Friday Another overcast day in southeast Texas. It's already 74°. Headed up to 83 today... The forecast says it's only supposed to be partly cloudy today. I'm sure the sun will come out sometime. But with the temperatures being where they are, I'm in no hurry to see the sun.…
Thursday Back home after a week and a day in the hospital. I was actually out of it for a little longer than that, but most of my issues are behind me now. I'll let it go at that... I almost missed the last of the greening out of my…
Saturday Yes, it is spring... Enjoy the day... Catch you on the other side...
Friday, April Fools Day I do not have much to say today... I'd rather not make a fool of myself... There seem to be enough fools in the world today... So, on that note, y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world.
Thursday I've recently been wandering through the memories of for decades ago. One of those memories is of the years I worked on the Annual Western Heritage Sale we worked on back in the late 70's and early 80's. It was an interesting couple of weeks each year. The sale…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/LcuFBwrCu70
Tuesday The temperature outside this morning is 69°. The sky is overcast. A slight breeze is blowing.
Monday https://youtu.be/f8-OoESVIXU Spring is working at showing it's colors... Watching the different trees of the same species as they leaf out on different schedules is fun. Some of the oaks have already reached that spring green color... While the tree beside them is just breaking bud. The bald cypress are…
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Thursday It's another cool morning. With totally clear skies, a moon hanging above the pines... Maybe I should say half a moon. According to the wunderground, temperatures in the lower 40s... Windy.com though is calling it the low 50s. After visiting the outside, I think I agree with the wunderground...…
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Tuesday Waiting for the storm... https://youtu.be/QTZDCmksz_s And in less than an hour... It's done!
Friday I'm just going to go with the images today... So, y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world... With a special prayer for the people of Ukraine.
Thursday - Saint Patrick's Day There's a slight blush of spring in the air and on the trees... Blue bonnets are blooming on the bypass underpass. A scattering of azaleas are beginning to bloom around town. The oak trees are beginning to break bud on their leaves. And even though…
Wednesday Shelby Store, Gary Boyd 2010Searching for spring in Fayette County In rural Fayetteville, two rusty gas pumps stand like landmarks to what’s left of the old Shelby Store. Each morning, storekeeper Carolyn Bruening takes her seat behind the counter, worn smooth from decades of serving the wants and needs…
Tuesday From the Winamp machine... The Last of the Hobo Kings Steam Train Maury died last night His wife Wanda by his side Caught the Westbound out of here Hopped the high irons to the by and by They say he jumped ten thousand trains Rode a million miles for…
Monday - Pi Day
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Friday https://youtu.be/-HUv1oSTKzc Today, for all intents, dawned a beautiful spring morning... Birds were singing. Not much to say today... So... How about some music? https://youtu.be/ohSrY6DOA2I
Thursday There are high clouds this morning. And, the morning temperature is in the mid 50s... A really nice place to start out the day. Jeb Loy Nichols is playing on the Winamp machine. Ever since I first heard him on the radio back in the early 2000s I have…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/3TCjwbUzle4
Saturday afternoon Cool with a light, misty rain falling... The day has been stuck in the low 40s and the overcast has hung on... ... And on this weekend say a special prayer for the people of the Ukraine...
