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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
... and I like it.
It must have made a sound... Right?
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…
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
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...
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…
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…
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…
It's a different kind of Mountain Dream...
Morning on the back porch with my coffee, music playing softly in the background, reading my email and checking the news... I began to notice the one fluffy white cloud on the horizon wasn't moving. It would build up for a while then dissipate... then build up again and dissipate...…
Do you see the joke? How about now? At 10:30 in the morning it already feels like 99º and the forecast is for today to be much cooler than yesterday. Southeast Texas weather in June just sucks all the life out of you...
After late afternoon thunderstorms lowered the temperature last evening, the morning coffee on the back porch was almost cool. At least while the ceiling fans are going. The two fans above my head have to be one of the best investments I made when we built this house. They are…
After a scorching day of sun, a line of heavy thunderstorms dropped the temperature like a rock. For a change we are enjoying our front porch. We came out front because the storms were blowing in from this side of the house. And the rain keeps falling...
https://youtu.be/nMjBCIviFGQ Summer heat has set in this week.Temperatures are pushing the century mark and heat indexes are in spitting distance of 110.
Stepped out on the back porch this morning for that essential first cup and the heat and humidity hit me full in my face... It's so sad that it's such a beautiful day. Blue skies with a scattering of white fluffy clouds. I hear my first hum of cicadas as…
It's still cool on the back porch, even as the sun peaks through the mostly clouded sky. There is a front sitting right on top of my house. Sadly "cool" fronts at this time of year aren't really very cool. Once we get past all of the rain we will…
Another day of rain on the back porch...
At least it's cool on the back porch this morning. Still raining... but cool. Yesterday it was raining and hot. The yard is starting to look like a swamp in a lot of places. If you look closely, you can see where I stopped mowing on Wednesday when I was…
I spent yesterday on the back porch enjoying the cool that came with the all day rain. Though the actual rain did not start till almost 2pm, the day was overcast from it's beginning and the temperature stayed below 70 for most of the day. It wasn't until the end…
https://youtu.be/wOxW5YWqqdU The pitter patter of raindrops hitting the roof. Rumbles of distant thunder rolling across the land. If the Weather Underground is to be believed... This is what my week will look like. My backyard is in need of a cutting but my Deere is in need of having the…
Between the frog, the birds, and my podcasts playing on this tablet I am typing on, the back porch is seldom quite. Unless, that is, I decide to turn off the podcasts...
Short lived rain, even shorter rumblings of thunder, flashes of sunshine in between... None of it stops the songs of the birds.
This time of year I find myself following the weather trends at the homes of my friends as much more than our own. As you can tell from the lack of activity here, I tend to go into hibernation come summer, and wait for the cooler seasons to show here.…
...most years I struggle with the month of August and this particular one is no different.Source: Cruel August | Redtree Times I find myself in agreement with GC Meyers on the subject of August... But being in Texas and not New York, I find myself adding in July and September.…
