Thursday, January 5th It feels more like winter this morning, 45°… It’s still, the sky is cloudless. It’s even a little chilly inside the house because with our heat spell since Christmas I’ve not turned…

Wednesday, January 4th Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday, January 3rd Waiting for the cool down… In the past hour a line of wannabe showers blew thru on the leadup to cool front. Not much more than a heavy sprinkle, it just hinted…

Monday, January 2nd Another overcast start to a New Year’s day. I am out on the back porch once again and the temperature this morning is a balmy 72°… Not a temperature many of us…

Sunday, January 1st Happy New Year It’s 64° and very foggy… And still… And quiet… And my coffee’s brewed… And so far, not much has happened around here in the new year … That’s a…

Saturday, New Years Eve It’s a cool and foggy morning to end the year 2022 on. Here’s wishing each and every one of you a safe and happy New Year… https://youtu.be/ZpR0pKjmKSA 3:00 p.m. on the…

Friday It’s wet… It’s 62°… Since yesterday afternoon over an inch of rain has fallen. What a difference a week can make and looks of the world around me. That is, if you throw in…

Thursday It’s a pleasant 61° out this morning. I can’t really say that it feels like the last days of December. And, the prognosticators tell us it’s going to get warmer by the new year….

Wordless Wednesday Except for… Happy Birthday Breanna…

Tuesday The sun is up… The sky is a deep blue. Cloudless. It’s a blue that only appears in winter. On cold, crisp mornings. Maybe we should name it… Winter’s Blue… We are in the…

Monday Well, the big day is over… Peace and quietude has descended over this house once again. Listening to music in my big easy chair… I don’t have much to say this morning so I’ll…

Merry ChristmasIt’s Sunday, December 25th It’s a busy morning here in Coffee Muses land. So, this post was written and scheduled in advance… I will say that for only the second or third time in…

Saturday, Christmas Eve Here’s wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year,,, Christmas in the Wild, Gary Boyd I am not an artist. But I wanted to paint something…

Friday This Old PorchThe weather outside is frightful… My Old Porch, Christmas Morning 2004 This old porch is just a long timeOf waiting and forgettingAnd remembering the coming backAnd not crying about the leavingAnd remembering…

Thursday Winter is coming… Real Winter… Not this fake stuff we normally have pass thru Houston on the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Hard freeze all the way to the coast. All of the…

Wordless Wednesday – Winter inter Solstice

Tuesday While it’s not cold out per se… It does have a look of winter. The temperature is hovering right around the 50° mark where it will pretty much stay for the next two days….

Monday The calm before the storm… There is an overcast to the day… A heaviness hanging in the air… A portent of expectations blowing on the winds… A coastal low pressure system is helping to…

Friday It’s almost 10° warmer this morning. Still, it’s much more seasonable than the above 70° start we’ve been having. The Christmas Day forecast is out… The low Christmas morning will be in the ’30s….

Thursday It’s finally feeling like the season… again. After teasing us with an early week of colder than normal weather, Mother Nature brought summer back for a long visit… Today we’ve moved back to feeling…

Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday It’s already 72° this morning. Looking at the trees you’re given a very ambiguous picture of what season we are in. The Red oak has lost almost all of its leaves, even the balls…

Sunday It’s a cool 66° this morning and the light rain is falling. Though, the thunder makes it sound like it should be raining harder… I spent yesterday playing that fun game of new computer…

Saturday The sun is up fully. And while the temperature is cool at 69°, it’s quite warm on the back porch. We just have another week or so of the sun’s southerly movement on the…

Friday It’s another foggy morning. Even the sounds are muffled. The temperature is 71°. And with the moisture in the air it’s a cool 71°…. It’s the end of another week. We are getting closer…

Thursday Well, once again it’s warm and muggy. The temperature starting today is 72°. Almost all of the leaves have fallen from the Red Oak. The pictures above show yesterday and today’s leaf coverage. And…

Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/ghVmIWTVh98

Tuesday It’s another warm one today. It’s already 71°. The prognosticators say this is what we have to look forward to for the rest of the week. We might see it cool down after this…

Monday The morning is warm and foggy… 67° with a dense fog advisory. The prognosticators are foretelling if a high temperature today is 79°. Not a very fall-like weather pattern we’re having this week… With…

Sunday It’s a pleasant 64° out this morning. Overcast, still… Not a breeze blowing. The progression of color is moving from the tree to the ground. I find myself in that in between space. I’ve…

Saturday it’s an almost warm and sticky mess out this morning. With the temperature of 72° and a humidity of 96%, our cool fall days are definitely in the rearview mirror. Last night after dark…

Friday And just like that, the weather, she has turned on a dime… The morning temperature is 64°. And the humidity is up. Which makes the fall colors pop. At this point I almost feel…

Thursday It’s another beautiful fall sunrise. The temperature is a brisk 45°. But, fall’s going to slip back into a more summer like few days. The highs for the rest of the week will be…

Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday My two colorful trees just before sunup this morning. I am continually amazed by the rapidity of the change in the colors on the red oak. Though, truth be told, the Bald Cypress is…

Monday Out before sunup, the light gives lie to the colors. At least, to the camera’s eye…. but, I’ll be the first to admit that fall color is coming on faster that I can ever…

Saturday The rains have finally moved out after dropping almost 6″ in 2 days. Had the fall color progression has started. Yesterday was the first time I spotted color over most of the oak tree….

Friday It was just yesterday that I noticed the first few colored leaves on the oak tree. This morning the color is spreading. It looks like this will be a nicely colored late fall display….

Thanksgiving Thursday After the summer we’ve had, I feel I should be giving thanks for the rain we are having… But as much as I love slow and steady, 2 inches in 2 hours is…

Wordless Wednesday

Tuesday https://youtu.be/LoIMivYk5cA Well, today is like yesterday… Everything looks the same, feels the same… so,,, Ditto

Monday Ten days ago a cold front blew into Houston, and since that time the region has experienced weather that is typical for the dead of winter, not late fall. The city’s warmest temperature during…

Sunday Between rains this morning… It’s a cool 42°… Enjoy the day… That’s all I’ve got got… Catch you on the other side…

Rain Even a slow and steady rain can add up when it comes down all day….

Saturday It’s a cool 49° and raining. My bald cypress is starting to get it’s color on. But without any Chinese tallow trees around the area the fall colors haven’t taken off yet. And since…

Friday It’s an inauspicious morning…. My laptop just flashed the blue screen of death and is restarting. It’s been doing that a lot here lately. What with all of the issues it seems to be…

Thursday It really looks like winter out this morning… And it’s pretty cool for a November morning. 43°… That’s winter time temperatures on the southeast Texas coast. Every morning when I check the weather forecast…

Wordless Wednesday