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!
2023 Day 103
Thursday April 13th The progression of the seasons is well advanced and I’ve missed most of it due to the continued overcast we’ve had. The Sun, on its annual progression to the north, has now…
2023 Day 102
Wednesday April 12th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -301 Days
2023 Day 101
Tuesday April 11th It’s a fairly pleasant morning on the front porch. The temperature is 63°. There’s no apparent breeze. And scattered amongst the overcast or big patches and blue sky.. maybe I shouldn’t say…
2023 Day 100
Monday April 10th It’s another overcast start to the day. It’s a pleasant 63° out though. The winds are calm. Basically, it’s pretty much a repeat of oh so many days so far this year….
2023 Day 99
Sunday April 9th I hope this Easter Sunday finds everyone happy. Colored eggs and Easter bunnies or much more appreciated when all of the grandkids were actually little kids. But absolutely everyone still enjoys Easter…
2023 Day 98
Saturday April 8th It’s Saturday, and I’m running late, and the day looks pretty much like yesterday. The temperature is 56°. The rains have moved out but you really can’t tell it. Other than that…
2023 Day 97
Friday April 7th It’s a cool 59° this morning with a light rain falling. There’s a steady breeze blowing out of the north at 10 mph. The breeze is just hard enough to make the…
2023 Day 96
Thursday April 6th The temperature is 58° this morning.. chili with the north breeze blowing. The overcast is total and gray. But rain is on the way… So while I wait for an extremely rainy…
2023 Day 95
Wednesday April 5th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -307 Days
2023 Day 94
Tuesday March 4th It’s 74° with gusty winds on this very humid and somewhat sticky morning. The winds are out of the south. Therefore it’s still on the front porch as I want to wait…
2023 Day 93
Monday April 3rd It’s already warm and muggy this morning.. The temperature is 74°. The guys at Space City weather are predicting the high today will approach 90°. Not exactly what I would like for…
2023 Day 92
Sunday April 2nd It was very foggy earlier this morning.. not so much now. There is a stench to the air from the smoke residue from the “trash pile” the neighbor a couple of properties…
2023 Day 91
Saturday April 1st It’s 73° out this morning. The day is starting out like every other day lately.. heavily overcast. But the winds have slacked off to nothing, so that’s an improvement. The forecast is…
2023 Day 90
Friday March 31st It’s a very breezy morning out here on the front porch waiting for the school bus. The temperature is 73°. According to windy.com the winds are blowing at 13 mph with guests…
2023 Day 89
Thursday March 30th It’s another overcast morning. And it’s a breezy 68° with a 92% humidity. The wind is out of the east, so it will be bringing golf moisture in over us all day…
2023 Day 88
Wednesday March 29th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -314 Days
2023 Day 87
Tuesday March 28th The line of showers moved through last night at about 4:00 a.m. . I woke up to thunder but don’t recall any lightning.. though it had to be there in order for…
2023 Day 86
Monday March 27th Another very foggy morning in SE Texas. It’s 69° this morning. And very very muggy. Over the weekend my wife and I were talking and my ex employer came up. During COVID…
2023 Day 85
Sunday March 26th It’s foggy. The 67° this morning feels different from the 67° of yesterday morning. Humidity changes everything. I am sitting on the back porch listening to the morning bird song. Also to…
2023 Day 84
Saturday March 25th I slept in this morning, so the sun is well up.. The temperature though, is a pleasant 67° with a much lower than normal humidity. Since it’s already late though, I think…
2023 Day 83
Friday March 24th It’s a pleasant 71° though a little muggy. By midday the chance of rain starts climbing to near 100%. Radar is already showing a mass of thunderstorms across Central Texas as a…
2023 Day 82
Thursday March 23rd It’s already 71° this morning. And once again it’s mostly cloudy. Got to make a run into Houston this morning.. so this is going to be a quick one… Y’all have a…
2023 Day 81
Wednesday March 22nd Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -321 Days
2023 Day 80
Tuesday March 21st What a difference a day can make … The temperature this morning is 62°. The high today is going to be closing in on 80°. Welcome to spring. Once again, it’s totally…
2023 Day 79
Monday March 20th Welcome Spring… Today I woke to an outside temperature of 35°. According to the guys at Space Center Weather this should be the last time we see temperatures this low for a…
2023 Day 78
Sunday March 19th It’s a chilly, gray morning. The temperature when I woke up was 44°. It has been so gray that I’m just chilling and not getting much done. So now it’s time for…
2923 Day 77
Saturday March 18th It’s another wet and chilly morning. A light rain is falling. The temperature is 45°. It’s almost 9:00 a.m. and it’s still dark and gloomy out. Between all of the pollen in…
2023 Day 76
Friday March 17th The world outside looks green. But that’s appropriate for St Patrick’s Day… This morning it’s raining. The temperature is 46° but the wind chill has it feeling like 40°. And there’s a…
2023 Day 75
Thursday March 16th It’s a warmish muggy morning. Heavily overcast. The temperature is 71°. I waited to take the pictures above but the sky hasn’t changed since before sunup. The weather today should be interesting…..
