2023 Day 4
Wednesday, January 4th Wordless Wednesday
Tag: #backyard
2023 Day 2
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 associate with the first of January. Especially not with the start of a day in…
2023, Day 1
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 very good thing...
December Day 31
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 back porch. It's 76° out here. I had to turn the ceiling fans on because…
December Day 30
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 a few days freezing weather... The number of leaves hanging on to the branches of…
December Day 29
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. It's just a bit foggy out this morning... Very damp. The clouds are moving north…
December Day 27
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 post Christmas doldrums. The days between Christmas and New Years... Between anticipation and anxiety... The…
December Day 26
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 leave you with what I'm listening to right now... https://youtu.be/S_E5Nw5lnrw
December Day 21
Wordless Wednesday - Winter inter Solstice
December Day 20
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. The prognosticators are foretelling that we might even see 70° temperatures before the bottom falls…
December Day 19
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 drive rain showers across the metro area this morning, and these will continue on and…
December Day 16
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. The high Christmas Day will just reach 50°... About what it is right now. It…
December Day 13
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 Cypress is looking mighty bare. You have the temperature is anything but December-like. At least…
December Day 11
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 updating. I really understand why that game exists. But for some reason to have to…
December Day 10
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 horizon before it starts moving north again. Then another cycle will begin As usual, on…
December Day 9
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 and closer to the Christmas weekend. I really don't find myself with much to say…
December Day 8
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 with the overcast that starts each day, it really looks like winter outside though decidedly…
December Day 7
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/ghVmIWTVh98
December Day 6
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 coming weekend. But the progression of color in my backyard goes on. Although the color…
December Day 5
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 highs of about 80 or above for the next 7 days. My sons came over…
December Day 4
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 ordered a new laptop because the one here at the house has been getting glitchy.…
December Day 3
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 the fog that threatened yesterday afternoon rolled in. This morning only vestiges remain. As colorful…
December Day 2
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 like I'm living in one of GC Myers red tree paintings. For my whole life…
December 1st
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 pushing 80° if not above. On top of that I see there's a chance of…
November 29th
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 taking a decidedly reddish turn this fall. And, as the pictures in the previous post…
November 28th
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 recall... The first thing I noticed upon arising, was a text from Sherry telling me…
November 26th
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. And today seems to be covering even more. The cold spell we had last week…
November 25th
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. Also, the bald cypress is showing a bit more color. When you add in the…
November 21st
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 that timespan has been just 61 degrees, with lows in the 30s and 40s. Houston…
November 20th
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...
