It's still cold out this morning, 38°, when I went to the bus stop this morning. The sky is clear. Flocks of birds are flying from tree to tree. Their noisy as they fly. I've noticed that when the big flocks are in the area the smaller birds hold up…
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…
We just missed a winter wonderland yesterday. As I watched the weather unfold yesterday across the state of Texas I noticed the radar was showing freezing precipitation, snow, just to the north of us in Pearland at one point. While it was cold, and windy, it wasn't cold enough to…
It's very chilly outside, it actually made it into the 30s last night. Driving back to the house this morning from taking the kids to the bus stop, there was frost on the shingles of the house. Looking back towards the bayou I can see a narrow river of fog…
The start of school for 2021 Up early, kids out to the road, waiting on buses in the fog. Both of the grandkids now headed for school for the first time since March 2020. Let's hope this isn't a mistake. It's quite foggy out this morning. The birds are singing…
It's warmer this morning. I must say, if the mornings are any indication, 2021 is starting out much nicer than 2020 ended. I won't hold out too much hope though... Republicans are still trying to stage a coup. Ted Cruz is to be expected... He led the charge into Florida…
It's in the mid forties this morning... Sun shining in a cloudless sky... No breeze is blowing. The Christmas decorations are packed away in their storage containers. While both trees await their repacking for another year in the attic. I still have outside lights to take down around the front…
It's a bit chilly outside at 43°. Scattered clouds are keeping the sun from warming the world too quickly. I have just a couple of more days to enjoy sleeping in before the school year starts back up. It's a new year and I have to get back on a…
Once again it's 70° this morning. It's very breezy. But the clouds that cover the sky, they are standing still. The chickens around the corner talking as chickens do. And the wind is whistling through the pines. When I came out this morning, I forgot to bring me a cup…
It's another unseasonable winter's day. The temperature is a mild 70°. There's just the slightest of breezes blowing on the back porch here. The wind chimes or tinkling their little music. The sun is finally breaking through the clouds. And a chickadee is sitting above my head on the feeder.…
Winding down on 2020... Thank God. It's a beautiful almost spring like morning. There's a breeze, temperature is cool. The wind chimes are chiming. And the chickens, they are clucking. There's a bank of clouds moving in from the southeast. Beginning to cover the blue skies this morning. Over on…
Happy Birthday Breanna Out early on the back porch. It's unseasonably nice. T-shirt weather... The sound of the morning seems to be the chickens waking up around the corner. https://youtu.be/kdi2EEfVOuA Large trucks seem to be out and about today. From the sounds they're dump trucks. I saw a "V" of…
The grass is brown, leaves have fallen, needles are brown on the cypress trees. I think winter is here. Just the temperature disagrees. It's 62 degrees out already. The news isn't promising coming out of our government. The disfunctioning way the Senate has operated for the last decade or so…
Running late this morning. Setting up a new phone takes longer than I thought. I hope everyone's Christmas was everything you expected. I think I'll be back to the regularly scheduled programming tommorow. Y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our Nation and the world.
Christmas Eve https://youtu.be/uUEwWB1qej0 The front that finally arrived last night around 9pm is still blowing hard outside. The temperatures plunged from a high of almost 80 yesterday to a low in the 30's this morning. The wind is expected to keep blowing all day and tonight's low will be pushing…
It's loud out this morning. Mostly the sound of chickens raising a fuss. It's also very bright out. Sunshine like this makes it hard to sleep in even with the blinds down. It's really mild out, temperature wise... Already 63℉ and it's not forecast to go up all that much…
Another cool and brilliant December morning. The winter solstice... autumns end and winters beginning. This is supposed to be the shortest day(light) day of the year. Today the sun will shine 10 hours and 15 minutes. Up in New York where my son is calling home there's a marked difference...…
Well, it's late and we've been sitting around talking on this brite Sunday morning. Fog settled in overnight and as it rises there's a glare in the sky. It's feels warmer today... though really it's not. It's just not raining. And after the near floods of yesterday, that's a good…
Today it's raining. The temperature is in the sixties. We will bounce around with highs in the sixties till Wednesday then it'll be highs in the fifties for awhile. For a change it will be seasonally cold to start on Christmas day. The forecast is even calling for strong north…
Another cold and cloudy morning. Looking outside as I went through the morning routine it was unaccustomedly dark. When I stepped out on the porch it all became clear. Once again the sky looks more troubled than it actually is. All day yesterday I was seeing that my northern friends…
It's a frosty, cold morning. As in, there's frost on the grass. It's still, no breeze is stirring... which evidently helped the temperature fall. It's 31 degrees outside, 34 degrees on the porch. Did I say it's frosty. A train whistle interrupts the quiet of the house. Train whistles, Carolina…
Wordless Wednesday
Another prelude to winter. A reflection of winters long ago. Damp, cold, short dreary days followed by short dreary days. If this continues it will be a fitting end to the long and dreary year of Covid-19. A fitting end to a long four dreary years of living in the…
Lines of thunderstorms have been moving thru all day long... just now another line blew thru... and it really did blow.
Laying abed this morning, the light coming in from around the blinds was fading as the minutes passed. Now I see why... by the time I arose, the rumbles of distant thunder were making themselves heard. By the time I had acquired my record shots of the morning a mist…
An overcast morning fallowing a rainy night. Not a lot of rain, but, rain none the less. At 9am it's almost 70 degrees outside... so it's shorts and a tshirt kind of day. The birds were singing when I went out. And I could hear a phoebe announcing itself. I…
It's a wonderfully mild morning on the back porch. A bit breezy, a little bit cool, with the promise of warmth later in the day. There's an overcast that bodes well for a colorful sunrise... The morning light goes through color shifts as the sun approaches the horizon from below.…
I thought this morning would be a good day to look back on the progression of fall color this year... That sequence runs from mid November to today. My one living, breathing red tree. It's only been the last ten years or so that the red oak has acquired it's…
It's loud out on this frosty morning. Temperatures in the upper thirties with no breeze... the roar from the bypass is the loudest I've heard in awhile. I've gone into holiday mode here the last couple of weeks. Spending time reading and contemplating where we've been. Not so much time…
Some would call this a perfectly fine morning... I would place myself among them... except, I'm not of a mind to dress for the upper thirties today. So once again I'll be spending this coffee muses on the inside looking out. It's clear... it's still... it's quite chilly on the…
