August the Twenty-seventh
Between 2:30pm and 3:15pm Friday 2.25" of rain fell.
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It’s the 27th day of July
It's Wordless Wednesday
It’s the 26th day of July
It's Tuesday Walking through the office this morning I spotted the Audubon calendar that came in the mail yesterday. I immediately had a memory flash. My Grandpa Sewell had one of those very large give me calendars that he got from the local grocer or the feed store hanging on…
It’s the 22nd day of July
It's Friday Today is the opening of GC Myers' solo show at the West End Gallery. The show is called "Chaos & Light". The title of this year’s edition of my annual solo exhibit at the West End Gallery is Chaos & Light. This will be my 21st solo outing at…
It’s the 21st day of July
It's Thursday If it wasn't so damn hot, it would be a beautiful day out here in Southeast Texas. But, with the temperature already pushing 90, it's definitely a day for inside activities. Just like yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that... Do you notice the brown…
It’s the 15th day of July
It's Photo Friday This week's Challenge: 'Road'. Talimena National Scenic Byway, June 2010 It was June of 2010 and I had scored some semi-decent tickets to an Eagles concert with the Dixie Chicks opening for them as an early anniversary gift for Sherry... The downside of this was the concert…
It’s the 14th day of July
It's Thursday I was dragged reluctantly from my slumber by the distant rumblings of thunder at 5am this morning. As I lay there listening... contemplating the rarity of this sound lately... thinking I really should watch this rare event... moisture falling from the sky... RAIN. So I stumbled out of…
It’s the 12th day of July
It's Tuesday There are clouds to the east of us... There are clouds to the west of us... But there are no clouds to the south of us, or over us... The prognosticators are foretelling of a chance of scattered showers this afternoon. Unfortunately for us, these chances of precipitation…
It’s the eighth day of July
It's Friday It is extraordinary to see the sea; what a spectacle! She is so unfettered that one wonders whether it is possible that she again become calm.-Claude Monet I haven't done a Photo Friday Challenge in years. This weeks Challenge is "Seashore". So I've dug into my archives for…
The 7th Day of July
It's Thursday There's a meme that's been going around for what seems like forever... Throwback Thursday. I haven't played it, but the outdoor temperature has be wishing for a cooler memory. Here are some of my shots from trips to the mountains... all of which were cooler than here and…
It’s the first day of July
And, it's Friday Rain, rain everywhere... Just not here. More often than not, the radar image above is the way the rain pattern around here looks. Rain will move right up to the edge of my hometown and stop falling. I can watch it happen in real time. It's almost…
The 30th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Thursday There is a promise of rain today, both in the forecast and on the horizon. At some point that promise reaches almost 100%. After teases over the last 3 days, we could really use that promise being fulfilled. The grass and the trees have begun showing more brown…
The 29th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Wordless Wednesday
The 28th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Tuesday Today I got out of bed early and walked out on the porch... Early. The sun hadn't passed the horizon. As a matter of fact, the eastern sky was just a pink glow. Last night, just about bedtime, a small thunderstorm blew over us. It didn't last all…
The 27th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Monday The prognosticators are giving us an optimistic foretelling of moisture falling from the heavens... The rain chances are rising. As you can see, the skies to the east are looking a bit unsettled this morning. The foretelling is of early afternoon thunderstorms scattered around the area. Looking at…
The 26th of June, Twenty Twenty-Two
It's Sunday Mary Shelly Once a week I receive an email from Maria Popova that she calls The Marginalian. Maria's essays are always an interesting hyperlinked brain teasing, twisting through time tying together of thoughts and ideas. This weeks essay on Mary Shelly left me with a profound respect for…
The 25th of June, Twenty Twenty-Two
It's Saturday To hell with MAGA... I just want America to be America Again! And a bunch of angry old conservatives don't seem to care about what I want... Or even what a majority of my fellow citizens want America to represent. When precedent no longer matters, what makes them…
The 24th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Friday The weekend forecast from Space City Weather... Today through SundayHot, hot, hot. Look for temperatures near 100° or hotter each afternoon with just the slightest chance for a shower or storm. Morning lows should be in the 70s inland and 80s near the bays and Gulf and perhaps…
The 23rd of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Thursday Today I just visited summer. I walked out our front door... I looked left and I looked right... Then I returned into the house of perpetual spring. With summer officially here this week, I am now entering my reverse hibernation. I've never really hidden from the cold, but…
The 22nd of June, Twenty Twenty-two
Wordless Wednesday
The 21st of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Tuesday There are thunderstorms rolling around, pretty much isolated just over me. Then though the radar map shows there is lightning and thunder off to my east, I'm not hearing it right here. But the clouds are blocking the sun and making it just a bit more pleasant on…
The 20th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Monday It was too warm, too humid, too still... Visiting the back porch this morning was a thing to do, but not a thing to drag out or to enjoy. The temperature at 78°, when added to the 93% humidity just doesn't invite you to sit and visit. So…
The 19th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
Dad was always full of stories. Any trip into his old home grounds of Wharton County would lead to side trips looking for this home place or that home place while he would tell about his family.
