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!
Spring feels a little strange this year…
It could be just me.. but I think not…. It sure seems like there have been more overcast days than sunny days this year. Particularly, this spring. Though I have to admit, that’s starting the…
It’s a cool evening with a mostly full moon
It’s been a long, long day
It’s a crisp and noisy morning on the front porch…
At 6:30 a.m. The air is a crispy 50°. It’s noisy out.. the constant hum of rubber on blacktop from the bypass, the birds song in the trees, even the roar of train Wheels on…
A return to our very short spring….
I’m standing out on the front porch this morning. Waiting for my grandson to get on the school bus… And I’m struck by how beautiful a spring morning it is. Even though the sun is…
After the storm…
Wordless Wednesday
Waiting for the buses, early and late…
Two shots, taken an hour apart, from the same location. It’s a pleasant spring morning with a temperature in the mid-50s. But judging from the forecast, summer is just around the corner. Here we are…
It’s after Easter and we’re waiting for the bus…
In the time it took to go from one bus to the next, the outdoor temperature has dropped just enough to go from warmish to coolish. Now if we could just get rid of the…
Chuck Boyd RIP
Yesterday morning my brother passed away. He fought a short battle with cancer before passing away at his home surrounded by family and friends. When Charles Dean Boyd was born on July 9, 1957, in…
I really think it’s raining outside….
After the kids got on the bus this morning, it decided to really start raining… As you can see from the standing water, it has been raining pretty hard for a good while now. Looking…
Midnight shots of the backyard…
Wordless Wednesday
It’s a bit nippy out this morning…
The trip out onto the front porch first thing this morning was really chilly… It was 45° outside. The photo above is taken from the back porch just before the second bus run… 2 weeks…
Spring break is over.. schools back in session
After springing forward last week, the sun isn’t coming up until the 2nd bus. So, it now seems as though the alarm is going off in the middle of the night… It’s just a bit…
It Ain’t Over Yet…
Every once in awhile you hear a song that stops you in your tracks. This song does it every time I hear it… every damn time! I’m not sure when Rodney Crowell first entered my…
Muses after springing forward…
Tuesday, March 12th I can’t recall whether this confluence of events has happened in the past or not. But having a week of spring break for the grandkids follow immediately after the spring time change…
Music on a Sunday Afternoon…
I have an old playlist playing today… It’s bringing up plenty of old memories… https://youtu.be/AaZD_r3zXGk?si=h1MB_whdjrp6kosl https://youtu.be/BPTOY8FrvNw?si=-O1GXSs0KAQTtMY- https://youtu.be/PTUkE3hj8i8?si=n1ScCZCJMTjSKcaG And the music keeps playing…
While I wasn’t paying attention… Spring arrived..
Monday, March 4th While I was standing on the front porch waiting for the second bus.. I noticed the predominance of the color green. Just a week or so ago, gray was the predominant color…
The start to what feels like it will be an almost perfect day…
Wordless Wednesday, February 21st
It’s funny what a difference 15 minutes can make…..
Tuesday, February 20th It seems that one minute I could see forever.. but the next minute fog and settled in. The morning temperature wasn’t bad.. 45°. Calm winds. But the more light outside, the foggier…
This is about as much a winter morning as we have….
Sunday, February 18th The morning’s temperature started out at 37°. The high today will approach 60°. The low overnight is forecast to reach 36°. That’s pretty much a standard deep winter’s day for southeast Texas….
It’s pleasantly cool out at 7:00 a.m.
Thursday, February 15th Well… Once again, the sky is totally overcast. And according to the prognosticators, it will run through the weekend. The temperature outside is 58°. And it was so pleasant, I found myself…
6:30ish on Valentine’s Day
Wordless Wednesday, February 14th
The flocks of winter have returned…
Tuesday, February 13th Yesterday morning I stepped out to something I haven’t seen in a few years… The starlings have returned. When I first stepped out the trees were full of black and the ground…
And the sun finally came out…
Monday, February 12th After four very warm humid days of overcast skies, the north winds overnight blew them clear. Yesterday at this time the temperature in the backyard was 70°. This morning it is 44°….