2023 Day 74
Wednesday March 15th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -328 Days
2023 Day 73
Tuesday March 14th Last Quarter Moon over the Backyard It’s another beautiful spring morning. There’s a slight breeze from the north blowing this morning. And the temperature is a spring-like 54°. Yesterday ended up being…
2023 Day 72
Monday March 13th Spring has returned. The temperature this morning is 56°. And it feels much more spring-like on the back porch. It’s breezy. The wind’s blowing out of the northeast making the tree limbs…
2023 Day 71
Sunday March 12th The temperature is 71°. Humidity is at 89%. Daylight savings time is in effect… Again. So, I guess I should change my clocks… The only ones that really matter most are the…
2023 Day 70
Saturday March 11th It’s 71°. Pretty much overcast. It is still. It’s Saturday. And other than the normal weekend to chores I don’t have much planned… First bacon frying on the stove. Biscuits in the…
2023 Day 69
Friday March 10th It’s 70°. A very hazy day. Both the son and the almost full moon are hiding behind clouds. The bus has already stopped and loaded the grandkids. We’ve already had our first…
2023 Day 68
Thursday March 9th This morning the fog is so thick you could cut it with a stick. The temperature is 68°. The humidity is 94%. It’s quiet.. abnormally quiet. A sound deadening blanket has been…
2023 Day 67
Wednesday March 8th Wordless Wednesday
2023 Day 66
Tuesday March 7th Overcast. 70°. Humid. Stepping outside this morning The temperature is cooler than the indoor temperature but feels warmer… Ahhh, the pleasures of humidity…. It’s a Joni Mitchell/Eva Cassidy morning on Amazon Music…
2023 Day 65
Monday March 6th The overcast is back this morning, along with the heat. But I stepped out on the back porch it was already 65°. The projected high for today is headed towards 80° again….
2023 Day 64
Sunday March 5 it’s another beautiful and cool morning on the back porch. There’s a bit of ground fog but the temperature is 51°. The sun is bright with not a cloud in the sky….
2023 Day 63
Saturday March 4th According to the phone in my hand it’s 47° this morning. But the humidity… It’s back up in the 90% range… Not my cup of.. coffee. Since it’s the weekend, and I…
2023 Day 62
Friday March 3rd For once, once again, it’s seasonably cool this morning. The temperature is a pleasant 57°. And, the humidity this morning is an unheard of 35%. And to top it all off it’s…
2023 Day 61
Thursday March 2nd Happy Birthday Jeremy Austin Boyd The day is starting out pleasantly warm again at 72°. Though, according to the prognosticators that will be changing by the end of the day what a…
2023 Day 60
Wednesday March 1st Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/IPu8cIve41Q
2023 Day 59
Tuesday February 28th There was a bit of fog this morning, though it’s cleared already. And it’s a bit cooler today, 67°… But the humidity is up. The spring weeds are popping up all over…
2023 Day 58
Monday February 27th Today on the back porch it starts out at 72°. There’s a bit more color to the east than the last week has brought. There’s even more color on the ground… Green…
2023 Day 57
Sunday February 26th It’s another overcast morning in the backyard. For some reason, even with the temperature at 71°, it feels cooler out this morning. I really don’t understand it… The humidity is at 90%….
2023 Day 56
Saturday February 25th It’s late… But all I can say about the day is Ditto… Catch y’all on the other side… Later – Early Afternoon Back porch thermometer. Okay… Now it’s just ridiculous for a…
2023 Day 55
Friday February 24th It’s another warm humid morning on the porch. The temperature is 70° and the humidity is fairly high. According to the Space City Weather guys, there’s a front floating somewhere to the…
2023 Day 54
Thursday February 23rd Out on the porch this morning… It’s a warm 70° with just a bit of humidity. It kind of looks like we’re back in the pattern of overcast mornings. The kind of…
