Weekend Evening Porch Party

This past Saturday, earlier in the day, other areas of North Carolina were hard-hit by powerful storm cells that spawned tornadoes, but things stayed relatively calm in Winston-Salem. The two cities where I did my public school teaching were not so lucky: both Raleigh and Sanford suffered a lot of destruction and several deaths.

But once the system had moved through, it left us with beautiful clear skies and more gentle breezes, and that opened up the possibility of an impromptu porch party upstairs.

It seems that these were a bit more common in years past, where people would stop by or there'd be an evening out, and then a large gathering would end up talking and laughing on that terrific balcony with its great view of the Winston-Salem skyline.

On this particular evening, this was the pre-dinner casual hang, and it was a treat.