Wordless Wednesday…
Wednesday, February 7th
70 years and counting…
Tuesday, February 6th Today is my birthday. My 70th. And on this day, I will be visiting my late mother’s home.. making arrangements for her estates sale. So…. Once again I will miss my birthday…
It’s windy and mostly cloudy…
Monday, February 5th With the winds blowing that close to 20 mph out of the north this morning, it was quite cool standing on the front porch. Well, it’s finally here.. very last day I…
Just another sunrise… If you can really say that.
Friday, February 2nd
The sunrises have been unusually nice this past week…
Thursday, February 1st Happy birthday Abby! 🎁 Even though I took these photographs.. images.. shots early this morning… I seem to have forgotten to post them. So here they are… Enjoy!
A wordless Wednesday sunrise…
Wednesday, January 31st
A visual journey from the first bus to the last….
Tuesday, January 30th Starting on the front porch at 6:30 a.m. . An ending on the front porch at 7:40 a.m.. With a couple of stops on the back porch in between…
A bright and sunny start to a new week…
Monday, January 29th It’s a mostly cloudless sky.. and the sunshine on a chili morning is welcome. The temperature this morning is 37°. And we could use a few days of sunshine just to dry…
Sunday morning sunrise…
Sunday, January 28th
A decent sunset on a chilly Saturday afternoon…
Saturday, January 27th The sun is still shining on the tops of the trees. And there are quite a few clouds blowing in from the north. So I think I will sit here for just…
How much rain did we actually get in the last week?
Well… We filled the rain gauge. And it was above 5 and 1/4 inches…
A very foggy end to a long.. wet week…
Friday, January 26th It’s already 9:00 a.m., and my last cup of coffee is empty… And outside, fog still reins supreme. All of the water puddles in the front yard have drained away. It’s a…
And finally.. The rains stop falling….
Thursday, January 25th And…. That’s pretty much all I have to say about the matter…
A dark and dreary start to a long and cool rainy week…
Monday, January 22nd Since yesterday morning, the temperature has risen slowly but surely. At the moment it’s 54°. And it’s raining.. lightly. According to the weather prognosticators, this is what our week will be… Such…
Sometimes you just have to take a little guilty pleasure…
Friday, January 19th It’s a beautiful, cool, but breezy morning. The temperature is 47°. And the winds are out of the north. But the sky is mostly clear. And the sun is shining brightly… Oct…
Winter has retreated.. fog has moved in…
Thursday, January 18th I really appreciate the “night sight” photo option on my Pixel. When you do it correctly, it really brings out the environment you can’t see well. As you can see, it’s foggy…
Frozen sunrise…
Wordless Wednesday, January 17th
Diamonds sparkling in the sun…
It’s really an uncommon sight here in my area to see ice sparkling on tree limbs in the sun. It’s 10:45 and the sun is causing a virtual heat wave outdoors… The temperature has risen…
Okay.. it’s really cold outside…
Tuesday, January 16th Well, winter road in and decided to stay a bit. Yesterday wasn’t supposed to be so cold. As it was, we didn’t get above freezing all day long. And this morning it’s…
There’s a steady wind blowing on this cold gray morn…
Monday, January 15th The world outside my window is dark and gray. Even though the sun is up.. there is no sign of it above the clouds. Already it is the coldest morning of the…
When Arctic air hit’s the Gulf Coast…
Sunday, January 14th It’s quite chilly outside at 48°.. or 43°.. or 45°.. (depending upon whose site you look at), but it’s only going to get chillier over the next couple of days. The Arctic…
Clear skies and cold weather…
Saturday, January 13th It’s 31° this morning… But it’s headed up to 65° by afternoon. Once again there’s frost on the grass. That’s about as close as we ever come to snow most winter days….
Another winter sunset…
Friday, January 12th And finally, the winds have slacked.
Winter is coming…
Friday, January 12th It’s a very blustery day. The temperature has already dropped 8° since I got up this morning. The temperature will be falling all day long as the northwind blows in a winter…
We’re back at the top of the roller coaster…
Thursday, January 11th As I sit here on the front porch, the temperature is already 59°. The forecasted high is 76°. So yes, we are at the peak of the roller coaster that Texas weather…
