It’s after Easter and we’re waiting for the bus…
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...
Tag: #coffeemuses
Midnight shots of the backyard…
Wordless Wednesday
It’s a bit nippy out this morning…
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…
Spring break is over.. schools back in session
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…
It Ain’t Over Yet…
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…
Muses after springing forward…
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…
While I wasn’t paying attention… Spring arrived..
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.…
The start to what feels like it will be an almost perfect day…
Wordless Wednesday, February 21st
It’s funny what a difference 15 minutes can make…..
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.
This is about as much a winter morning as we have….
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…
It’s pleasantly cool out at 7:00 a.m.
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…
6:30ish on Valentine’s Day
Wordless Wednesday, February 14th
The flocks of winter have returned…
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…
And the sun finally came out…
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…
Wordless Wednesday…
Wednesday, February 7th
70 years and counting…
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…
It’s windy and mostly cloudy…
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.
Just another sunrise… If you can really say that.
Friday, February 2nd
The sunrises have been unusually nice this past week…
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!
A wordless Wednesday sunrise…
Wednesday, January 31st
A visual journey from the first bus to the last….
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...
A bright and sunny start to a new week…
Monday, January 29th It's a mostly cloudless sky.. and the sunshine on a chili morning is welcome. The temperature this morning is 37°. And we could use a few days of sunshine just to dry out a bit.
A very foggy end to a long.. wet week…
Friday, January 26th It's already 9:00 a.m., and my last cup of coffee is empty... And outside, fog still reins supreme. All of the water puddles in the front yard have drained away. It's a bit cool on this damp Friday morning. The temperature right now is 57°. In many…
And finally.. The rains stop falling….
Thursday, January 25th And.... That's pretty much all I have to say about the matter...
A dark and dreary start to a long and cool rainy week…
Monday, January 22nd Since yesterday morning, the temperature has risen slowly but surely. At the moment it's 54°. And it's raining.. lightly. According to the weather prognosticators, this is what our week will be... Such is winter on the Texas Gulf Coast.
Sometimes you just have to take a little guilty pleasure…
Friday, January 19th It's a beautiful, cool, but breezy morning. The temperature is 47°. And the winds are out of the north. But the sky is mostly clear. And the sun is shining brightly... Oct Yesterday as I was driving back from a doctor's appointment, I began to get a…
Winter has retreated.. fog has moved in…
Thursday, January 18th I really appreciate the "night sight" photo option on my Pixel. When you do it correctly, it really brings out the environment you can't see well. As you can see, it's foggy this morning. And the temperature is 48°. We'll get a day or two of this…
Frozen sunrise…
Wordless Wednesday, January 17th
Okay.. it’s really cold outside…
Tuesday, January 16th Well, winter road in and decided to stay a bit. Yesterday wasn't supposed to be so cold. As it was, we didn't get above freezing all day long. And this morning it's a cold 19°. That's cold especially when you add the wind chill.. the "feels like"…
There’s a steady wind blowing on this cold gray morn…
Monday, January 15th The world outside my window is dark and gray. Even though the sun is up.. there is no sign of it above the clouds. Already it is the coldest morning of the winter. But that's a record that won't last.... Tomorrow will be colder. And Wednesday will…
