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
Thursday Galveston Bay, Ferry Crossing 2006 - Gary Boyd Just as it takes a mix of clouds and light To turn the seas to silver, It’s the mix of our life experiences — Dark and light — that burnishes our souls, Rubbing up against us until we shine… ~Diane Walker~…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/FYNr3hKGSYQ
Tuesday https://youtu.be/M8wuTlvw-5E On this morning of a more moderate temperature, clouds are again part of the day's equation. Before dawn the full-ish moon was backlighting a generous scattering of cotton ball like clouds. The really nice thing about the clouds... they temper the over bright light flooding in thru the…
Monday https://youtu.be/qBb_XFutqjo Think of that surge of joy we feel, Upon seeing the magnificence Of which the sky is capable, As a sort of call and response: An echo and reminder Of the magnificent possibilities within us, Waiting to bloom forth and be seen. ~Diane Walker~ Overnight the weather gods…
Sunday https://youtu.be/YMlda_aPA1g Eliza Carthy I'm spending a lot of time in my music library these days. As songs process through the que I find myself wondering where I acquired them... Even what path led me to the artist... When I heard one of Eliza Carthy's songs start playing her voice…
Saturday https://youtu.be/CvglW3KNSsQ Years ago... Actually it was more like three decades ago... When I first moved from the warehouse floor into the front offices, I had an old stereo I brought in from the house to my office. I kept it playing all day long on the Houston Public Radio…
Friday https://youtu.be/7GSQKo-HTKU This morning dawned clear and cool... again. The day is sunny and destined to rise into the mid 70's. Just another ride on the rollercoaster that is SE Texas weather. Tomorrow's high is forecast to be 60 degrees at 5am... From there on the prognosticators are foretelling of…
Thursday https://youtu.be/AEmrTMiWfPA I live in my own mind Ain't nothin but a good time No rain just the sunshine Out here in my own mind I live where I can breathe Ain't nothin but a cool breeze Nobody that it won't please Out here where I can breathe This morning…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/o6OJTTpoEWY https://youtu.be/rf94uTBQucI
Tuesday https://youtu.be/0VUThB3YTXA It's quite chill out this morning. Not Minnesota cold, just Texas chill. It goes well with the chili and beans I put together for supper last night. Leftovers will be had for lunch. The sunrise this morning was one of the most colorful that I've seen in a…
Monday https://youtu.be/TogpMApAscE Once again from summer to not... What a way to run a climate! This morning as the sun comes up the temperature is still dropping... so much so, that the sun is well up before the overnight low is reached. The wind out of the north has a…
Friday https://youtu.be/-DpqI0wuFQU For once it actually feels like it looks outside. The temperature is down around 40 degrees, the sky is totally overcast, and the wind chimes are singing a blustery song. It's a morning to curl up with a streaming fire on the television for virtual warmth... While native…
Thursday - Insurrection Day - 1st Anniversary https://youtu.be/3wNEMKjwftU It's another warm and foggy "winter" morning... I wandered out while the video was rendering and uploading and met my new neighbor. He seems like a nice enough guy. He was out trying to mow a break around his section of woods.…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/HAm-wSQCuBw https://youtu.be/9RYy_8u4blk
Tuesday https://youtu.be/ccAEcr-bx28 I've gotten out of the habit of putting these posts out in the ether... But, today the kids are back in school, the house is empty, and Eric Clapton is playing on the computer... Also, finally the never-ending summerlike weather has broken for a few days. We even…
Christmas Eve Christmas Past... Way, Way Past 195619571958195919601961A typical set of mid-20th century family Christmas Cards. Sent out to extended family and friends to keep everyone aware of the growth of the family and the family members. The photo of me surrounded by puppies in the previous post was actually…
Where, Oh Where Is Winter? https://youtu.be/lv5AiHa5bZM This week has been very wintery looking at least... Though, truth be told, it hasn't felt at all seasonable. Overcast skies... Winds... But, temperatures keep topping out in the 70's and 80's... Even today. with a weather change in the forecast, most of the…
It's A Misty, Rainy Monday https://youtu.be/-V916SIXYmc A pre-dawn rain shower started the day... Warmer than normal... The overnight low never reached 70... I've been battling squirrels all weekend... I can't keep them off of my birdfeeders... over and over I've had to chase them off. It seems this years crop…
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Foggy Thursday https://youtu.be/Q7bqCR_QLZQ The sliver of a moon that showed thru the fog at 6am left little doubt that the morning was going to start with more than a bit of haze... The early light, before the disc of the sun broke the tree line, had a vague tint of…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/Mb-zNwaEx0U
Monday Still lacking inspiration... My voice is hiding from my spirit here lately.... But... Y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world... Catch y'all down the road...
