Sunday June 11th It's that time of year. Where the sun comes up around the corner of the house. If it wasn't for the temperatures, I would prefer this time of year.. where the sun doesn't blind me as it rises from the horizon. Last evening we had a massive…
Monday February 20th It feels about as much like spring as it's possible to feel in the latter third of February... The temperature on the back porch this morning is 62°. It's overcast. And there's a dampness in the air. Prognosticators have indicated that it will top 80° this week,…
Tuesday February 7th It's a spring like 65° this morning. And, the world has a decidedly green tint. Shorts and t-shirts are not what I expect for early February attire... But that is exactly what is comfortable this morning. I've been noticing a lot of yellow in the birds that…
monday There's a train going by as I sit on the front porch waiting for the school bus. It's so much louder now that the entirety of the construction site has been cleared of trees. 105 acres denuded. Now that the train has gone by, The sounds of construction have…
The temperature this morning is 74°. A very light, light rain is falling. From watching the radar the rain will be getting heavier through the morning. There is a frog singing to the rain somewhere close. And off in the distance the gentle sounds of roosters talking amongst themselves. The…
The coffeepot was still brewing when I came out... The back porch is pleasantly cool, the sun is bright, and the sky is clear. I have even turned the ceiling fans on... Way down low... Just to move the air around a little between breezes. My granddaughter brought me my…
This is the kind of spring morning in Southeast Texas that you just want to cherish. Blue skies, low temperatures, hello humidity. The temperature this morning 63°. I can see the latest update to Android is going to take some getting used to {period} it seems as if suddenly you…
It's just another overcast and cloudy sky day. It's warm, it's muggy, and the prognosticators are saying there's a good chance of rain coming with the cool front... That hopefully, will blow through sooner rather than later. As I was sitting out at the road waiting for the buses this…
I'm a bit late this morning. But the wet misty weather has broken. And at 53°, the temperature is very spring like. We'll be back into our precursor to summer shortly. These past few days, I've noticed the Texas privet is blooming in the backyard in a manner and abundance…
It's another misty rainy morning in Southeast Texas. The temperature is a mild 65°. The air is full of mist, it's barely falling, mostly just floating in the air. But the trees are dripping, dripping, dripping... It's not stopping the birds from singing though. There's a change coming. Cool fronts…
I was surprised when I walked out this morning to find the temperature at 53°. It's been a couple of days since the " cool front " moved through, so I really wasn't expecting it. I don't even think the forecast called for it to be that low. Also, not…
The color green has over taken the world these days. With a little splashes of white and pink and blue and purple scattered around the yard. And there are splashes blue and red and brown and russet scattered amongst the trees. It's wildflowers scattered around the yard and birds scattered…
The air is heavy with moisture. There's a light fog hanging close to the ground. And a heavy dew has coated everything with big fat water droplets. As we said at the end of the driveway waiting for the bus, great big fat water droplets make patterns on the windshield.…
Well spring has truly arrived. I can see hints of green even around the mostly bare pecan trees. The morning temperature is 69°. The air is dry, there was no dew on the windows of the car this morning. The morning birdsong is everywhere around the yard. Hummingbirds flit like…
There's a layer of fog hanging in the air this morning. Which means, not a breeze is stirring. The temperature is already above 60°. And, it'll be heading much higher today. Sitting out waiting on the school bus, I saw three pairs of whistling ducks flying over. I haven't yet…
Another pleasantly cool spring morning, it's 52°. Just a light breeze blowing. An almost cloudless sky. Bright spring sunshine. Walking out on the back porch this morning I spooked Blue Jay on the feeder. Since it's a bit late, I didn't hear the morning bird song I've been hearing the…
April Fool's Day It's a bit nippy out this morning. 54° when I walked out. And breezy, very breezy... Winds out of the Northeast. But for once, the sky is clear. I think I've mentioned here before that this was my grandpa's Sewell's favorite day of the year. He enjoyed…
Once again the skies are overcast. The temperature is 69 degrees this morning. There's a chance of rain this afternoon. And the birds are filling the air with birdsong. Really for the first time in a long time I'm sitting in the rockers on the back porch... Watching springs bursting…
I've already opened the windows this morning. The outside temperature is 59°. Overnight the house held a 69° temperature. With the forecast high being in the seventies today, and lows overnight being forecast for the mid to upper 60s, I assume it will be time to kick over to AC…
It's overcast outside, 58°. Sometime today, the prognosticators are predicting a 50% chance of precipitation. From the looks of the clouds, they will probably be right. Once again the birds are celebrating the feeling of spring in the air. Filling the air with their song. I noticed yesterday that the…
Sunrise is earlier and earlier each day... At least for another week or so, then it's spring forward. Temperature this morning is 41°. Cold enough to see your breath, but not cold enough for a jacket... At least not if you're just walking to the car. The birds seem to…
It's frosty out this morning. A cool 28°. A beautiful cloudless winter morning. The yard is probably the brownest I can recall seeing in a couple of decades. I can't recall this many consecutive days of below freezing weather. It's funny how I haven't felt the need to sit out…
Baby it's cold outside... 37° at 7:30 a.m., there's a steady wind blowing, and a lot of moisture in the air. All day yesterday, where the forecast called for rising temperatures, that kept falling. Forecasted low last night was only 40°. It's below that now. The forecast says it's going…
It's not very cool out, just 56°. But it's quite windy, and misting a bit of rain. The wind chimes on the front porch have been making a racket all morning long. The prognosticators have placed the chance of rain at 60% today. Driving out to wait for the bus,…
It's very bright out today. A cloudless blue sky. But still, it feels like spring, in the middle of winter. The weather app says it's 57° out. While on the back porch, the sun has warmed it into the sixties. The cold front has passed us by. Tonight's low will…
It's warmish but blustery. Birds are singing. Chickens are doing whatever it is chickens do when they talk to each other. There's a bright orange glow to the east as the sun lights the bottoms of the clouds that cover the sky. The temperature right now is 64°, but the…
Slept in this morning. So it's 48°, not too cold. Once again, no clouds. Our fox came by again last night. I guess it's a good thing he was out that first morning... Otherwise I never would have spotted him at night. I added some solar lights to the back…
It's 36° on the back porch this morning. But it's sunny and bright and it'll hit 60° before it starts back down. There's not a cloud in the sky and the sun is brighter than it should be on a Saturday morning. The gray fox visited again last night. I…
It's a chill 30° this morning out in the yard. Frost on the grass. Birds on the feeder. Birds on the wing from tree to tree. Cardinals singing the sun up. Took quite a few minutes this morning for the ice on the windshield to melt as we waited for…
The sun was shinning thru the clouds with a squinting brightness when I walked out... now the clouds have closed back in and the glare is gone. A blustery north wind is cooling the morning. A cardinal sings from the edge of the woods. Two days of rain have soaked…