Friday https://youtu.be/i3XBfF6Vf-4 It's gray and cool and damp today... It was gray and cool and damp yesterday... too. It's been gray a lot... or so it seems. Even when it is anything but cool... it is still more gray than not. I was watching Austin City Limits this past week.…
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Monday, Valentine's Day https://youtu.be/9kR-IBgtpX0 It dawned frosty this morning... The temperature was hovering around 33° when I walked outside. With just enough clouds to brighten the sunrise. I spent last evening watching the latest programs from our PBS station here in Houston. After catching the latest episodes of my favorite…
Friday https://youtu.be/15NBBKsLzts It's the end of the week... As the sun came up a mist hugged the earth... The cool of winter hung on as the sun burned off the fog... Everyone enjoy the coming weekend... I'm gonna have another cup. Here is a shot of last nights sunset taken…
Thursday It's a bit foggy out this morning. The temperature when I first walked out was 38°. It'll get up into the 70s later today... Southeast Texas weather and its best. The photos above show my neighbors new toy... Picked up an old Ford pickup truck for his young daughter.…
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Tuesday https://youtu.be/Da1TdpwTBlk I walked out before sunup this morning and it was just a bit chilled on the back porch. I wasn't expecting the temperature to be as low as it was after the high of 70 degrees yesterday. But WeatherUnderground let me know it was all of 33 degrees…
Sunday https://youtu.be/mVEXkLht6hQ Happy Birthday Me It's my birthday... I was listening to the Winamp machine and the song up above came on. It was released on January 1, 1987... A good long time ago in my life... It'll All Work Out A time when we only had two kids... Life…
Saturday Friday night music led me to a group I fell in love with way back in the early 2000's,.. It was the Greencards. Here's the song that got me going last night... https://youtu.be/mvCdUQW7cgE Every time I here Carol Young's voice I recognize it. I first heard their sound on…
Friday Baby it's cold outside... At least for the Texas Gulf Coast it's cold. Morning temperature at 8:30 a.m. was 27°. At least we don't seem to have ice or sleet or even snow. As usual, at any hint of weather... The school district here shut the schools down today.…
Thursday https://youtu.be/GOZFOxv1kP0 Good morning. The cold front has pushed off the coast, and temperatures have fallen into the upper 30s to low 40s for most of the region. Our primary concern remains the potential for rainfall to turn into wintry precipitation this evening, and during the overnight hours. Secondarily, we…
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Tuesday Happy Birthday Abby The day started out with a light misty rain. Overcast. The temperature though, was quite moderate at 63°. The photos above I took from my back porch as I was putting out cat food this morning. All told there were five or six deer running across…
Monday Just to show you how deceiving looks can be... The morning looks decidedly wintery... But the temperatures or anything but. At the moment it's 63° at 10:00 a.m. had the prognosticators or say it will get up into the mid to '70s by afternoon. They are also warning that…
Thursday https://youtu.be/xtHVLR8JzeQ IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY It's a thing of bliss, Like a morning kiss; When the sun says hello to my heart. Takes me by the hand. And I understand, That the world is God's own work of art. ~Robert Nehls~ This morning dawned to a clearing sky. At…
Wordless Wednesday Wintery morning, 2022
Monday “Only a select few are able to see the true beauty that lies behind what just might seem like a rainy day or a grey sky.” ~Jessica M. Laar~ It's overcast today. The temperature is a mild 50°. There's a misty rain falling. Even though these overcast days are…
Sunday Rainy Day, Mar 2007 "Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet." - Roger Miller. I was listening to this song when it made me think about the image above... https://youtu.be/ESQHWQoYygU
Saturday Coffee Muses, Sept 2007 It's funny how an old fart like me can get set in his ways... For as long as I can remember my photo editing software foe most things has been Picasa. It was a free software from Google. Google abandoned it almost a decade ago.…
Friday Surfside Beach, 2006 I can't think of anything I need to say today... So just relax... https://youtu.be/fLo3lEYeF18
Thursday Galveston Bay, Ferry Crossing 2006 - Gary Boyd Just as it takes a mix of clouds and light To turn the seas to silver, It’s the mix of our life experiences — Dark and light — that burnishes our souls, Rubbing up against us until we shine… ~Diane Walker~…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/FYNr3hKGSYQ
Tuesday https://youtu.be/M8wuTlvw-5E On this morning of a more moderate temperature, clouds are again part of the day's equation. Before dawn the full-ish moon was backlighting a generous scattering of cotton ball like clouds. The really nice thing about the clouds... they temper the over bright light flooding in thru the…
