Monday May 15th Stepped out before sunup to just a little bit more color. It's just a bit cooler this morning at 74°. Though now that I'm on the front porch waiting for the bus the sun has decided to hide behind the clouds. The forecast for the day has…
Sunday May 14th Happy Mother's Day Mother's Day, 10:00 a.m. It's once again muggy and wet. Which is a bit strange as it's only 74 °. But, then again, the dew point is 72 °. Which pretty much means the air is saturated. It's been raining of and on for…
Saturday May 13th Once again I lay abed this Saturday morning. And once up, I wasn't impressed with the day as it looked. The morning temperature is already hovering around 80°. As you can see.. once again the sun is hiding. My experiment this year has been a bust for…
Friday May 12th TGIF It's muggy.. it's sticky.. it's warm.. temperature is 78° and the sun is barely up. We are well into the first stage of summer. It will be a long, lol time for summer ends. It is definitely the season for electrical cooling on the southeast Texas…
Thursday May 11th We're back summer mornings.. there are breaks of the clouds.. temperature is 77°. The dew point is 74°. The ground is still wet though the almost 3 inches of rain we've had in the last couple of days has mostly soaked in. The blooms on the chaste…
Wednesday May 10th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years - 272 Days
Tuesday May 9th Once again it's overcast and muggy. This morning's temperature is 77°. The humidity isn't 90%. And the dew point is at 74°. Space City Weather is telling us but there's a high probability of heavy rates today.. maybe.. no matter what they are predicting 1 to 2…
Monday May 8th The morning is not quite as warm... Though the difference isn't enough to really matter at 76°. As you can see the sky is overcast as it has been on a majority of the days this year. It was on this day in 2006 that I started…
Sunday May 7th I slept in this morning.. and I don't have a lot to say.. so I think I'll just share all of last month's sunrises. Y'all have a great Sunday. I'll catch y'all on the other side. https://youtu.be/--OfQxwB1qE Counting Down To 70 Years -275 Days
Saturday May 6th ... and summer continues... Busy.. not much to say.. weather's blah and muggy... gonna curl up with a good (or not so good) read and chill... catch y'all on the other side... Counting Down To 70 Years -276 Days
Friday May 5th It's like walking into a sauna when I step outside this morning. The morning temperature is already 77°. The sun is trying to burn through the layer of clouds. And what little bit of breeze there is, is not making it to the bench I'm sitting on..…
Thursday May 4th The temperature outside this morning is 67°. Which is 6° cooler than inside the house, but it feels warmer. That is a perfect representation of what summer feels like on the southeast Texas coast. For me, Houston’s summer typically runs from about mid-May through mid-October. Here are…
Wednesday May 3rd Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/1pqttl9aWm0 RIP - November 17, 1938 - May 1, 2023 Counting Down To 70 Years -279 Days
Tuesday May 2nd It is a nice comfortable morning. The temperature is 61°. The winds are calm. I have a hard time calling it a spring morning though with the projected high going up into the mid '80s.. or even higher. Here lately I've been listening to a lot of…
Monday May 1st It's another cool and clear morning on the back porch. The day started at 56°. According to the extended forecast, this should be our last morning in the '50s for a while. By Friday morning the daily lows will be in the '70s. Summer's coming... Good morning.…
Sunday April 30th It's a cool and clear morning.. 51 degrees.. still winds.. heavy dew on the grass. A beautiful Sunday morning. I've already made a run for breakfast takos. It's becoming a Sunday tradition. John Prine is playing on the speaker.. Willie was playing earlier.. Rodney Crowell has been…
Saturday April 29th The morning dawned cool and blustery after the thunderstorms of las evening worked their way out of the area, The temperature has been falling all morning as the winds make the trees dance. When I woke up this morning the temperature was in the low 60's.. it's…
Friday April 28th It's one of those beautiful, seldom seen, cool and bright spring days. This year has been particularly uncommon in the scarcity of bright, clear days. Good morning's temperature is 60°. The winds are calm. And there's just a touch if you get it to your mirror. Though…
Thursday April 27th Happy Birthday Caitlin McKenzie Thirty-three years ago today our youngest daughter was born. My hope for her birthday is happiness! This morning has been cool and blustery with a bit of rain thrown in. The temperature is 63°. As I got out of bed this morning, distant…
Wednesday April 26th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -287 Days
Tuesday April 25th It's a pleasantly cool 66° this morning. It's forecast to go up to 77°.. it's also on the forecast to be cloudy all day. But then again, what's new this year? I will say this.. being a half week over on my laundry sure made for a…
