Friday February 10th It's a chill 49° this morning on the front porch. And what's making it so chilly is the brisk breeze from the north. Space City Weather is predicting a blustery day, much cooler than yesterday. And tonight's low is forecast to be at least 10° cooler than…
Wednesday February 8th Wordless Wednesday
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 February 6th 69th year day zero The weather has turned spring like again... This morning the temperature is 57°. There's a ground fog hanging low in the backyards... Moisture covers everything. Today I celebrate my 69th birthday on this planet. Lately I've found myself inhabiting the memories of my…
Saturday February 4th Finally, let there be sun at sunrise... Enjoy your weekend...
Friday February 3rd What can you say about the weather this week? The only word that comes to my mind is... Ditto... Rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat Though, no sooner did I start this post, then the sun broke through the clouds ... It's the end of a law in jury…
Thursday February 2nd It's another of these long dreary days. It's 41° and there's a light misty rain falling. It's the same light Misty rain that was falling last night before bedtime. According to the guys at Space City Weather, this week will be the last of our coolish winter…
Wednesday February 1st Wordless Wednesday
Monday January 30th It's another dreary winter day. The temperature this morning was 50°. It's damp... it's breezy... it's chilly. But, all in all, it's not a bad day for the end of January. Although, it does look a little too green out. Since the temperatures are predicted to stay…
Sunday January 29th It's another spring-like day in Southeast Texas... Wet, temperate, breezy... Not what you would expect for the end of January. The temperature right now is 73°. It's already rained enough for water to be standing in all the low spots. And from the looks of the forecast,…
Saturday January 28th It was 60° this morning on the back porch. It's been raining lightly off and on. According to the prognosticators we can expect this weather pattern to last for most of the week. I saw something that I haven't seen in a while this morning. A round…
Friday January 27th Another frosty morning towards the end of January. The temperature this morning is in the upper thirties, but it'll be going up into the '60s by afternoon. This is only the second morning this winter that I can recall frost on the grass. Earlier this week I…
Thursday January 26th It was a frosty morn... Temperatures in the upper thirties. Sadly, I got involved in other things and almost forgot that I needed to post these photos... Have a great rest of your day. Catch you on the other side...
Wordless Wednesday January 25th
Tuesday January 24th It's cool, breezy, and wet already this morning. Though the temperature is almost 60°, there is a rather strong breeze blowing a fine misty rain... And the prognosticators are promising this is just the start of a blustery weather day... Some cold fronts come into Houston like…
Monday January 23rd When I woke up this morning My phone said the temperature was 43°... Now that the sun is up my phone says the temperature is 40°. Of course, the sky is cloudless.... The winds are calm... So I guess it's not surprising that the air temperature would…
Sunday January 22nd After 2 days of blahness, it's looking like it will be partly sunny today. It's a brisk 50° out. And after some type of rain falling most of the day yesterday, we ended up with right at one inch in the rain gauge. Our weather has the…
Saturday January 21st It's mid-afternoon, but, it's looked like this all day long. It's 53° right now... The same as it was at 7:00 a.m. this morning. There's been light rain falling off and on all day long. So far 3/4 of an inch has fallen. The look and the…
Wordless Wednesday January 18th
Tuesday January 17th It's not feeling much like winter this morning... 67° before the sun comes up... and as the world outside my window lights up... there's a bit of fog hanging around. I've always been impressed with how, around here anyway, when it looks the most like winter is…
Monday January 16th Why is it the best mornings for sitting in the rocker on the back porch or in the flat dab middle of winter? Today we're starting at 68°. With quite an overcast. The prognosticators are foretelling another slight cooldown about Wednesday. But even then we're talking lows…
Sunday January 15th I slept in this morning... Later than I have in a long time... The first comment out of the wife's mouth was " you must have needed it ". So I guess, I probably did. It's a pleasant 61° on the back porch this morning with the…
Friday January 13th The back porch is chilly this morning... 45° as the sun comes up. I know all of you in the Northern tier of states are grinning at that description. What with being used to negative temperatures at this time of year, a 45° low must seem positively…
Thursday, January 12th It's just a bit warm at 67° this morning. Yesterday, our high was pushing 80° again. Especially on the back porch in the sun... It might have even risen into the mid '80s there. But the prognosticators are promising a cool down. And if the north wind…
Tuesday, January 10th It's already 61 ° and there's a "Dense Fog Advisory" out there. Since it's still dark out I have no idea if it actually is foggy... As the world outside my window begins to lighten I see that the "Advisory" was correct. The world is shrouded in…
Monday, January 9th It's a pleasantly cool 52° on the back porch this morning. The winds are calm, not a breeze blowing. Just enough light clouds in the sky to add some color to the sunrise this morning... Here's a bit of ground fog hanging through the woods... The chickens…
Sunday, January 8th It was a wild and stormy night... Thunder and lightning... An inch of rain fell while we slept. This morning on the back porch it's cool and windy. The temperature is 57°, the wind out of the north is gusting to 20 mph. The clouds in the…
Saturday, January 7th It's the beginning of what the prognosticators are foretelling will be a wet weekend. As usual, we will have to wait and see what happens in the long run. Though at the moment it's a pleasant 62° out on the back porch. While reading yesterday, an old…
Friday, January 6th Good morning... It's a bit warmer this morning at 52°, but the humidity is up and that makes it feel cooler. On this anniversary of one of the darkest days in our countries recent history... It's good to see the Party that instigated the insurrection is still…
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 on the heat yet... Not that the house is cool down that much with all…