front blew through. It’s setting offshore now. And, while cooler, it’s not really cool. The morning temperature is right at 70°. And the forecast high for the day is in…
October First, 2021
Friday https://youtu.be/AAdTZJN8eto Today is wet! Yesterday we had a heavy midday thunderstorm that dropped quite a bit of water. Overnight more thunderstorms move through the area. Today is just wet! The yard is full of…
The Last Sunset in September 2021
https://youtu.be/6CuU3ltqpa4
Thirty September, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/KXa99_c6-Ww It was 75°, when I walked out this morning onto the darkened back porch. The humidity was high settling like a blanket over the world. Once the sun began to brighten the neighborhood,…
Twenty-nine September, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/vcMIAIf1H2A
Twenty-eight September, 2021
Tuesday https://youtu.be/GBHFlEXVJMs After I woke grandkid number one this morning, I stepped out on the back porch into what felt like a return to summer… The temperature was above 75°, and the humidity was pushing…
Twenty-seven September, 2021
Monday https://youtu.be/5x1oeaCA6V4 Our preview of fall is winding down. The low this morning is back above 70… And there it will stay all week. The prognosticators are foretelling of scattered showers all week to boot….
Twenty-four September, 2021
Friday https://youtu.be/mazVlMjIDVc A person could get used to mornings starting out in the ’50s. It’s another gorgeous day on the back porch. Fall like temperatures and low humidity. What could be better for starting the…
Twenty-three September, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/BRW_W3SA7H8 After a breezy Wednesday, Thursday was cool, still, and clear. The temperature this morning when I walked out on the back porch was 58°. The humidity wasn’t even felt. Photographs was heavy with…
Twenty-two September, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/e0lPUyAQ93E
Twenty-one September, 2021
Tuesday https://youtu.be/TDMa23kaw54 I find myself needing to run this morning … So, the video is it for today. Y’all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for the nation and the world… Catch y’all on the…
Twenty September, 2021
Monday https://youtu.be/86W2GOTVkfc We’re just waiting for the weather to change… Me and the hummingbirds… There are dozens swarming around the feeders front and back. They and I are waiting for the cold front the prognosticators…
Saturday Afternoon on the Back Porch
https://youtu.be/VSdC3K9p7Cw I was playing with the GoPro yesterday afternoon watching the swarms of Hummingbirds attack my feeders and each other. It took awhile to put together the video and upload it to YouTube,
Seventeen September, 2021
Friday https://youtu.be/fEsSix79zyk After I wake up my granddaughter at 6:00 a.m. I usually step out onto the dark back porch to get a feel for the day. A lot of mornings if I look up…
Sixteen September,2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/zChfJFlM3J8 When I walked out on the back porch at 6:00 a.m. there were stars shining in the sky. By 7:00 a.m. clouds had covered the entirety of the dome. The temperatures are still…
Fifteen September, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/Wg5xb1tCa_0
Fourteen September, 2021
Tuesday, After Hurricane Nicholas https://youtu.be/RoF5aQIG_ck Hurricane Nicholas made landfall at 12:30 am Tuesday on the eastern part of Matagorda Peninsula, about 10 miles west of the small city of Sargent. It had maximum winds of…
Thirteen September, 2021
Monday https://youtu.be/c4ztBxxPtAA It’s a wet, almost stormy morning to start this week. Way down south in the Gulf is tropical storm Nicholas. The prognosticators are saying TS Nick will come ashore sometime today south of…
Twelve September, 2021
Sunday Sunset https://youtu.be/E5iOoXnsB-o Tropical Storm Nicholas has layered in clouds that came to life after the sun set…
Eleven September, 20 21
Saturday, 9/11 https://youtu.be/QZgOoG-vLPg This morning I’m out on the back porch enjoying unseasonably nice fall weather. The morning temperature was 64° when I walked out. The humidity is a livable 84%. In the hour I’ve…
Ten September, 2021
Friday https://youtu.be/f5qwTaOLAo0 There’s a pleasure in visiting the outdoors when both the temperature and the humidity meet in the lower 70s. And this morning I reaped the benefits of that pleasure when the temperature was…
Nine September, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/_471EK9YNqs Stepping out on the front porch this morning was one of those “Oh wow” moments. The temperature was a pleasant 69°. The humidity was a mehh… 93%. But, still it felt extremely pleasant….
