The Andy Griffith Show - The Taylors Front Porch

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, 2026 - Msg 121373: MDC...Barney first car was a 1954 Ford Customline sedan. Later on in the color episodes he drove a turquoise '58 Edsel Pacer convertible. I often wonder what he drove in between them.

Maybe He & Thelma Lou drove around in her car? There was mention of a Hudson Terraplane but that was in an ad in the newspaper...

One time at Mayberry Days there was a discussion on what kind of car would Opie have driven when he got his license.
It was confirmed by his Brother Clint, Ron drove a 1970 VW Bug. Both brothers are very practical when it comes to cars Clint drive a older regular car and nothing flashy...

Just a tid-bit of Mayberry information...

G-F

May 01, 2026 - Msg 121374: SWEEEEP!....Porch is Clean!...G-F

May 03, 2026 - Msg 121375:

Good sweep and Good Sabbath!
You have made the porch look nice and spiffy G-F!
Thanks for the info about that car!
Oh, and so funny about Ron and the Beetle, because that is
'exactly' what I drove at the time! From '73 to 75 I drove a
beige '70 beetle!!
Did ya all get to see the kentucky Derby? Golden Tempo 26-1 odds!!
I'm not a betting man, but if I were...ha
Our last cat liked to watch horse racing on TV. Go figure. :)
Well, slow down, and take it easy today.
MDC

May 03, 2026 - Msg 121376: Please keep our Possum in your prayers, she is going through h*** right now; no other way to say it. I can't share the details but if you are in contact with her in ways other than the porch, send her your love and support.

Boo

May 03, 2026 - Msg 121377: HERE IS A PORCH MEMORY FOR POSSUM:
(hope it makes her smile)

August 04, 2020 - Msg 115060: Okay, I just thought of a story that I can tell and it involves my mama. Mama was the school nurse for the district where I worked-a rural school district and there were 7 schools that she would base herself at on certain days. She happened to be at the school where I worked on this day.

Well,I had a student named Willie who started complaining in class that his back hurt and he was pleading to go see the nurse. He loved my mama and probably just wanted to go see her,but anyway.. I decided to walk him over to the nurse's office. We told Mama that he had a bad backache so she took him outside and told him to bend at the waist and spit on the ground,then draw a circle around it,cover it with a rock then walk away and don't look back.

Willie didn't say a thing,he didn't ask questions,he just did as the nurse told him. When he finished,we looked at him as if to say "Well??"- he said " I think it's better now!",so Mama patted his shoulder and went back to her office and Willie and I went back to class.

Mama was a TAGS fan,so perhaps she drew inspiration that time from the Darlings and their rituals! ;)

possum again

From Boo

May 04, 2026 - Msg 121378: Did she say an incant too Possum? The white horse knew….G-F

May 05, 2026 - Msg 121379:

HI ALL, thanks for that porch memory! Possum, your mama was a bird in this world! :) Prayers continue for you Possum, my goodness, you deserve a break for sure.
All is well here, its that time "between" spring and summer, when
it can be 78 one day, and 2 days later 100. We're going thru that this week
for sure. I mentioned my 1970 VW Bug above, and I got to thinking that I had
an aftermarket 8 track player put in that thing! One time, I was
drying off my car at a self-serve carwash, and I had a Monkees tape going,and had
the doors open. After the third "play-thru" some guy a few stalls down yelled
out, Shut that @#$%^ thing off!! HA!
Prayers for all,
MDC

May 05, 2026 - Msg 121380: MDC...That Guy doesn’t know good music 🎶 if he hears it loud or otherwise....Hey Hey We’re The Monkeys 🐒 🚶🏻

Here we come, walking down the street
We get the funniest looks from everyone we meet.

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around,
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.

You know that we want to
Do what we like to do,
The only time we get restless
Is around something new

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around,
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.

We're just trying to be friendly
So come and Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around,
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down.

May 05, 2026 - Msg 121381: ....G-F

May 05, 2026 - Msg 121382:

:)

May 05, 2026 - Msg 121383: You know, the Monkees were pretty cheezy but they actually had some good songs. I never missed their saturday morning show when I was kid and I remember my sister and her friends arguing over who the cutest Monkee was and who they would want to marry. I was only five but I guess I liked Mickey the best. lol

I listen to oldies from the 60s and 70s every day and its surprising how many singers and bands I didnt care for then but I love now. I even discovered a love for some of the classic country from the 50s and 60s. You would have had to tie me up to make me listen to that when I was a kid.
Now I really appreciate Cash and Patsy, especially. I have very fond memories of driving through the Arizona desert at night listening to them. I guess I can thank my dad for that. Just picture it...night time...full moon over the desert..windows down...listening to Patsy Cline.

