It's 36° on the back porch this morning. But it's sunny and bright and it'll hit 60° before it starts back down. There's not a cloud in the sky and the sun is brighter than it should be on a Saturday morning. The gray fox visited again last night. I…
It's still cold out this morning, 38°, when I went to the bus stop this morning. The sky is clear. Flocks of birds are flying from tree to tree. Their noisy as they fly. I've noticed that when the big flocks are in the area the smaller birds hold up…
I glanced out the back window this morning, and we had a visitor. There was a small fox licking up bird seed off the porch. I've caught glimpses of them before but never so out in the open and right in my face. Kind of a nice way to start…
It's another colder than normal, for Southeast Texas, morning in January. Once again the windshield wipers scraped ice this morning. It wasn't as thick or as full as yesterday, but, there was some ice on the windshield. The grandkids have both riding away on their buses. The sky is clear.…
It's a chill 30° this morning out in the yard. Frost on the grass. Birds on the feeder. Birds on the wing from tree to tree. Cardinals singing the sun up. Took quite a few minutes this morning for the ice on the windshield to melt as we waited for…
We just missed a winter wonderland yesterday. As I watched the weather unfold yesterday across the state of Texas I noticed the radar was showing freezing precipitation, snow, just to the north of us in Pearland at one point. While it was cold, and windy, it wasn't cold enough to…
It's chilly outside today. And and blustery, the wind is blowing, rain is falling. We're probably at about the warmest it's going to be today as the cold front comes barreling in from New Mexico. Over half of the state of Texas is forecast to have snow today and tomorrow,…
It's rather late this morning, and though I've been up awhile my blog reader demanded more than the normal amount of attention... And then I began cooking breakfast. Bacon and eggs are done, so back to the morning coffee muses. I read a column by David Brooks this week where…
It's very chilly outside, it actually made it into the 30s last night. Driving back to the house this morning from taking the kids to the bus stop, there was frost on the shingles of the house. Looking back towards the bayou I can see a narrow river of fog…
I find myself still in shock after the attempted coup we saw in Washington yesterday. I cannot fathom the justifications Trump supporters may have for the actions of the insurrectionist who took over our capitol. Watching it all play out in real time on television was shocking. I was already…
On a day when you would think it couldn't get any worse... We have this barreling down upon us. Can we just name it Trump and impeach it?
Wordless Wednesday
The start of school for 2021 Up early, kids out to the road, waiting on buses in the fog. Both of the grandkids now headed for school for the first time since March 2020. Let's hope this isn't a mistake. It's quite foggy out this morning. The birds are singing…
It's warmer this morning. I must say, if the mornings are any indication, 2021 is starting out much nicer than 2020 ended. I won't hold out too much hope though... Republicans are still trying to stage a coup. Ted Cruz is to be expected... He led the charge into Florida…
It's in the mid forties this morning... Sun shining in a cloudless sky... No breeze is blowing. The Christmas decorations are packed away in their storage containers. While both trees await their repacking for another year in the attic. I still have outside lights to take down around the front…
It's a bit chilly outside at 43°. Scattered clouds are keeping the sun from warming the world too quickly. I have just a couple of more days to enjoy sleeping in before the school year starts back up. It's a new year and I have to get back on a…
The first sunset of 2021... Not too shabby.
New Years Day 2021 What a difference a year makes... Even when it's only been a day. I can feel the optimism in the air. The smell of truth is in the air... Well, almost everywhere... I understand that there is an election in Georgia where the truth in advertising…
Once again it's 70° this morning. It's very breezy. But the clouds that cover the sky, they are standing still. The chickens around the corner talking as chickens do. And the wind is whistling through the pines. When I came out this morning, I forgot to bring me a cup…
It's another unseasonable winter's day. The temperature is a mild 70°. There's just the slightest of breezes blowing on the back porch here. The wind chimes or tinkling their little music. The sun is finally breaking through the clouds. And a chickadee is sitting above my head on the feeder.…
Winding down on 2020... Thank God. It's a beautiful almost spring like morning. There's a breeze, temperature is cool. The wind chimes are chiming. And the chickens, they are clucking. There's a bank of clouds moving in from the southeast. Beginning to cover the blue skies this morning. Over on…
Happy Birthday Breanna Out early on the back porch. It's unseasonably nice. T-shirt weather... The sound of the morning seems to be the chickens waking up around the corner. https://youtu.be/kdi2EEfVOuA Large trucks seem to be out and about today. From the sounds they're dump trucks. I saw a "V" of…
The grass is brown, leaves have fallen, needles are brown on the cypress trees. I think winter is here. Just the temperature disagrees. It's 62 degrees out already. The news isn't promising coming out of our government. The disfunctioning way the Senate has operated for the last decade or so…
Running late this morning. Setting up a new phone takes longer than I thought. I hope everyone's Christmas was everything you expected. I think I'll be back to the regularly scheduled programming tommorow. Y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our Nation and the world.
Christmas Day https://youtu.be/Hjdl8qM6toM Dawn on Christmas morning. Pigs in a blankets in the oven. Roast on the counter coming to room temp. Kids in bed still... so is Grandma. I'm going to be busy this morning in and about the kitchen, so this will not be much more than this...…
Christmas Eve https://youtu.be/uUEwWB1qej0 The front that finally arrived last night around 9pm is still blowing hard outside. The temperatures plunged from a high of almost 80 yesterday to a low in the 30's this morning. The wind is expected to keep blowing all day and tonight's low will be pushing…
Wordless Wednesday
It's loud out this morning. Mostly the sound of chickens raising a fuss. It's also very bright out. Sunshine like this makes it hard to sleep in even with the blinds down. It's really mild out, temperature wise... Already 63℉ and it's not forecast to go up all that much…
Another cool and brilliant December morning. The winter solstice... autumns end and winters beginning. This is supposed to be the shortest day(light) day of the year. Today the sun will shine 10 hours and 15 minutes. Up in New York where my son is calling home there's a marked difference...…
Well, it's late and we've been sitting around talking on this brite Sunday morning. Fog settled in overnight and as it rises there's a glare in the sky. It's feels warmer today... though really it's not. It's just not raining. And after the near floods of yesterday, that's a good…
