I saw on the internets last night that temperature is in the Northeast 40s in places. That was on a day when my back porch temperature at 101°. First time that I've noticed this year... And stepping out on the front porch this morning, the heat was oppressive. Even the…
The crews lined out street for most of the day. Then this happened... So for the past two hours we've been looking at this... Maybe we'll get power... Eventually...
A very interesting morning. Our power has been out all day. I really don't expect to see power for at least a day or two if not more. And my yard looks like it has been bombed. There's more tree damage than we had during Ike. But, we survived and…
Mimosa blossoms Chaste tree blooms almost open With temperatures rising above 80° each day, the start of summer is definitely here.
According to the weather prognosticators, most of today will look just like it does right now. Though, our run of 70° temperatures has pretty much come to an end for a while... And those overnight lows in the 50's.. we probably won't see another one of those before fall rolls…
At 6:30 a.m. The air is a crispy 50°. It's noisy out.. the constant hum of rubber on blacktop from the bypass, the birds song in the trees, even the roar of train Wheels on railroad tracks.... Such of the sounds of pre-dawn here at my home.... Later... On the…
I'm standing out on the front porch this morning. Waiting for my grandson to get on the school bus... And I'm struck by how beautiful a spring morning it is. Even though the sun is not up, the birds are singing as if their lives depended upon it. There is…
Wordless Wednesday
Two shots, taken an hour apart, from the same location. It's a pleasant spring morning with a temperature in the mid-50s. But judging from the forecast, summer is just around the corner. Here we are , not even a week into April, and the forecasted high today is 86°. Eighty…
In the time it took to go from one bus to the next, the outdoor temperature has dropped just enough to go from warmish to coolish. Now if we could just get rid of the pesky mosquitoes...
Wordless Wednesday
The trip out onto the front porch first thing this morning was really chilly... It was 45° outside. The photo above is taken from the back porch just before the second bus run... 2 weeks ago. This would have been what it looked like at the first bus run. A…
After springing forward last week, the sun isn't coming up until the 2nd bus. So, it now seems as though the alarm is going off in the middle of the night... It's just a bit chill this morning on the front porch. The morning low is hanging at 62°. The…
Every once in awhile you hear a song that stops you in your tracks. This song does it every time I hear it... every damn time! I'm not sure when Rodney Crowell first entered my awareness. I mean he has been bouncing around in there for decades... Hell he's been…
Tuesday, March 12th I can't recall whether this confluence of events has happened in the past or not. But having a week of spring break for the grandkids follow immediately after the spring time change is a bit strange... To be waking up without an alarm and 2 hours after…
Monday, March 4th While I was standing on the front porch waiting for the second bus.. I noticed the predominance of the color green. Just a week or so ago, gray was the predominant color of my front yard. So I guess you could say spring snuck up on me.…
Wordless Wednesday, February 21st
Tuesday, February 20th It seems that one minute I could see forever.. but the next minute fog and settled in. The morning temperature wasn't bad.. 45°. Calm winds. But the more light outside, the foggier it looks. Though it is nice to hear the birds waking up and singing.
Sunday, February 18th The morning's temperature started out at 37°. The high today will approach 60°. The low overnight is forecast to reach 36°. That's pretty much a standard deep winter's day for southeast Texas. According to the prognosticators over at Space City Weather, this will probably be the last…
Thursday, February 15th Well... Once again, the sky is totally overcast. And according to the prognosticators, it will run through the weekend. The temperature outside is 58°. And it was so pleasant, I found myself sitting and reading for quite a while after the first bus run. Listening to the…
Wordless Wednesday, February 14th
Tuesday, February 13th Yesterday morning I stepped out to something I haven't seen in a few years... The starlings have returned. When I first stepped out the trees were full of black and the ground was covered. And of course, being starlings, it was the incessant chatter that filled the…
Monday, February 12th After four very warm humid days of overcast skies, the north winds overnight blew them clear. Yesterday at this time the temperature in the backyard was 70°. This morning it is 44°. Why is it that the days that look like the dead of winter are the…
Wednesday, February 7th
Tuesday, February 6th Today is my birthday. My 70th. And on this day, I will be visiting my late mother's home.. making arrangements for her estates sale. So.... Once again I will miss my birthday road trip. A tradition I maintained up until the past few years. It would have…
Monday, February 5th With the winds blowing that close to 20 mph out of the north this morning, it was quite cool standing on the front porch. Well, it's finally here.. very last day I will spend in this lifetime in my 69th year.
Friday, February 2nd
Thursday, February 1st Happy birthday Abby! 🎁 Even though I took these photographs.. images.. shots early this morning... I seem to have forgotten to post them. So here they are... Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 31st
Tuesday, January 30th Starting on the front porch at 6:30 a.m. . An ending on the front porch at 7:40 a.m.. With a couple of stops on the back porch in between...
