Finally… Fall…

And it actually feels like autumn!

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18 October 2024

The view from my chair…

Texas Monthly Today  Pretty much matches National Politics. Indicted and convicted politicians suing anyone they disagree with. Oh… And happy birthday cuz…

Even though September is here, Summer’s hold on this part of the country is still tight?

I saw on the internets last night that temperature is in the Northeast 40s in places. That was on a day when my back porch temperature at 101°. First time that I’ve noticed this year……

And the fan on the floor is all that makes the morning even a little bit cool.

The crews lined out street for most of the day. Then this happened… So for the past two hours we’ve been looking at this… Maybe we’ll get power… Eventually…

A very interesting morning. Our power has been out all day. I really don’t expect to see power for at least a day or two if not more. And my yard looks like it has…

Mimosa blossoms Chaste tree blooms almost open With temperatures rising above 80° each day, the start of summer is definitely here.

According to the weather prognosticators, most of today will look just like it does right now. Though, our run of 70° temperatures has pretty much come to an end for a while… And those overnight…

It could be just me.. but I think not…. It sure seems like there have been more overcast days than sunny days this year. Particularly, this spring. Though I have to admit, that’s starting the…

At 6:30 a.m. The air is a crispy 50°. It’s noisy out.. the constant hum of rubber on blacktop from the bypass, the birds song in the trees, even the roar of train Wheels on…

I’m standing out on the front porch this morning. Waiting for my grandson to get on the school bus… And I’m struck by how beautiful a spring morning it is. Even though the sun is…

Wordless Wednesday

Two shots, taken an hour apart, from the same location. It’s a pleasant spring morning with a temperature in the mid-50s. But judging from the forecast, summer is just around the corner. Here we are…

In the time it took to go from one bus to the next, the outdoor temperature has dropped just enough to go from warmish to coolish. Now if we could just get rid of the…

Yesterday morning my brother passed away. He fought a short battle with cancer before passing away at his home surrounded by family and friends. When Charles Dean Boyd was born on July 9, 1957, in…

After the kids got on the bus this morning, it decided to really start raining… As you can see from the standing water, it has been raining pretty hard for a good while now. Looking…

Wordless Wednesday

The trip out onto the front porch first thing this morning was really chilly… It was 45° outside. The photo above is taken from the back porch just before the second bus run… 2 weeks…

After springing forward last week, the sun isn’t coming up until the 2nd bus. So, it now seems as though the alarm is going off in the middle of the night… It’s just a bit…

Every once in awhile you hear a song that stops you in your tracks. This song does it every time I hear it… every damn time! I’m not sure when Rodney Crowell first entered my…

Tuesday, March 12th I can’t recall whether this confluence of events has happened in the past or not. But having a week of spring break for the grandkids follow immediately after the spring time change…

I have an old playlist playing today… It’s bringing up plenty of old memories… https://youtu.be/AaZD_r3zXGk?si=h1MB_whdjrp6kosl https://youtu.be/BPTOY8FrvNw?si=-O1GXSs0KAQTtMY- https://youtu.be/PTUkE3hj8i8?si=n1ScCZCJMTjSKcaG And the music keeps playing…

Monday, March 4th While I was standing on the front porch waiting for the second bus.. I noticed the predominance of the color green. Just a week or so ago, gray was the predominant color…

Wordless Wednesday, February 21st

Tuesday, February 20th It seems that one minute I could see forever.. but the next minute fog and settled in. The morning temperature wasn’t bad.. 45°. Calm winds. But the more light outside, the foggier…

Sunday, February 18th The morning’s temperature started out at 37°. The high today will approach 60°. The low overnight is forecast to reach 36°. That’s pretty much a standard deep winter’s day for southeast Texas….

Thursday, February 15th Well… Once again, the sky is totally overcast. And according to the prognosticators, it will run through the weekend. The temperature outside is 58°. And it was so pleasant, I found myself…

Wordless Wednesday, February 14th

Tuesday, February 13th Yesterday morning I stepped out to something I haven’t seen in a few years… The starlings have returned. When I first stepped out the trees were full of black and the ground…

Monday, February 12th After four very warm humid days of overcast skies, the north winds overnight blew them clear. Yesterday at this time the temperature in the backyard was 70°. This morning it is 44°….

Wednesday, February 7th

Tuesday, February 6th Today is my birthday. My 70th. And on this day, I will be visiting my late mother’s home.. making arrangements for her estates sale. So…. Once again I will miss my birthday…

Monday, February 5th With the winds blowing that close to 20 mph out of the north this morning, it was quite cool standing on the front porch. Well, it’s finally here.. very last day I…

Friday, February 2nd

Thursday, February 1st Happy birthday Abby! 🎁 Even though I took these photographs.. images.. shots early this morning… I seem to have forgotten to post them. So here they are… Enjoy!

Wednesday, January 31st

Tuesday, January 30th Starting on the front porch at 6:30 a.m. . An ending on the front porch at 7:40 a.m.. With a couple of stops on the back porch in between…

Monday, January 29th It’s a mostly cloudless sky.. and the sunshine on a chili morning is welcome. The temperature this morning is 37°. And we could use a few days of sunshine just to dry…

Sunday, January 28th

Saturday, January 27th The sun is still shining on the tops of the trees. And there are quite a few clouds blowing in from the north. So I think I will sit here for just…