How Do You Know It’s Cold Out?
When it's colder outside than it is in your refrigerator... All day long.
Author: Gary Boyd
Friday Morning Coffee Muses, January 6
Brrrrr... Were the prognosticators ever wrong, it's already in the upper 30's out here. And, did I mention the wind? This weekend is gonna be screaming fireplace, and my woodpile is a little low. So, it looks like winter and it even feels like winter. So why are they still…
Winter Weather In Texas
The Devil's in the forecast...
Thursday Morning Coffee Muses, January 5
Another overcast day to start the new year. It's so quiet today that traffic sounds from far away are prominent. Even the birds are subdued. Well they were, right up until I wrote about it. The prognosticators are calling for a high today of about 66. Then the temperature will…
Weather Underground Quandry
Do you see what's wrong in the screen capture above? Today's projected high of 56° is forecast to be "much warmer" than yesterday's 81°. I do not know what has happened at the Weather Underground since they were bought by the Weather Channel, but it hasn't been pretty. Could ownership…
Wednesday Morning Coffee Muses, January 4
High clouds, hazy sun, light breeze, cool temperature, a motorcycles roar breaks the morning quiet. Slowly the sound of the many birds comes back only to be broken by the air horn of the passing train. Steel wheels on steel rails make a subtle roar in counterpoint to the rubber…
A Sunset With A Little Color
Sitting in my easy chair, I looked up and noticed a bit of color outside..
Tuesday Morning Coffee Muses, January 3
There's a fine line the winter temperature must walk for this porch to be comfortable with the sun shining brightly. Today's temperature is flirting with the upper limits of that line. The temperature on the other side of the house is just now moving into the sixties, but here on…
Monday Mornng Coffee Muses, January Second
So far, 2017 has started off warm and humid. That's about to change tomorrow. It's windy this morning and I'm seeing, and hearing, more of the winter birds around the area you see in the photo. Today will also be the last full day of a full house. My wife…
January One Twenty Seventeen Coffee Muses
Warning Political Rant Follows Is it the weather or the political outlook that has me so down in the dumps on this New Year's morning? As we begin this the question isn't will DJT be bad for my country... It's how bad will he be. When Obama took office, Republicans…
Saturday Morning Coffee Muses…
2016 comes to an end just as dreary looking as much of the year has felt. For the record, it's already in the mid 60's this morning and heading north of 70 by afternoon. Ditto for the first day of 2017 tomorrow. There's a lite, misty rain falling... so lite,…
Friday morning Coffee Muses…
It's still out here this morning. And the low 50's on the thermometer feels nice. As 2016 comes to an end I find myself wondering how much more craziness this old world can dish out at us... I suppose we will find out soon enough. Everyone keep your fingers crossed.…
Keyboard Love
Testing the latest iteration of the WordPress app on my Kindle. The last time I installed it, it kept not playing nice with the memory card. But, I miss being able to post from the Kindle. The photo is of the keyboard I received for Christmas. I keep wearing out…
Sunrises
I seldom find myself rising with the sun... At least not since the fall of 2008. And so, I don't see all that many sunrises. Be that as it may, this shot from just around the corner from my house, is still one of my favorites... Alvin Sunrise
A Fall Tease
Our first cool snap is here. The temperature is 66º right now and I'm loving it. And, as the picture shows, there is a bit of ground fog coming off the bayou this morning. That's a common fall morning feature... Judging by the quietness of the past two mornings, more…
Fall Coffee Muses Repeat
Yesterday was overcast and rainy all day. The low for the day came right at noon. That low was bracketed by higher temps, the morning hit 84, the afternoon topped out at 88. Way too high for good fall weather. My definition of fall is overnight lows in the mid…
The Calendar Says Fall…
But the thermometer isn't convinced. I walked out on the back porch with my coffee this morning as the sun came over the horizon... the air is beginning to have that fall feel but, the temperature was already 77°. Not really very fall like! As I've typed this the sky…
Unexpected Weather
The forecast called for partly cloudy with the chance of rain in the teens... I am now at the end of my second hour, and second cup, on the back porch. If not for the light rain falling of and on for the last hour I would already be at…
It Almost Feels Like Fall
At least for Texas... the morning started off clear and only in the mid seventies. As I sit hear on my second cup, it is still there... Though rising. And, the answer to yesterday's question... not one drop of rain fell on my house. All day long thunder rolled around,…
Will It Rain
For the past week the forecast has been for thunderstorms and each day we have seen them pop up and move past to one side or the other. Almost every day the sound of distant thunder has accompanied my morning coffee. Today I can even smell the rain. But, the…
A New View
The property behind mine lays along Mustang Bayou. With all of the rain we have had this summer, the grass had grown quite tall. This week my neighbor spent a day on his big green machine mowing the right of way visible from the back porch. Now, once again, the…
A New View
I had a crew out the last two days working on my trees and clearing the downed limb. The new view from the back porch is much improved... it doesn't hurt that the heat is moderated just a bit. Above is today's view, below the view from a month back.…
Cooler Than It Has Been
... and I like it.
If A Tree Falls In The Woods And No One is Around…
It must have made a sound... Right?
Another high Heat Advisory for Houston region
For the second time in as many days dangerous scorching heat is forecast Tuesday in the Houston region. Source: Another high Heat Advisory for Houston region When you walk out in the morning and the temperature is already pushing into the mid 80's and the humidity is above 60% on…
A Different Feel This Morning
I walked out onto the back porch this morning and immediately noticed a difference. For one thing, my glasses did not fog up. For another, it actually felt... dare I say it, cool
A Morning Drive To The Refuge
It was late last week when Linda from The Task at Hand left a comment on a post here. In her comment she mentioned having traveled to the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge and seeing some/a wood stork and some rosette spoonbills. I had been wanting to drive down that way myself and hearing I might get to see a wood stork, a species I had not seen before, only made me want to make the trip more...
What A Difference A Day Makes
I walked out this morning for my morning coffee and the day slapped me in the face. Yesterday's cool had been replaced by our normal heat and humidity. But, sitting here reading my email and news, listening to the daily political news, I began to here another sound... in the…
Another Cool Back Porch Coffee Muse
On another overcast morning, breezes blowing cool, I should be moving, but after the heat of last week I can't make myself give up on the pleasure of my morning coffee muse here on the back porch. Cup number two is down to dregs. Excuse me while I get a…
I Can See The Rain Coming
You have to love the Weather Underground... when they say it will start raining by 2:00, you can almost set your watch by it. So here I sit, on the back porch, the Deere parked, grass all mowed, listening to distant thunder. The breeze is so nice, cool with the…