Monday https://youtu.be/qBb_XFutqjo Think of that surge of joy we feel, Upon seeing the magnificence Of which the sky is capable, As a sort of call and response: An echo and reminder Of the magnificent possibilities within us, Waiting to bloom forth and be seen. ~Diane Walker~ Overnight the weather gods…
Sunday https://youtu.be/YMlda_aPA1g Eliza Carthy I'm spending a lot of time in my music library these days. As songs process through the que I find myself wondering where I acquired them... Even what path led me to the artist... When I heard one of Eliza Carthy's songs start playing her voice…
Saturday https://youtu.be/CvglW3KNSsQ Years ago... Actually it was more like three decades ago... When I first moved from the warehouse floor into the front offices, I had an old stereo I brought in from the house to my office. I kept it playing all day long on the Houston Public Radio…
Friday https://youtu.be/7GSQKo-HTKU This morning dawned clear and cool... again. The day is sunny and destined to rise into the mid 70's. Just another ride on the rollercoaster that is SE Texas weather. Tomorrow's high is forecast to be 60 degrees at 5am... From there on the prognosticators are foretelling of…
Thursday https://youtu.be/AEmrTMiWfPA I live in my own mind Ain't nothin but a good time No rain just the sunshine Out here in my own mind I live where I can breathe Ain't nothin but a cool breeze Nobody that it won't please Out here where I can breathe This morning…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/o6OJTTpoEWY https://youtu.be/rf94uTBQucI
Tuesday https://youtu.be/0VUThB3YTXA It's quite chill out this morning. Not Minnesota cold, just Texas chill. It goes well with the chili and beans I put together for supper last night. Leftovers will be had for lunch. The sunrise this morning was one of the most colorful that I've seen in a…
Monday https://youtu.be/TogpMApAscE Once again from summer to not... What a way to run a climate! This morning as the sun comes up the temperature is still dropping... so much so, that the sun is well up before the overnight low is reached. The wind out of the north has a…
Friday https://youtu.be/-DpqI0wuFQU For once it actually feels like it looks outside. The temperature is down around 40 degrees, the sky is totally overcast, and the wind chimes are singing a blustery song. It's a morning to curl up with a streaming fire on the television for virtual warmth... While native…
Thursday - Insurrection Day - 1st Anniversary https://youtu.be/3wNEMKjwftU It's another warm and foggy "winter" morning... I wandered out while the video was rendering and uploading and met my new neighbor. He seems like a nice enough guy. He was out trying to mow a break around his section of woods.…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/HAm-wSQCuBw https://youtu.be/9RYy_8u4blk
Tuesday https://youtu.be/ccAEcr-bx28 I've gotten out of the habit of putting these posts out in the ether... But, today the kids are back in school, the house is empty, and Eric Clapton is playing on the computer... Also, finally the never-ending summerlike weather has broken for a few days. We even…
Christmas Eve Christmas Past... Way, Way Past 195619571958195919601961A typical set of mid-20th century family Christmas Cards. Sent out to extended family and friends to keep everyone aware of the growth of the family and the family members. The photo of me surrounded by puppies in the previous post was actually…
Today feels more like fall here than almost any other morning this season... Facebook reminded me about a post I put up here shortly after my "retirement". Here it is in it's entirety with a few changes in the images... December 21, 2008 Sherry and I were in the car…
Where, Oh Where Is Winter? https://youtu.be/lv5AiHa5bZM This week has been very wintery looking at least... Though, truth be told, it hasn't felt at all seasonable. Overcast skies... Winds... But, temperatures keep topping out in the 70's and 80's... Even today. with a weather change in the forecast, most of the…
It's A Misty, Rainy Monday https://youtu.be/-V916SIXYmc A pre-dawn rain shower started the day... Warmer than normal... The overnight low never reached 70... I've been battling squirrels all weekend... I can't keep them off of my birdfeeders... over and over I've had to chase them off. It seems this years crop…
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Foggy Thursday https://youtu.be/Q7bqCR_QLZQ The sliver of a moon that showed thru the fog at 6am left little doubt that the morning was going to start with more than a bit of haze... The early light, before the disc of the sun broke the tree line, had a vague tint of…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/Mb-zNwaEx0U
Monday Still lacking inspiration... My voice is hiding from my spirit here lately.... But... Y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world... Catch y'all down the road...
