Thursday - Saint Patrick's Day There's a slight blush of spring in the air and on the trees... Blue bonnets are blooming on the bypass underpass. A scattering of azaleas are beginning to bloom around town. The oak trees are beginning to break bud on their leaves. And even though…
Monday - Pi Day
Thursday There are high clouds this morning. And, the morning temperature is in the mid 50s... A really nice place to start out the day. Jeb Loy Nichols is playing on the Winamp machine. Ever since I first heard him on the radio back in the early 2000s I have…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/3TCjwbUzle4
Sunday evening Clouds finally moved out today. Though it was later than we expected... I was playing around with the panoramic mode on my phone camera in the above shots... Just in a different orientation. I started at the ground and tilted the camera / phone until I reached the…
Saturday afternoon Cool with a light, misty rain falling... The day has been stuck in the low 40s and the overcast has hung on... ... And on this weekend say a special prayer for the people of the Ukraine...
Friday https://youtu.be/i3XBfF6Vf-4 It's gray and cool and damp today... It was gray and cool and damp yesterday... too. It's been gray a lot... or so it seems. Even when it is anything but cool... it is still more gray than not. I was watching Austin City Limits this past week.…
Wordless Wednesday
Monday, Valentine's Day https://youtu.be/9kR-IBgtpX0 It dawned frosty this morning... The temperature was hovering around 33° when I walked outside. With just enough clouds to brighten the sunrise. I spent last evening watching the latest programs from our PBS station here in Houston. After catching the latest episodes of my favorite…
Friday https://youtu.be/15NBBKsLzts It's the end of the week... As the sun came up a mist hugged the earth... The cool of winter hung on as the sun burned off the fog... Everyone enjoy the coming weekend... I'm gonna have another cup. Here is a shot of last nights sunset taken…
Wordless Wednesday
Friday Baby it's cold outside... At least for the Texas Gulf Coast it's cold. Morning temperature at 8:30 a.m. was 27°. At least we don't seem to have ice or sleet or even snow. As usual, at any hint of weather... The school district here shut the schools down today.…
Thursday https://youtu.be/GOZFOxv1kP0 Good morning. The cold front has pushed off the coast, and temperatures have fallen into the upper 30s to low 40s for most of the region. Our primary concern remains the potential for rainfall to turn into wintry precipitation this evening, and during the overnight hours. Secondarily, we…
Tuesday Happy Birthday Abby The day started out with a light misty rain. Overcast. The temperature though, was quite moderate at 63°. The photos above I took from my back porch as I was putting out cat food this morning. All told there were five or six deer running across…
Monday Just to show you how deceiving looks can be... The morning looks decidedly wintery... But the temperatures or anything but. At the moment it's 63° at 10:00 a.m. had the prognosticators or say it will get up into the mid to '70s by afternoon. They are also warning that…
Thursday https://youtu.be/xtHVLR8JzeQ IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY It's a thing of bliss, Like a morning kiss; When the sun says hello to my heart. Takes me by the hand. And I understand, That the world is God's own work of art. ~Robert Nehls~ This morning dawned to a clearing sky. At…
Monday “Only a select few are able to see the true beauty that lies behind what just might seem like a rainy day or a grey sky.” ~Jessica M. Laar~ It's overcast today. The temperature is a mild 50°. There's a misty rain falling. Even though these overcast days are…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/FYNr3hKGSYQ
Tuesday https://youtu.be/M8wuTlvw-5E On this morning of a more moderate temperature, clouds are again part of the day's equation. Before dawn the full-ish moon was backlighting a generous scattering of cotton ball like clouds. The really nice thing about the clouds... they temper the over bright light flooding in thru the…
Monday https://youtu.be/qBb_XFutqjo Think of that surge of joy we feel, Upon seeing the magnificence Of which the sky is capable, As a sort of call and response: An echo and reminder Of the magnificent possibilities within us, Waiting to bloom forth and be seen. ~Diane Walker~ Overnight the weather gods…
Friday https://youtu.be/7GSQKo-HTKU This morning dawned clear and cool... again. The day is sunny and destined to rise into the mid 70's. Just another ride on the rollercoaster that is SE Texas weather. Tomorrow's high is forecast to be 60 degrees at 5am... From there on the prognosticators are foretelling of…
Thursday https://youtu.be/AEmrTMiWfPA I live in my own mind Ain't nothin but a good time No rain just the sunshine Out here in my own mind I live where I can breathe Ain't nothin but a cool breeze Nobody that it won't please Out here where I can breathe This morning…
Tuesday https://youtu.be/0VUThB3YTXA It's quite chill out this morning. Not Minnesota cold, just Texas chill. It goes well with the chili and beans I put together for supper last night. Leftovers will be had for lunch. The sunrise this morning was one of the most colorful that I've seen in a…
Monday https://youtu.be/TogpMApAscE Once again from summer to not... What a way to run a climate! This morning as the sun comes up the temperature is still dropping... so much so, that the sun is well up before the overnight low is reached. The wind out of the north has a…
Friday https://youtu.be/-DpqI0wuFQU For once it actually feels like it looks outside. The temperature is down around 40 degrees, the sky is totally overcast, and the wind chimes are singing a blustery song. It's a morning to curl up with a streaming fire on the television for virtual warmth... While native…
Thursday - Insurrection Day - 1st Anniversary https://youtu.be/3wNEMKjwftU It's another warm and foggy "winter" morning... I wandered out while the video was rendering and uploading and met my new neighbor. He seems like a nice enough guy. He was out trying to mow a break around his section of woods.…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/HAm-wSQCuBw https://youtu.be/9RYy_8u4blk
Tuesday https://youtu.be/ccAEcr-bx28 I've gotten out of the habit of putting these posts out in the ether... But, today the kids are back in school, the house is empty, and Eric Clapton is playing on the computer... Also, finally the never-ending summerlike weather has broken for a few days. We even…
Where, Oh Where Is Winter? https://youtu.be/lv5AiHa5bZM This week has been very wintery looking at least... Though, truth be told, it hasn't felt at all seasonable. Overcast skies... Winds... But, temperatures keep topping out in the 70's and 80's... Even today. with a weather change in the forecast, most of the…
It's A Misty, Rainy Monday https://youtu.be/-V916SIXYmc A pre-dawn rain shower started the day... Warmer than normal... The overnight low never reached 70... I've been battling squirrels all weekend... I can't keep them off of my birdfeeders... over and over I've had to chase them off. It seems this years crop…