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Tuesday https://youtu.be/0_dj5T4yoGk 43 years ago this morning, my wife and I stood in front of a justice of the peace and said our vows. 43 years, almost twice as long as it took me to get to that point... Happy Anniversary Dear. May the next 43 be just as fun.…
Sunday https://youtu.be/x59aWwYSGK0 A beautiful, foggy start to Sunday morning. Cool, below 50 degrees. Clear skies... Enjoy your day... Catch y'all down the road...
Friday https://youtu.be/-vcrzAwBTkU It's a beautiful fall day... And I don't have a thing to say... So, y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world... Catch y'all down the road...
Thursday https://youtu.be/IgqZDinH7aw The rain swept in yesterday around rush hour. It really wasn't as bad as it looked on radar. And it cleared earlier than the prognosticators expected... But this morning is dark and gloomy, damp and chilly... With a temperature in the low 50s and a dampness that chills…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/jnWIkS9KGQ4
Tuesday https://youtu.be/sXqvcVjDnu8 It was another beautiful fall morning. Clear skies, a bit of haze hugging the ground, seasonably cool temperatures... The absolute best that fall has to offer this deep in the South... Last night before bed I played yesterday's video on YouTube on the TV. My wife made the…
Monday https://youtu.be/vGaImjQbwq4 October is over... November is here, Halloween decorations are lined up to be put away for another year. Thanksgiving decorations will be going out... Soon to be replaced by Christmas décor... The weather seems to finally be into fall mode. Cool nighttime lows followed by unfortunately warmer than…
Friday Out and about today... So this is it. Y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world... Catch y'all down the road...
Tuesday https://youtu.be/bJdGtOeuWzg It looks like this return to summer is almost over. Tomorrow we have a front moving through... Rain, wind, and cooling temperatures... Thursday is forecast to be cool and breezy. I doubt I will have many posts this week, as my wife is off work. That being the…
Friday https://youtu.be/XzkC5-cBn8M Another foggy start to a warmish day. Pretty much a repeat of yesterday. Thinking back over the past 10 months, I find I don't recall all that many foggy mornings. At least not heavy fog... For some reason, that feels strange to me. This isn't a scientific observation...…
Thursday https://youtu.be/Ml30HH95048 The world is blanketed with a thick player of fog this morning. The trees drip .. the air is still... a train whistles in the distance... traffic rumbles on the bypass. The past 3 days has seen the temperatures rising. Morning start out in the '70s again... Afternoons…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/sXCNlfhjH18
Monday https://youtu.be/gYjJInMyrPI Fall has truly and finally arrived. Though it will come and go for the next few weeks, temperatures rising and falling, the season has turned. We've had two mornings when the low temperature was right at 50°. And it's been beautiful. The yard crew got an early start…
Thursday https://youtu.be/sYvIjRDvqCQ Busy today so all I have is the video... Have a great day!