The 17th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Friday It's another warm morning on the front porch. The temperature is 78° and the humidity is at 91%. So as I sit here the fan in the chair is blowing at medium. I'm sure not thrilled by the number of large trucks that feel like they have the…
The 16th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Thursday Looking to the east there's a haze in the air. That's the humidity back this morning. According to the weather app, it's at 96%. Though happily, the temperature is only at 77°. After the last week, that's pretty amazing. There are definitely some happy crickets in the grass…
The 15th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Wordless Wednesday
The 14th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Tuesday There are heavy clouds to the east this morning. I'm sure they won't last. I'm sure they're not bringing any rain. I've been trying to post to my site since shortly after 8:00 a.m. . It's now 11:30 a.m. and due to intermittent outages with my web server,…
The 13th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Monday It's a busy day today. I'm just now starting my first cup of muses... And I'm on the road soon. I have to have lab work done before my physical on Wednesday afternoon. And I have an appointment with my surgeon to follow-up on my surgery. So not…
The 12th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Sunday And, it's still hot out. It looks like it's going to stay that way for the foreseeable future. So I'll be spending most of my time in the indoor environment in comfort...
The 10th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Friday Hello... So says my granddaughters chalk art on the back porch when I walked out. She's been busy out there covering quite a bit of the porch with her chalk art. Though when I walked out I wasn't paying much attention to the ground beneath my feet. I…
The 9th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Thursday I'm back out on the front porch. And really it's because on bright sunny mornings there's nothing like filling your viewscape with shade. So, with the temperature already at 79° and the humidity hovering way too high, I'll sit here and enjoy the fan blowing hard to put…
The 8th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
Wordless Wednesday
The 7th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
It's Tuesday Even though the sun's just up, the thermometer is already reading 79°. So, this muse will be short... I hear a red tail hawk calling in the edge of the woods. Other than that, it's pretty quiet out. Yes there are the normal Cardinals singing. And there's a…
The 4th of June, Twenty Twenty-two
Saturday Yesterday afternoon late I took a walk around my backyard. When I got to the back corner I decided to give you a view from the opposite point of view of my normal CoffeeMuses. So, The following images are what I saw. I hope you enjoy the change of…
The 3rd of June, Twenty Twenty-two
Friday It's bright out this morning. The sun is shining on a freshly washed world. The showers that were predicted for yesterday evening actually showed up. They weren't large, the duration of the rain was fairly short, but, while it lasted it was fairly heavy. Though the sound and light…
Second of June Twenty Twenty-two
Thursday I am out on the front porch this morning watching the world go by as the sun gets higher in the sky. It's a bit cooler out today, 74° and it feels a bit less humid. There's a red bird in the chaste tree. Now she's moved to the…
1st of June Twenty Twenty-two
Wordless Wednesday
May 31st, 2022
Tuesday It's a bit sticky out this morning. 79° and still. I'm on the front porch, and the traffic is lighter than I expected for a work day even though school is out. I have the floor fan blowing to provide a little bit of air movement. But, even with…
May 27th, 2022
Friday I find myself still sitting on the front porch after the buses have run. This will be my last morning bus run till fall. Today ends another school year, and the grandkids will be home for the summer. This morning has been a morning of train whistles, mockingbird songs…
May 26th, 2022
Thursday It's a gorgeous, almost perfect, spring-like morning. The temperature is 62°. The skies are cloudless and blue. The birds are singing. And the sun is rising. It only takes a very little effort to tune out the outside world on a morning like today. But it does take effort.…
May 25th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
May 24th, 2022
Tuesday It's overcast... Again. And though the temperature is about the same as yesterday, it doesn't have the feel of coolness that was in the air yesterday. Though, I must admit there is a sweet smell in the air... Probably from the mimosa that's blooming just off the porch. The…
May 23rd, 2022
Monday It's overcast this morning. I'm pleasantly cool on the front porch with just a bit of humidity in the air from the rain yesterday morning. Once again the morning is filled with the call of the construction wildlife. A piercing beep, beep, beep, beep as the vehicle's on the…
May 21st, 2022
Saturday Jeep in field - 2007 Walkin' the dogs - 2010 Another walk in the woods - 2010 Watching the construction around the corner I was struck when this song by the Eagles came up in my que... The photos above are all of the woods and fields that no…
May 20th, 2022
Friday Waiting for the bus before 7:00 a.m., and it's already very warm out. The temperature for the day is 79°. And the sun is just starting to shine through the trees. Hopefully, the rain the prognosticators are fortelling of will get here next week. We really, really could use…
May 19th, 2022
Thursday Happy birthday sis... Sitting on the front porch, between buses, I am still not used to the view that takes me all the way to the traffic on the bypass. The land clearing has now reached the property lines at the back of the houses and businesses across the…
May 18th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday Mimosa Chaste Tree Chaste Tree
May 17th, 2022
Tuesday It was cooler than expected this morning out on the front porch. And there was a bit of a fog hanging low in the open spaces... Just not under the tree canopy. I've been thinking a lot these last few days about my history with this blog... journal... morning…
May 12th, 2022
