The Taylors' Front Porch
Pull up a chair! Have a sit-down an' shoot the breeze with us. Later on, maybe we'll go down to the drugstore to get a bottle of pop .  .  . maybe see what's showin' at the Grand .  .  .  . What you gonna do tonight, Barn?

May 01, 2025 - Msg 120637:

Thanks JM, that was good!
Hey GF--Love it! :)
Hope everyone else is doing good.
I'll just do a country-wide APB for y'all! :)
God is good.
MDC
May 01, 2025 - Msg 120638: Nice sweep, MDC! You've got the Porch looking all spiffy -just in time to welcome in the month of May! Here's Barney with the "Official Verification":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BweKwFqGHiU

Thanks for the link to the meditations you posted, JM.

Y'all have a happy first day of May and let's pray this month will bring many blessings to us all.

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possum u.a.r.
May 02, 2025 - Msg 120639: Hey Porch,

Just wanted to repost this in case anyone missed it in the sweep.
https://www.odbm.org/our-impact/stories-of-impact/evening-meditations-to-help-you-lie-down-and-sleep

Have a great Friday!
John Masters
May 02, 2025 - Msg 120640: If anyone is interested, they posted my projects for the Mayberry Days Auction on their website.
Everything is my stuff except for the Two paintings...I have fun coming up with ideas, and it’s all for a good cause that goes towards The Mayberry Days festival.

https://www.surryarts.org/mayberrydays/fun/auction.html

G-F
May 03, 2025 - Msg 120641: WOW,G-F!! You made all that neat stuff?! Boy,you're ept! Love it all- the Owl ornament with the quote from Briscoe is so cute! Really great of you to create and offer your work up for the auction. Some TAGS fans are gonna be very happy, plus it is for a good cause. Good going,G-F!
Wishing everyone a nice weekend!
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possum u. a.r.
May 04, 2025 - Msg 120642: Good Sabbath Porch Family,
I’m not sure where I’ve been hiding lately. Been doing a ton of cleaning, reorganizing, and decluttering, planted garden, and read an Anne Lindbergh book and a Louis L’Amour book and his autobiography. Love the links, all! Thanks for sharing Barney’s song, possum. Thanks for the sleep help, John Masters, and I love all your projects, G-F! Well done!! You’re so right, MDC, God is good all the time. And all the people said, “Amen!” God bless!
Charlotte Tucker
May 05, 2025 - Msg 120643: Happy Birthday,Big Maude!
Let's all go to the Chinese place over in Mt. Pilot and celebrate! Too bad there's no Mexican restaurant over there, since it's also Cinco de Mayo!
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possum u.a.r.
May 05, 2025 - Msg 120644: I’m sure Boo could find us a good Tex-Mex place though....
She speaks perfect Texan. perfecto texano Señorita?

G-F
May 05, 2025 - Msg 120645: *I sure hope I didn’t call her something other than “Sport”....G-F
May 05, 2025 - Msg 120646: I thought for a second Possum was try to start up the Big Mayo debate again with her Cinco de Mayo post.
May 05, 2025 - Msg 120647: No Mayo Moulage here, G-F! Ha!

possum again
May 06, 2025 - Msg 120648:

Anyone here speak "South American?" :)
HI Gang, if you get ME-TV, they are doing a special Month of "May-Berry"
specials that started yesterday with a reunion show from a while back!
Also they are running some of Andy's favorite episodes, at least
on my end of the porch.
GF--did I tell ya that I got the new water heater installed?
The anode tube on my 15 year old Reliance was down to a nub! ha
It was a 'self-cleaning kind.
And so is the new AO Smith, and is working great!
By the way, should I pack some picalilly relish for my trip? :)
And more seriously, what is the weather typically like at that time?
I know u mentioned probably some rain, but temp-wise about what?
CHARlotte, good to see ya. How's things your way?
Anyone watch the Kentucky Derby?
All going well here. Have had some real weather fluctuations...
75 today but will be around 100 on Saturday!
Hang in there all, and keep looking up! :)
Prayers,
MDC

May 06, 2025 - Msg 120649: Hey Porch,

Sorry I havent been around much. I've been gluing covers back on hymn books with Thelma Lou. ;D

John Masters
May 06, 2025 - Msg 120650: MDC...The Weather in Mt. Airy in July is pretty warm, typically 80’s to 90’s but unlike Arizona, it’s definitely not a dry heat. It gets pretty muggy. But in the evening when we get together at the Motor Inn it is usually pretty comfortable.

