Friday I'm just going to go with the images today... So, y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world... With a special prayer for the people of Ukraine.
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…
Wednesday Shelby Store, Gary Boyd 2010Searching for spring in Fayette County In rural Fayetteville, two rusty gas pumps stand like landmarks to what’s left of the old Shelby Store. Each morning, storekeeper Carolyn Bruening takes her seat behind the counter, worn smooth from decades of serving the wants and needs…
Tuesday From the Winamp machine... The Last of the Hobo Kings Steam Train Maury died last night His wife Wanda by his side Caught the Westbound out of here Hopped the high irons to the by and by They say he jumped ten thousand trains Rode a million miles for…
Monday - Pi Day
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Saturday... https://youtu.be/LwSE3sjv0ZM The Winamp machine was playing this song last night. For some reason it just didn't sound quite right and I couldn't figure out why... I mean I knew the song... Knew it really well... But not the Jimmy Buffett version. So, I went into google mode... And the…
Friday https://youtu.be/-HUv1oSTKzc Today, for all intents, dawned a beautiful spring morning... Birds were singing. Not much to say today... So... How about some music? https://youtu.be/ohSrY6DOA2I
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…
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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.…
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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…
Thursday It's a bit foggy out this morning. The temperature when I first walked out was 38°. It'll get up into the 70s later today... Southeast Texas weather and its best. The photos above show my neighbors new toy... Picked up an old Ford pickup truck for his young daughter.…
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Tuesday https://youtu.be/Da1TdpwTBlk I walked out before sunup this morning and it was just a bit chilled on the back porch. I wasn't expecting the temperature to be as low as it was after the high of 70 degrees yesterday. But WeatherUnderground let me know it was all of 33 degrees…
Sunday https://youtu.be/mVEXkLht6hQ Happy Birthday Me It's my birthday... I was listening to the Winamp machine and the song up above came on. It was released on January 1, 1987... A good long time ago in my life... It'll All Work Out A time when we only had two kids... Life…
Saturday Friday night music led me to a group I fell in love with way back in the early 2000's,.. It was the Greencards. Here's the song that got me going last night... https://youtu.be/mvCdUQW7cgE Every time I here Carol Young's voice I recognize it. I first heard their sound on…
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…
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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…
Wordless Wednesday Wintery morning, 2022
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…
Sunday Rainy Day, Mar 2007 "Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet." - Roger Miller. I was listening to this song when it made me think about the image above... https://youtu.be/ESQHWQoYygU
Saturday Coffee Muses, Sept 2007 It's funny how an old fart like me can get set in his ways... For as long as I can remember my photo editing software foe most things has been Picasa. It was a free software from Google. Google abandoned it almost a decade ago.…
Friday Surfside Beach, 2006 I can't think of anything I need to say today... So just relax... https://youtu.be/fLo3lEYeF18