Eight September, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/nFUMp0YgTO0
Seven September, 2021
Tuesday https://youtu.be/C12iyMzql2o There’s been a real change in the feeling of the world today… But it’s only the weather. And though the humidity is at 97%, with the temperature at 72°. It feels like fall…
Six September, 2021
Monday, Labor Day https://youtu.be/z8QJmdAeP3I Walking out on the back porch this morning it felt cooler. Though, truth be told at 78°, it’s been cooler of a morning. But then I pulled up the humidity… And…
Three September, 2021
Friday https://youtu.be/tI6tGQ0XbFg I walked out on the back porch this morning in the pre-dawn dark with stars shining overhead and lightning flashing to the south. Thunderstorms offshore, headed our way. The temperature in the upper…
Two September, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/ldw7w2wTBrA Stepping out on the back porch this morning after waking grandchild number one, it was 79° with a humidity of 97%… Summer is still hanging around. Now I sit here on the front…
One September, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/kfAkZVAVUBg
August the 31st, 2021
Tuesday https://youtu.be/b8ctGQR0tho Stepping out on the back porch this morning before first light it felt like I thought it should feel on a warm and humid last day of August. The temperature was 79°, cooler…
August the 30th, 2021
Monday https://youtu.be/KfH_snpm05A Last evening I sat out and watched the sun go down while I let the GoPro run. This morning I played with the resulting video as the grandkids got ready for school. I…
August the 29th, 2021
Sunday I don’t have much to say today. And I’ll let the image above say most of it. Stay safe out there, protect your family and your pets.
August the 28th, 2021
Saturday Hurricane Ida I wasn’t going to post anything this morning because I slept in… Then I saw this animation of Ida on Windy.com. I started playing with the video recorder and then tried outputting…
August the 27th, 2021
Friday https://youtu.be/ai9yfQc-S9A Last night about midnight Mother Nature put on another light and sound show. When I woke up this morning a light rain was still falling. And though the temperature was nicely in the…
August the 26th, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/j99EFe07ZY8 When I walked out to the car this morning to run the kids to the end of the driveway for their buses the car wouldn’t start. It had been acting like the battery…
August the 25th, 2021
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/EGzYPUwWxiU
August 24th, 2021
Tuesday https://youtu.be/Bq5y3n-v8SQ The kids are on the buses. The first load of laundry is in the washer. I’m sitting on the front porch watching the workday traffic go by. It’s warm out right now, not…
August th 22nd, 2021
Sunday https://youtu.be/pjVwlHmwMd8 Walking out this morning was almost painful. The temperature was already 78 degrees and the humidity was 90%… Pretty much right where it should be for this time of year, but that doesn’t…
August the 21st, 2021
Saturday https://youtu.be/CSGocrLas_8 It’s another warm August day in SE Texas. No clouds in the sky, no rain in the forecast. And being a Saturday, the normal running around is required. Grocery stores, Post Office, and…
August the 20th, 2021
Friday Happy Birthday Mom https://youtu.be/C9xHpeDXuIw My mom turns 88 today… Happy Birthday Mom! I’m still playing with the Quik app from GoPro. I’m liking the ability to turn a series of photos (and videos) into…
August the 19th, 2021
Thursday https://youtu.be/mgg4t4UbXXs It’s the first day of school here. And both grandkids were not as hard to get up this morning as I expected. On this first day of school their mother is taking them….
August the 18th
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/SSPp3ynjC5c
August the 17th, 2021
Tuesday Well, the temperature at 74° is quite pleasant, the humidity at 97% is visible in the air as a haze. I’m letting the grandkids get one last day of summer sleep before I start…
August the 16th, 2021
https://youtu.be/9EEntShZ1T4 My wife woke me up early this morning because see smelted something foul and gaseous this morning when she stepped outside. After making sure it was not just a gas escape ay our house,…
A Little Video Play…
https://youtu.be/2rLqs9b-EGQ I was playing around with the video editing app for the GoPro and managed to put this together from shots and video in July…
August the 15th, 2021
Sunday It’s Sunday morning quiet on the back porch this a.m. . Even the birds are keeping it quiet this morning. The temperature is 75°. Unusual, really unusual, for this time of the calendar. Even…
Nanci
Nanci Griffith, a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter who kept one foot in folk and the other in country and was blessed with a soaring voice equally at home in both genres, died on Friday. She…
August the 13th, 2021
Friday the 13th This would be an auspicious day for my grandfather. He always claimed that 13 was his lucky number. It always seemed to be good for him. Let’s hope, it’s good for me…