Well, better get going. Been sitting here too long.

Boo

May 07, 2026 - Msg 121384:

Wow BOO, pretty funny about which 'heart throb' your friends liked!
and that is a pretty cool memory going thru AZ! :) ! I attached a fav CW song
of mine back in the '70s by Cal Smith. Also, for me, some bands that I LIKED back in the '60s, I really dont like now! ha
Hang in there all,
MDC
For BOO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQDsDF-Y7rQ&list=RDZQDsDF-Y7rQ&start_radio=1

May 08, 2026 - Msg 121385:

Oh, if any of you get the channel that is just called "MOVIES,"
they will be showing "The Incredible Mr Limpet" this weekend!
MDC
https://www.moviestvnetwork.com/movies/2004

May 08, 2026 - Msg 121386: Awww, such a bittersweet song, MCD. I had not heard or thought of that one in many years. Thanks for sharing. So, tell me which bands you no longer like? I cant really think of any I used to like that i dont still like but i never listened to acid rock or punk rock or anything. I like the real old stuff like CCR, Three Dog Night, Eagles, the Animals, Beatles, Wings, 5th Dimension, Herp Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Mamas and the Papas, Tommy James and the Shondells, that kind of stuff. The fairly mild stuff.

I dont get that movie channel and in fact, my internet is out again so my Roku isnt working for days now and they arent sending anyone out until Monday. Bruce has had it with this company and is shopping for a new one with better customer service, if that even exists anymore. I can still use the cellular on my tablet and phone but thats it. I have been trying hard to read a book I am working on but with my eyes the way they are now, I can only do a couple of pages at a time. I have tried magnifiers, but they dont really help the eye strain. Sometimes I take photos of the pages with my phone and zoom in and read that way. Its a pain but my doctor told me that I have to wait a year after the gel detaches from my retinas before insur@nce will pay for any kind of surgery because most people's eyes adjust within the years. I dont think that is going to happen, though. Driving is getting more difficult.

No progress being made with the local water crisis here. We talk about it daily and mostly feel helpless. Please remember us in prayer for some kind of solution.

Better go. Been doing chores and laundry all day. Take care,

Boo

May 10, 2026 - Msg 121387:

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OUR 'PORCH MOMS!'
Have a great day. Maybe you'll get some preserve jars!!!
🙂
Prayers,
MDC

May 10, 2026 - Msg 121388: Happy Mother's Day to the porch moms. You are loved.

Been a nice, relaxing day for this mom. Got out of bed at my leisure and Bruce had gotten up early, made coffee and gone to buy me flowers and a taco (the man knows me). Sean had bought me some lovely roses, a candle, and a card that he gave me last night. He keeps telling me that he is expecting something for me in mail but wont tell me what.
We went to Erin and Amy's apartment for a little while this evening to take them a kitchen table we had in storage that Erin wanted. She remembers it being in our home when she was little so she wants Jonah to be able to eat at the same table. My girl is very sentimental that way. She has been working a lot of extra hours to get the bills paid and things seem to be working out for now. It is hard to make ends meet in this economy, though and with her hearing loss and RA, its not an easy road.
I got to spend a little time with Baby Jonah and that was great. He is the cutest little chubby baby boy and all smiles when his Gram is around. He is crawling all over the place and pulling up on things now. So cute!

Bruce took Sean and me to eat Mexican food this evening at our favorite place and it was so good!
We came home and took a ride on the golf cart and now I am showered and ready to relax and maybe do some reading this evening. Been reading a book about a woman who worked with AIDS patients in the 80s and it is pretty good. What a time that was in medicine! It was scary in the early 80s before they even knew how it was transmitted. I admire the health care workers who were brave and caring enough to help those infected.

Better go put my feet up. Blessings to all,

Boo

May 11, 2026 - Msg 121389: Happy Monday to my porch family and a belated Happy Mother's Day as well.

It a rainy one on my end of the porch, kind of cool at 62 degrees. We need the rain tho.

I had a nice Mother's Day, went to church, came home and planted my flowers. My Mom always said to not plant flowers until Mother's Day to avoid frost, so I always wait until them. I plant impatients along my front sidewalk which do well. I have 2 hanging baskets for my shepherd's hook. They are very colorful and the hummingbirds love the colors.