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Tuesday https://youtu.be/0_dj5T4yoGk 43 years ago this morning, my wife and I stood in front of a justice of the peace and said our vows. 43 years, almost twice as long as it took me to get to that point... Happy Anniversary Dear. May the next 43 be just as fun.…
Sunday https://youtu.be/x59aWwYSGK0 A beautiful, foggy start to Sunday morning. Cool, below 50 degrees. Clear skies... Enjoy your day... Catch y'all down the road...
Friday https://youtu.be/-vcrzAwBTkU It's a beautiful fall day... And I don't have a thing to say... So, y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world... Catch y'all down the road...
Thursday https://youtu.be/IgqZDinH7aw The rain swept in yesterday around rush hour. It really wasn't as bad as it looked on radar. And it cleared earlier than the prognosticators expected... But this morning is dark and gloomy, damp and chilly... With a temperature in the low 50s and a dampness that chills…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/jnWIkS9KGQ4
Tuesday https://youtu.be/sXqvcVjDnu8 It was another beautiful fall morning. Clear skies, a bit of haze hugging the ground, seasonably cool temperatures... The absolute best that fall has to offer this deep in the South... Last night before bed I played yesterday's video on YouTube on the TV. My wife made the…
Monday https://youtu.be/vGaImjQbwq4 October is over... November is here, Halloween decorations are lined up to be put away for another year. Thanksgiving decorations will be going out... Soon to be replaced by Christmas décor... The weather seems to finally be into fall mode. Cool nighttime lows followed by unfortunately warmer than…
Friday Out and about today... So this is it. Y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world... Catch y'all down the road...
Tuesday https://youtu.be/bJdGtOeuWzg It looks like this return to summer is almost over. Tomorrow we have a front moving through... Rain, wind, and cooling temperatures... Thursday is forecast to be cool and breezy. I doubt I will have many posts this week, as my wife is off work. That being the…
Friday https://youtu.be/XzkC5-cBn8M Another foggy start to a warmish day. Pretty much a repeat of yesterday. Thinking back over the past 10 months, I find I don't recall all that many foggy mornings. At least not heavy fog... For some reason, that feels strange to me. This isn't a scientific observation...…
Thursday https://youtu.be/Ml30HH95048 The world is blanketed with a thick player of fog this morning. The trees drip .. the air is still... a train whistles in the distance... traffic rumbles on the bypass. The past 3 days has seen the temperatures rising. Morning start out in the '70s again... Afternoons…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/sXCNlfhjH18
Monday https://youtu.be/gYjJInMyrPI Fall has truly and finally arrived. Though it will come and go for the next few weeks, temperatures rising and falling, the season has turned. We've had two mornings when the low temperature was right at 50°. And it's been beautiful. The yard crew got an early start…
Thursday https://youtu.be/sYvIjRDvqCQ Busy today so all I have is the video... Have a great day!
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/JKxWgXxBM3A
Tuesday https://youtu.be/PkIV4eiGAI4 Here we are in the middle of October and summer has come back to visit. Over the weekend, the morning lows have moved back into the upper 70s. And stepping out on the back porch, are the front porch for that matter, is like stepping into a sauna...…
Monday - Indigenous Peoples Day https://youtu.be/47lYTHu0cmo
Sunday https://youtu.be/HtFCpENC1G0 It's an in-between kind of day... Not summer yet not fall either. A sleep-in kind of Sunday. I'm about to start cooking breakfast so this will just be a quick little muse. Gary Myers shared some music over on Redtree Times this morning that led me to the…
Friday https://youtu.be/szRlpg6BG48 Sitting on the front porch this morning. It's 68°with a 90% humidity. Our preview of fall is winding down by the end of the weekend overnight lows will only reach into the low 70s. I'll have to wait for the next cold front... And so will the hummingbirds…
Thursday https://youtu.be/hmuP_AQcAdw Walking out on the back porch just after 6:00 a.m. this morning, the world was dark. The sky was clear. And Orion shown brightly directly overhead. The only sound was the roar of traffic on the bypass... When I stepped out for the second time, the sun was…
Tuesday https://youtu.be/MubjkD_S1i8 As I took the photos in the video this morning hummingbirds were buzzing right by my head. As I stood less than 6 inches from a feeder two hummers sat and ate right beside my face. When one would leave another would take it's place. Others were on…