Thursday We lucked into one of the cooler mornings of the summer season. The temperature this morning at the time of the first bus is 65°. The sun is beginning to light the trees. The sound of the day is the song of the cardinal. One of the most common…
May 11th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
May 10th, 2022
Tuesday In my own mind I like to break summer in Houston into four phases. We can do this in Houston because “summer” season lasts so long, typically about five months. This is contrast to meteorological summer, which runs from June through August, and “solstice” summer, which runs from June…
May 9th, 2022
Monday It's a breezy, mockingbird morning. A little two-seater sports car just tried to hit 65 mph down my little two lane road. It's already warm out. My phone says it's 79° already... And truthfully, it feels at least that warm. I'm sitting on the front porch once more, waiting…
May 6th, 2022
Friday There is a bit of ground fog this morning. We had a great light show last night as the front moved through. It was one of the better thunder and lightning events of the year. And... I woke up to an empty house this morning. The daughter and grandkids…
May 5th, 2022
Thursday, Cinco de Mayo When I walked out with my granddaughter this morning I did something I haven't done before... I pulled up the podcast app on my phone. The first thing I listened to was Birdnote, a short little daily podcast about birds. By the time I walked out…
May 2nd, 2022
Monday Both kids are on the buses. The light out hasn't changed all morning. The heavy overcast is keeping it gloomy. And on this Monday morning, I don't have much to say... so I won't say much at all. Everyone have a great day, I'll catch you on the other…
April 29th, 2022
Friday Another day of staying off my feet as much as possible. But another day of reading and listening to music. I'm sitting on the front porch. Waiting for school bus number two, while watching an idiot in a van pass another van on our too narrow little road. It's…
April 28th, 2022
Thursday I'm sitting on the front porch this morning. The second bus is just picked up a grandkid. Birds are singing. And the air is still spring-like for a bit... I saw that the Space City Weather was saying yesterday that this may be the last of our spring-like weather.…
April 27th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
April 26th, 2022
Tuesday That's overcast and cool this morning. A slight breeze is blowing... I don't have much to say this morning so I won't say anything else... Have a great day and I'll catch you on the other side.
April 25th, 2022
Monday I'm sitting on the front porch today, watching the kids get on the bus. It's already starting to get warmer. But, the world is green and filled with bird song. According to the prognosticators, you should see some clouds and precipitation sometime later today. We actually had a shower…
April 22nd, 2022
Friday Another overcast day in southeast Texas. It's already 74°. Headed up to 83 today... The forecast says it's only supposed to be partly cloudy today. I'm sure the sun will come out sometime. But with the temperatures being where they are, I'm in no hurry to see the sun.…
April 21st, 2022
Thursday Back home after a week and a day in the hospital. I was actually out of it for a little longer than that, but most of my issues are behind me now. I'll let it go at that... I almost missed the last of the greening out of my…
April 9th, 2022
Saturday Yes, it is spring... Enjoy the day... Catch you on the other side...
April 1st, 2022
Friday, April Fools Day I do not have much to say today... I'd rather not make a fool of myself... There seem to be enough fools in the world today... So, on that note, y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world.
March 31st, 2022
Thursday I've recently been wandering through the memories of for decades ago. One of those memories is of the years I worked on the Annual Western Heritage Sale we worked on back in the late 70's and early 80's. It was an interesting couple of weeks each year. The sale…
March 30th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/LcuFBwrCu70
March 29th, 2022
Tuesday The temperature outside this morning is 69°. The sky is overcast. A slight breeze is blowing.
March 28th, 2022
Monday https://youtu.be/f8-OoESVIXU Spring is working at showing it's colors... Watching the different trees of the same species as they leaf out on different schedules is fun. Some of the oaks have already reached that spring green color... While the tree beside them is just breaking bud. The bald cypress are…
March 25th, 2022
Friday https://youtu.be/6w3037nq23o
March 24th, 2022
Thursday It's another cool morning. With totally clear skies, a moon hanging above the pines... Maybe I should say half a moon. According to the wunderground, temperatures in the lower 40s... Windy.com though is calling it the low 50s. After visiting the outside, I think I agree with the wunderground...…
March 23rd, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
March 22nd, 2022
Tuesday Waiting for the storm... https://youtu.be/QTZDCmksz_s And in less than an hour... It's done!
March 18th, 2022
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.
March 17th, 2022
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…
March 16th, 2022
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…
March 15th, 2022
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…
March 14th, 2022
Monday - Pi Day
March 9th, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
March 5th, 2022
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…
March 4th, 2022
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
March 3rd, 2022
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…
March 2nd, 2022
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/3TCjwbUzle4
The 25th of February, 2022
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.…
The 16th of February, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
The 14th of February, 2022
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…
The 11th of February
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…
The 10th of February, 2022
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.…
The 9th of February, 2022
Wordless Wednesday
The 8th of February, 2022
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…
The 6th of February, 2022
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…