Monday April 24th It's just a bit on the chill side this morning... My phone says the temperature is 56°. But you know what? With the moisture in the air it feels cooler than that. Well, yesterday's weather turned out pretty much like I mentioned it might. Thunderstorms rolled across…
Sunday April 23rd It's a pleasant 63° this morning. And the above little bit of clear sky on the eastern horizon is probably the only time today we'll see the sun.. or even evidence that it's up there. What you see in the first picture above is the eastern edge…
Saturday April 22 It's a cool 63° this morning. It's almost a cloudless sky outside. There's just a bit of a breeze blowing this morning.. lightly, just enough to make the leaves twinkle to the rising Sun. It's Saturday.. and I'm the only one up this morning. I'm sure this…
Friday April 21st We had a very interesting night last night. Shortly after 4:00 a.m. a line of thunderstorms blew through our area. Heavy rain, lots of lightning and thunder.. it made for a very interesting early morning. My wife texted after she got to work that the street lights…
Thursday April 20th According to the weather prognosticators, there's a chance of rough weather this evening and overnight. But the morning is starting out warm and a bit humid. The temperature is already 73°. At the moment the winds are calm. Since I need to run into Houston this morning…
Wednesday April 19 Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -294 Days
Tuesday April 18th https://youtu.be/FnbmYOOTly0 Counting Down To 70 Years -295 Days
Monday April 17th It's a nice and cool morning on the front porch. The temperature is 51°. The winds are calm. The birds are singing loudly. And Monday morning traffic is heavy. Old age is an insidious thing. You sit around, contemplating your life, thinking about what was and what…
Sunday April 16th It's a cool and breezy Sunday morning on the back porch. The temperature is a pleasant 62°. The high for today is forecast to be 76°.. 10° cooler than yesterday's forecasted high... Which was probably 5° warmer by the time it was all said and done. I…
Saturday April 15th The morning is warm and wet.. 74°with rain showers moving through the area. A bit ago thunder rumbled in the distance. Radar shows quite a bit of brain just to the north of us. Looking at my cellphone I see that we are forecast to have a…
Friday April 14th There is a heavy coating of dew on the grass this morning... And the air hangs heavy too. My wife has pulled a vacation day today so my normal schedule is off. Such is life. Breakfast tacos from the Happy Tako have already been consumed. My last…
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 reached the point where the back porch will be touched less and less to fall…
Wednesday April 12th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -301 Days
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 big.. okay there are visible patches of blue sky. Though, truth be told, the sun…
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. Warmer than some, cooler than others.. The unifying bit about most of them is the…
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 candy. As strange as it may seem.. before bed last night I could actually see…
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 I really don't have much to say.. so I won't say much. Y'all all have…
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 tree limbs sigh as a move back and forth. Once again, we are facing a…
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 day.. Y'all need to stay dry, stay safe, and I'll catch you on the other…
Wednesday April 5th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -307 Days
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 for the bus to get the kids... The wind chimes are singing softly. You know,…
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 an early spring day. Right now it's very still. And other than the traffic, the…
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 over was burning yesterday. The temperature is 70°. The winds are calm. The humidity is…
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 calling for a partly cloudy day.. so far our part is cloudy. In honor of…
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 of 18 mph. And, once again, the skies are totally overcast. According to the guys…
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 long. This week I visited with another collector of GC Meyers artwork. I met her…
Wednesday March 29th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -314 Days
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 the thunder to happen. Today's temperature is 66°and even though there are puddles on the…
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 they shut down their operations in Houston and I was wondering what they were doing…
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 the rumble of the distant trains.. The barking of the distant dogs.. The barely audible…
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 I'll shut this one down already and get on with my morning... Y'all enjoy the…
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 front moves our way. The red oak tree out back, has shown in the above…
