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Thursday, November 2nd It's quite chilly out this morning. But at least it's 10° warmer than the record low for this morning. I did notice there was a bit of frost on the roof. 5:47 p.m. I decided it was the perfect afternoon to sit on the back porch. The…
Wordless Wednesday November 1st
Tuesday, October 31st It's another wintry morning... At least as far as South East Texas winters go... Overcast, breezy, and quite cool for this time of year. I guess that is to be expected after our unseasonably hot and long summer. I must admit this is not an evening. I…
Monday, October 30th Today opens with overcast skies and blustery winds blowing from what seems like the north pole... https://youtu.be/DIUylHWBl0I
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Tuesday, October 24th It has been a month since my mother passed away. I spent the day yesterday with my sister sorting through my mother's life. I will be wandering back over to Pasadena again this morning. In the afternoon we have a meeting for my brothers and my sister…
Monday, October 23rd Monday sunrise A closer look at Monday's sunrise And this is Sunday's sunset The eastern horizon at sunset Oh look to the west as the sun goes down.
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Wednesday, September 27th Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday September 26th Still keeping on with my life... Y'all stay cool and I'll catch y'all on the other side.
Monday, September 25th Nothing really to say this morning... But, routines keep me sane... I'll catch y'all on the other side.
Sunday September 24th Yesterday my mother passed away. She celebrated her 90th birthday just a month ago. So I will be a bit preoccupied for a bit as I process... I'll catch y'all on the other side...
Friday, September 22nd While it's not totally unpleasant on the front porch this morning, it is quite sticky with the humidity at 97%. The temperature today is a bit higher than yesterday.. which was a bit higher than the day before.. which was much higher than the day before that.…
Thursday, September 21st Well... Paul seems to have wandered its way back north. Morning lows are closing back in on 80°. Yesterday I received an email from Wikitree like I do once a week .. and this week's featured connections were all James's.. Glancing through the list I saw that…
Wednesday, September 20th Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday September 19th https://youtu.be/a9EJFTMPDVs We dipped into full fall (for SE Texas) weather this morning. When the temperature and the dewpoint both start off in the mid-sixties... the morning just feels right. When I stepped out to document the morning I saw I already had a chore needing to be…
Monday, September 18th https://youtu.be/t7ck2Qa1zyA It seems that fall has made another appearance this morning. With the morning low just barely pushing 70° and a dew point in the 60's... I could learn to get accustomed to sitting on my porch again. Today's weather On the front porch, it's been a…
Saturday, September 16th The view from the back door. Looking southeast at sunrise. South Southeast at sunrise. South Southwest at sunrise. This morning's weather. Self-portrait in Shadow No. 2 This week's cumulative rain as of September 16th.
Friday, September 15th First Light Today's weather Sunrise East Sunrise Southeast Sunrise Southwest North East West Waiting The Bus Newly green TGIF! And that's about all I can say for today. After 2 days of rain.. now and again.. The world is not out of the drought yet. But every…
Thursday, September 14th What a difference a day can make... Yesterday afternoon we had a good rain shower about the time the kids got home from school. Fall total. It probably rained. Three quarters of an inch. Today's forecast looks like it could even be wetter. Yesterday morning when I…
Wednesday, September 13th Wordless Wednesday Self-portrait in Shadow No. 1
Tuesday September 12th While it's not as cool this morning.. it is still pleasant out on the front porch. The temperature is up. Though the dew point being at 70° makes the day feel much nicer. Though I was surprised by the number of clouds and the general overcast. Look…
Monday, September 11th On the front porch this morning.. it's surprisingly cool. With a dew point below 70° and a temperature almost the same at 69°, it's the best feeling morning we've had in a very long time. Even though the bus has already gone it's still mostly dark out.…
Sunday September 10th Another interesting morning.. though the temperature is up, the humidity is down.. so in terms of how it feels it's pretty much a wash. Watching the battles unfold out my back window for the past few days has felt a lot like watching a miniaturized version of…
Saturday, September 9th These are the kind of mornings that I love to take photos of. It's cool out... Well, somewhat... The humidity is not as high as normal even though it has raised overnight and it's sprinkling now. It's late on Saturday morning. I slept in after the light…
Friday September 8th Sitting out on the front porch once again.. on what the weather prognosticators are saying "should" be the last in a long line of heat advisory days. I must admit sitting out before sunup, it isn't too unpleasant. Once again, the hummingbirds are chirping in the pre-dawn…
Thursday, September 7th According to the readings on the weather app it shouldn't feel this pleasant on the front porch. But with the fan blowing, it's almost chill. According to my phone, it's a comfortable 77°. Over the past few days we've had a massive influx of hummingbirds. It seems…
Wednesday September 6th Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday September 5th Walking out of the front porch this morning before sunup I was slapped in the face by summer. If you look at the screen capture below you might notice that the feels like temperature is above 90° this morning. The humidity is up.. The dew point is…
Monday September 4th Labor Day It's not as pleasant out this morning. Radar is showing some rain around... Mostly across Galveston Bay and into Western Louisiana. We actually had a 5-minute shower Sunday afternoon. We really could use a much longer soaking rain. Most of the family was here yesterday…