I’ll bring you a folding chair, because seating is limited to the Gazebo. I have an extra one of those umbrella chairs that fold up pretty small....

One of the advantages to staying there IF it rains ☔️ there’s a overhang on the hotel, you can set up your chair in front of your room to get out of the rain.

Floyd puts wireless speakers around so everyone can still watch & hear the episodes, kinda like a drive-In movie.
He also has it set up so you can tune into a radio station and hear it sitting in your car 🚗 too!

Electronal Marvels....Ain’t they something!......G-F

May 06, 2025 - Msg 120651: MDC…May I remind you, you will be doing a LOT of things on a whim, so Barney’s advice MAY help you as you pack….

Deputy Barney Fife: [Barney is trying to keep Andy from going home to dress for dinner] Well, it's a whim. Are you going to question a whim? You question a whim and you take the fun right out of it!
Sheriff Andy Taylor: Well, would it kill the whim if I just take a shower and put on some clean socks and underwear?
Deputy Barney Fife: Sure it will! It's not a whim anymore if you put on clean underwear!…😂😂😂😂


G-F again…
May 06, 2025 - Msg 120652: Was a good weekend. Hope everyone had a good cinco! I had some good mexican food at our fave tex mex place. Best enchiladas I think I ever ate. I am not kidding when I tell you that we have about 20 tex mex restaurants in our rather small town. No steakhouse, no chinese buffet, one small cafe and all the rest is Mexican food. You guys would love it. lol Breakfast tacos are a staple around here and you see cars lined up into the street early every morning to get them.

Not much exciting to say. Bruce is home down in his back after bending over to pick weeks on Sunday. He is using a walker and begging his doctor for medicine so he can get back to work.
I worked the weekend and spent alot of time on the computer.

Hope all of you have a great week!

Boo
May 07, 2025 - Msg 120653: MDC, be sure to step out with your right foot so I will go well!
- Hazel
May 08, 2025 - Msg 120654:

GF--thanks for all the advice. And thanks for bringing the chair,
would be kinda hard to take one on the plane. And I'll pack my underwear
instead of leaving them on the ironing board! And Hazel, I will indeed
go with the right foot. :)
I went ahead and bought a T.S.A precheck today. I can get in the shorter
line and keep my shoes on! =)
BOO--so sorry to hear that Bruce has the misery in his back. Maybe its
the bursitis. I hope he is out and about real soon!
So funny about your 20 Mexican restaurants. We have a lot also, but
plenty of other kinds as well. One time in Minnesota we went into a
mexican place, and lol'd when they brought out our dinners!
JOHN Masters, better watch it or Mayberry After Midnite will have
an article about ya! ha
I think most of you here know that I'm catholic, and I felt like Mr. Tucker
today when the black smoke came out. I felt like saying "You cardinals
are living in another world, satellites are circling the earth. For pete's
sake, hook up a microphone to some electronal speakers in the square,
and just say 'no pope today!'" haha

Well...Keep well, and God bless,
MDC
May 09, 2025 - Msg 120655: Nah, it's ok, MDC. I know not to dry widow Saunders tears with embroidered dish towels! ;)

John Masters

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This version of The Taylor's Front Porch has been created to pay our respect to the original porch found on Mayberry.org. Thanks to Frank for all the work he did for Mayberry on the web. We've tried to make this just like Frank's Porch. This is also a tribute to Ollie's "Trivialities" site which was another homage to Frank's porch but is no longer with us.