I also had a very sweet visit from my son, Tripp and baby girl Clarke. Patrick gave Daysie a little break and brought the kids over to hang out.

Boo: Mexican food is one of my favorite foods. We generally go to our favorite Mexican restaurant
on Friday nights. I am sure Tennessee Mexican is probably way different than Texas Mexican food, but we enjoy the restaurant and the waitress and restaurant owner are very attentive and take good care of us.

Please keep Mr. Maude in your prayers as he is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization this Thursday. He has aortic stenosis and this is part of the process in them determining how to proceed with taking care of that.

Guess I better get back to work. I am still working Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays. I am thinking about taking down my shingle at the end of 2027.

Prayers and blessings to all
Big Maude

May 12, 2026 - Msg 121390: Wise advice from you mother, Maude. I remember when we had the garden and planted so many tomatoes about 10 years ago. The plants were big and beautiful and loaded with tomatoes. We had a freak cold snap with frost in May (very unusual for Texas) and I lost everything. Not a tomato was saved. You just never know.

Been fighting with a migraine for a couple of days. The migraine meds take the edge of but the pain came through. Today I was able to do more and went to pick up the quilt that I made St. Susan for her birthday. It was too big for me to quilt on my machine so had to take it to a quilter with a longarm quilting machine. It really turned out so pretty. I hope Susan loves it.

Not much else to report since I was here last.

Hope you all are well.
Boo

May 12, 2026 - Msg 121391: PORCH MEMORY from the year I had all the gastrointestinal problems and was diagnosed with IBS. lol

September 12, 2020 - Msg 115318: Just checking in. Been down with the big-D for 24 hours now (kind of sounds like a rap song). I am not feeling really bad, though. Not sure what caused it because I hardly eat anything. It may have been started by stress. I had a couple of stressful situations yesterday. I had gone to pick up my curbside groceries yesterday afternoon and I had Poopsie with me in the car. When I got back I decided to leave her in the car with the window cracked while I unloaded the groceries because she tries to run out the door when I am carrying things in. Well, I finished, shut the tailgate and then went to get her and my purse out of the car. Well, Poopsie accidentally stepped on the automatic door lock button and I was locked out with the keys and my phone inside my purse! It was really hot outside and with just one window cracked about 4 inches, I knew it would soon get very hot inside the car. My neighbors were gone so I was stuck. I thought I would have to break a window in the suburban which would cost and arm and leg to replace! I was pretty stressed out! I then noticed one of Bruce's golf clubs in the garage ( a putter), so I used it to reach in through the crack in the window and retrieve my purse somehow..as I was bringing it up, my phone rang and I managed to get the phone out but dropped the purse with the key in it. Luckily, I was able to hook the purse again with the putter and squeeze my hand through the crack and retrieve the key. I don't need situations like that in my life right now! lol All was well but I think the stress set off my problems again. Oh well, that's the way it works.

Hope you are all well.

Boo

May 14, 2026 - Msg 121392:

HI ALL, Been a bit awol, just been busy with VBS prep.
It will be neat. The theme is first century Rome,
with Paul in prison. The kids will get immersed in what
it was like then, and how Christians met in the catacombs.
I have been building 3 separate sets for this year's. (june 1-5)
BIG Maude, good to see you. Yup, I have a feeling that
Tenn Mexican food is a tad differennt. haha
Very nice that you got to see the grandkids.
BOO... funny memory. BTW, now that I am alone, I bought on-line a
powerful magnetic key holder, and adhered it to my vehicle frame,
as I cant call Cecile to bail me out anymore. ha
Glad that things are going better for you these days.
Recently, I got to pondering how we all have an average of 80 years on this planet,
give or take, and its what we do with those years that makes all the difference.
We can think of all the great leaders thru the years. Washington helped 'start a country,'
but is now gone; Edison, electricity, etc, but also Moses, Hannibal, Lincoln, etc.
I think of the old west outlaws, and their terrible lives, but then there are the Andy Griffiths
and others who blessed so many during their time on earth. I guess I think of this more,
as I see mortality more these days, but y'all keep doing good, and help make our world a better place! :)
(Sliding box back under the porch) God bless, MDC

May 14, 2026 - Msg 121393: I think that is fantastic that you are building sets for vacation Bible school. I always loved Bible school as a kid and I still love it as an adult whether I am teaching or attending an adult class. No matter how old we get, God can still use us and teach us. I went to Granville tn for their Mayberry festival and it was really good. Perfect weather I loved the lectures and hearing from Dennis Rush, Keith Thibodaux, and Peter Ackerman. I am hoping to make it to Scottsburg in June. Are any of you coming to the Mayberry meet-up this year in July at Mt. Airy? Julie

May 15, 2026 - Msg 121394: Hey Julie....Good to see you pop in for a spell. It was great you got to Grandville. I heard it was a good event.
I'm glad you got to see “Howie” Dennis Rush. Sad to hear he passed away a couple of days ago...He was such a kind person.