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 good day and I'll catch y'all on the other side... Counting Down To 70 Years…
Wednesday March 22nd Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -321 Days
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 overcast. That's pretty much been the story of this winter.. mostly cloudy. I'm sitting on…
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 good long while... The grandkids are headed back to school after being off all last…
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 a late breakfast and to figure out what needs to get done today... Y'all enjoy…
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 the air and the temperature changes I'm really sniffing and snorting around here. Since I'm…
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 steady north wind of at least 15 mph with gusts of 25 mph. So once…
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.. starting out warm and cooling down overnight. The prognosticators are even foretelling of rain passing…
Wednesday March 15th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years -328 Days
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 an absolutely spectacular day for most of the area, except perhaps southwest of Galveston, which…
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 dance. Happy Monday, y’all! We tacked on two more 80 degree days over the weekend,…
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 alarm clocks in the bedroom... And yes we still use digital alarm clocks. I would…
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 oven. Eggs to follow... Counting Down To 70 Years -332 Days
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 dump truck go down the road even though The sign at the end of the…
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 thrown upon the earth. Even the ever-present clucks from around the corner have been suppressed.…
Wednesday March 8th Wordless Wednesday
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 today.... Oh well, time for me to get on with my morning... Y'all have a…
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. But the world is definitely in spring mode. The birds are singing their territorial songs...…
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. It's a gorgeous Sunday morning. You know it's a fallacy, a youthful idiocy that seems…
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 have no plans, I will just shut this down in get all about nothing. Y'all…
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 breezy... The wind chimes have been singing. So... I decided to do the full surround…
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 cool front blows through. Supposedly it is bringing some rain chances, gusty winds, and a…
Wednesday March 1st Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/IPu8cIve41Q
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 the yard. Even though the grass was mowed a week ago there are mounds of…
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 is taking over. I think this will go down in the memory books as the…
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%. But I guess I will be happy for small favors. The day is mostly going…
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 winter/spring afternoon!
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 north... Which is where it's going to stay. Spring has definitely sprung here. There's tree…
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 days that look seasonal, you know it looks like it ought to be cold out,…
Wednesday February 22nd Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday February 21st Once again we're starting the day off at 70°. The high today is supposed to be above 80° again. According to the guys at Space City Weather it's supposed to begin to be breezy today. But tomorrow is going to be really windy... Gus to 40 miles…
Monday February 20th It feels about as much like spring as it's possible to feel in the latter third of February... The temperature on the back porch this morning is 62°. It's overcast. And there's a dampness in the air. Prognosticators have indicated that it will top 80° this week,…
Sunday February 19th It's much warmer this morning in the back porch... Depending upon which thermometer you check the temperature is in the 50° range. Some reporting stations or calling it 48°, some are calling it 52°. But, the sun is out and it will be much warmer today... I…
Saturday February 18th It's another chill morning on the back porch. It's 38° to start the day. People to see today and things to do... Catch all on the other side
Friday February 17th It's a chill 38° outside on the back porch. And it's breezy... When's your gusting to 23 mph. But, the sun is out so it should be a beautiful day even if it's chilly. Schools here are out today and Monday. So there's that working... It was…
Thursday February 16th It's 69° on the back porch this morning. Not a very winter like feel. I have to run into Houston today... So, this will be short... Like you exactly this short. Catch you on the other side.
Wednesday February 15th Wordless Wednesday