Friday September 1st TGIF First Light From the back porch about an hour later... Is this morning weather going to last? The sun is up.. and we're on the front porch. And right back where we started from... And now we head into a long weekend. I may or may…
Thursday August 31st Yesterday was the first morning in a long, long time that it was actually pleasant sitting on the front porch. So much so, that even though I turned the fan on, I had to get up and turn it back off because the wind chill was actually…
Wednesday August 30th Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday August 29th It does not feel as pleasant out this morning as I expected. I'm not really sure exactly what the difference is.. The humidity is reasonable.. The temperature is not bad.. Even the dew point is reasonable.. and yet sitting on the front porch with the fan on…
Monday August 28th Out on the porch this morning and while the temperature isn't cool... The dew point at 72° makes it almost pleasant. Last night at bedtime the radar image was pleasantly surprising. Quite a large portion of Southeast Texas showing rain. Not that the water flowing from the…
Friday August 25th It's the last Friday in August. And it's almost pleasant here on the front age as well as the fan is blowing. The days are definitely getting shorter. It's still dark out of a morning when I walk out. Even when the first bus comes the day…
Thursday August 24th It's just another hot and humid morning in SE Texas... Without a drop of rain in the forecast. I was sitting around today when I noticed the second airplane buzzing by over the house... And for some reason that triggered a memory from my childhood. We lived…
Wednesday August 23rd Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday August 22nd When I woke up this morning I did what I always do and glanced at my phone... This morning I was gob smacked by the temperature I saw at 5:15am. Once I was up I double checked everywhere.. and sadly all sources agreed.. The overnight low made…
Monday August 21st The only difference between this morning and every other morning since school started is the addition of clouds to the sky. Which means there's additional color in the sunrise. But trust me when I say it's hot as hell here this month. It seems like every afternoon…
Friday August 18th Well yesterday morning was definitely a one of... The pleasantly cool morning on the front porch without a fan was definitely too much to expect a repeat. Though, I do see some upper 70s for overnight lows in the upcoming forecast... But for now, the first bus…
Thursday August 17th I really wish I could say that I could get used to the way the morning feels. But sadly that's not the case.. this is a one of.. just a single instance of an actual coolish morning. The temperature outside this morning is a cool 71° -…
Wednesday August 16th Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday August 16th Once again, I find myself sitting in the heat heat and humidity of my front porch as I await the second coming of a school bus. And then, I see the weather prognosticators are teasing me with the following headlines... And the part they're not saying.. and…
Monday August 14th It's another warm and humid morning on the porches. At least the fan provides a bit of wind chill as I sit on the front porch watching for the buses. But all in all, there isn't much chill in the air in my neck of the woods...…
Sunday August 13th It doesn't feel quite as bad this morning on the front porch. The stats say it shouldn't be much different from yesterday.. but I didn't see an excessive heat warning on my phone when I woke up which is something.. I'm back out playing sidewalk supervisor as…
Saturday August 12th The day started off and warm and has only gotten warmer since... I'm spending my day playing sidewalk supervisor to the crew that is cleaning up the fallen limbs in my front yard. It's a massive amount of trees on the ground... Maybe I shouldn't say trees,…
Friday August 11th It's just another hot August morning in Southeast Texas. There are a few clouds floating around in the sky but there's not enough moisture to even wet your mouth. It's exactly this time of year that I start hearing the call of the mountains... And I guess…
Thursday August 10th It's the start of a new school year here ... It's the first day of school. So my days are starting even earlier than last year. The grandkids, at least the two living with me, are now in two different schools riding two different buses. My grandson…
Wednesday August 9th Wordless Wednesday
Monday August 7th We are in the monotony of long hot summer days. The forecast doesn't change. Rain is not in the long-term future even. Just day after day of hot, dry, oppressive temperatures. So, as is my normal habit come this time of year, I am hibernating as much…
Saturday August 5th I was in no hurry to get up and get moving this morning. So here it is not quite an hour before noon and I'm still drinking coffee. As you can see from the pictures above it's hot, it's dry.. like most past Augusts the grass is…
Thursday August 3rd It should be no surprise to anyone reading this blog that I am a bleeding heart liberal. And as such, I find today to be quite disconcerting. The very fact that this country has reached a place in its history or a large minority of its citizens…
Wednesday August 2nd Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years – 188 Days
Tuesday August 1st Happy Birthday Sherry We managed to break or tie high temperatures yesterday as we ended July 2023. We have a good chance to do it again as we enter August. As I was glancing thru my Facebook feed this morning I saw a link to a podcast…
Monday July 31st The lead at Space City Weather isn't hope inspiring... Yes, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.Unfortunately, that light is the Sun. And it’s going to be blazing hot and bright for the foreseeable future.Eric Berger, Space City Weather And this is what he's…
Sunday July 30th Not much changing.. it's hot.. it's still.. and it's dry ... Don't have much to say today so I'll just say.. have a great day and I'll catch y'all on the other side.