He came to Mayberry Days several years ago and was so blown away by Mayberry Folks, he has come back to most all of the festivals since...

MDC...It’s good to hear you are having fun with VBS. In some cases it’s the only “churching” some kids gets..

And Yes, I’ll be at the Meet-Up again, and it will be nice seeing every again...

GF....

May 16, 2026 - Msg 121395:

Hi Julie and all, good to see u posting. Yes, I saw about Dennis
on Facebook. So sad. He was on several episodes with Ronnie,
minutemen, etc.
GF, we should have about 100 kids, and yes, you are so right!
BTW, this summer, If you get a chance, go by the Maybry Mill and see if they finished the restoration.
Have a good weekend all!
MDC

May 16, 2026 - Msg 121396: Will Do MDC…I always like driving up on the parkway, as you said everything is so green and beautiful…
….GF

May 17, 2026 - Msg 121397: Hello porch family. Hope you are all well.

We are doing ok. About to head out to our fave mexican restaurant for some good food. I have been spending the past two days cleaning out the pantry and laundry room and organizing things so was too tired to cook today.

I wanted to let you all know that I spoke with Romeena's daughter, Robbi, and asked about little Trinket. She told me that Trinket has passed away a few months ago due to a genetic and inoperable liver problem. The vet said most dogs didnt live as long as Trinket with this particular disease but Robbi said she believes Trinket hung in there because she was having so much fun and loved them that much. She said Trinket's little body progressed to the stage that she would suffer so they had to make that hard decision to help her over rainbow bridge. Robbi said they really miss her and that, "Tink was uniquely one of the happiest, sweetest, bounciest little girls I have ever met. We connected deeply in Mom's final days and that connection just became to strong. Amazing little angel, forever to be missed". Just wanted to make sure you all knew.

Boo

May 21, 2026 - Msg 121398: Friends,hate to tell y'all this but apparently my daughter,her friend,Laci, and the dog have been homeless ever since the incident here on May 3rd. I think they were in a hotel initially, but have been in a small makeshift shelter not far from the hotel.
I had a cop call me noon today, said he took Laci into emergency protective custody. I had to go to the ER where I saw her,dirty and sunburnt,met with the cop and Social workers,as she is now in DSS custody. Tests checked out fine and she was released into my care. From all indications, I will get temporary custody of her until my daughter can find housing and get her act together. No,she's not on drugs. On prescription meds,yes,but this is all some mental illness and bad choices.
They are still out in that area,only had to move into a wooded area out of sight. The property owner said they can stay there.
We have storms rain the next several days. All they have is a sheet over some trash cans or something like that . Not much shelter. So grateful that officer took Laci and she is safe with me.
Despite all my daughter has done to me,bad stuff y'all,she is my child and I hate this. My heart is broken.
Please pray for us all. I will keep you posted.
My sweet Laci. One of my worst nightmares came true today. Thank God I have her and may He give me the strength to endure and care for both her and Mr. Possum.
Please please pray.
**************
possum u.a.r

May 21, 2026 - Msg 121399: My daughter will not come back here. Nope. So yeah,she's sleeping out in the woods. I can't have her around me for my safety,I will just leave it at that.

possum again

May 22, 2026 - Msg 121400:

Oh Possum, I am so sorry! But like you said, at least you
now know that Laci is ok, but again, now you have two to care for.
My heart goes out to you and yours. I so wish I could jump on a
plane and come help you, but will indeed be praying for you all.
I also pray that the Lord will take care of your daughter and friend.
My SIL is in a similar situation, but she did finally check herself
into a rehab center. It seems sometimes like the world is so crazy.
I do still watch tags, however, as that helps so much! :)
Boo-thank you for the info about Trinket. She is now at Romeena's side.
Oh yes, I truly believe our pets will be in heaven with us.
I think we have talked about the Twilight Zone ep about the old man
and his dog going to heavn. God's peace to all!
More later,
MDC

Let me know if the porch needs a sweep Archives
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.