Saturday July 29th I am enjoying this break from the excessive heat of this summer. The prognosticators assure me that my break will not last long. Summer still has a ways to go.. she is not through with us yet. Well my day will be full of running around again…
Friday July 28th It's another in a long line of sunny and hot mornings in SE Texas. The prognosticators are foretelling of plenty of the same to come... Not too long ago I recalled a young girls X Factor audition from over ten years ago... Janet Devlin's appearance on the…
Thursday July 27th The overnight low bottomed out at 73°. That's almost unheard of for this summer. The forecasted high is still at 96° though. And the chance of rain is below 20%... My procrastination has caught up with me and I need to get my car in and get…
Wednesday July 26th Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday July 25th "A combination of slightly cooler temperatures and slightly lower dewpoints means that the National Weather Service, for the first time in more than two weeks, has not issued a heat advisory or an excessive heat warning for today. These moderately cooler temperatures—mostly highs in the mid-90s instead…
Monday July 24th "High temperatures today will likely top out in the mid- to upper-90s for most of the region, with mostly sunny skies. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible from early afternoon through early evening, primarily along the sea breeze. Rain chances today are probably in the neighborhood of…
Sunday July 23rd Mother nature put on a hell of a light show last night. A rather large thunderstorm moved south along the east side of Galveston Bay after dark yesterday. We could see the lightning flashes in the sky while the storm was still to the north of Kingwood.…
Saturday July 22nd I am late for my morning coffee. I just couldn't pull myself out of bed this morning. It's just as well, nothing has changed.. it's hot.. it's humid.. it's summer. Just a bit of change this morning. I switched the above graphic from my Weather Underground app…
Thursday July 20th I thought I was seeing things this morning when I saw the temperature my phone was reporting... "Today will be much like the previous days this week, with high temperatures reaching 100 degrees, sultry humidity, and only very light south winds offering scant relief. Outside of the…
Wednesday July 19th Wordless Wednesday Counting Down To 70 Years – 202 Days
Tuesday July 18th "By raw temperature values, June and July 2022 were each the hottest June and July that Houston experienced in about a century and a half of records. The average temperature last June was 86.7 degrees, and July was 88.0 degrees, both of which beat the previous monthly records by…
Monday June 17th The morning fog is a bit heavier this morning which is funny because the humidity is lower the dew point is lower and the temperature is a degree higher... "I also want to provide some big picture perspective on summer. It is now July 17. Some parts…
Sunday July 16th What a difference a day can make. The temperature in the dew point is identical at 77°. And even though the humidity is 100%, the fog in the air is so slight it's only visible in the distance. Counting Down To 70 Years – 205 Days
Saturday July 15th The humidity this morning is not so high as to be visible hanging in the air... Though the temperature at 80° is not where I want to start my day. Counting Down To 70 Years – 206 Days
Friday July 14th There is just a slight haze hugging the ground this morning. It's not thick enough to be fog. Basically, it's just the 97% humidity. And when you add that humidity to the dew point of 78° our temperature of 79° feels much warmer. So needless to say,…
Thursday July 13th It's another one of those glass fogging mornings when stepping out on the back porch covers your glasses with a layer of condensation that takes three tries to wipe off. The first thing that greeted my eyes when I picked up my phone was another excessive heat…