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/JKxWgXxBM3A
Tuesday https://youtu.be/PkIV4eiGAI4 Here we are in the middle of October and summer has come back to visit. Over the weekend, the morning lows have moved back into the upper 70s. And stepping out on the back porch, are the front porch for that matter, is like stepping into a sauna...…
Monday - Indigenous Peoples Day https://youtu.be/47lYTHu0cmo
Sunday https://youtu.be/HtFCpENC1G0 It's an in-between kind of day... Not summer yet not fall either. A sleep-in kind of Sunday. I'm about to start cooking breakfast so this will just be a quick little muse. Gary Myers shared some music over on Redtree Times this morning that led me to the…
Friday https://youtu.be/szRlpg6BG48 Sitting on the front porch this morning. It's 68°with a 90% humidity. Our preview of fall is winding down by the end of the weekend overnight lows will only reach into the low 70s. I'll have to wait for the next cold front... And so will the hummingbirds…
Thursday https://youtu.be/hmuP_AQcAdw Walking out on the back porch just after 6:00 a.m. this morning, the world was dark. The sky was clear. And Orion shown brightly directly overhead. The only sound was the roar of traffic on the bypass... When I stepped out for the second time, the sun was…
Tuesday https://youtu.be/MubjkD_S1i8 As I took the photos in the video this morning hummingbirds were buzzing right by my head. As I stood less than 6 inches from a feeder two hummers sat and ate right beside my face. When one would leave another would take it's place. Others were on…
Monday https://youtu.be/zPmWhAYhb2g Overnight a cool front blew through. It's setting offshore now. And, while cooler, it's not really cool. The morning temperature is right at 70°. And the forecast high for the day is in the upper 80s... Not what most people would call fall weather. But, then again, this…
Friday https://youtu.be/AAdTZJN8eto Today is wet! Yesterday we had a heavy midday thunderstorm that dropped quite a bit of water. Overnight more thunderstorms move through the area. Today is just wet! The yard is full of standing water in all of the low spots. Today is just wet! Stepping outside this…
Thursday https://youtu.be/KXa99_c6-Ww It was 75°, when I walked out this morning onto the darkened back porch. The humidity was high settling like a blanket over the world. Once the sun began to brighten the neighborhood, I could see a light mist hugging the ground abd dew covering the grass and…
Tuesday https://youtu.be/GBHFlEXVJMs After I woke grandkid number one this morning, I stepped out on the back porch into what felt like a return to summer... The temperature was above 75°, and the humidity was pushing 100%. Off in the distance lightning flashed, and thunder rumbled softly. For the first bus…
Monday https://youtu.be/5x1oeaCA6V4 Our preview of fall is winding down. The low this morning is back above 70... And there it will stay all week. The prognosticators are foretelling of scattered showers all week to boot. Today’s kids will live through three times as many climate disasters as their grandparents, study…
Friday https://youtu.be/mazVlMjIDVc A person could get used to mornings starting out in the '50s. It's another gorgeous day on the back porch. Fall like temperatures and low humidity. What could be better for starting the last day of the week and going into a weekend. Wednesday's cold front almost swept…
Thursday https://youtu.be/BRW_W3SA7H8 After a breezy Wednesday, Thursday was cool, still, and clear. The temperature this morning when I walked out on the back porch was 58°. The humidity wasn't even felt. Photographs was heavy with dew. It definitely feels like fall today. The sun is out, shining brightly. My long-distance…
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Tuesday https://youtu.be/TDMa23kaw54 I find myself needing to run this morning ... So, the video is it for today. Y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for the nation and the world... Catch y'all on the other side.
Monday https://youtu.be/86W2GOTVkfc We're just waiting for the weather to change... Me and the hummingbirds... There are dozens swarming around the feeders front and back. They and I are waiting for the cold front the prognosticators are promising us in the next couple of days. Me... I'll enjoy sitting on the…
Friday https://youtu.be/fEsSix79zyk After I wake up my granddaughter at 6:00 a.m. I usually step out onto the dark back porch to get a feel for the day. A lot of mornings if I look up and see any stars at all, I see my old friend Orion overhead. Come the…
Thursday https://youtu.be/zChfJFlM3J8 When I walked out on the back porch at 6:00 a.m. there were stars shining in the sky. By 7:00 a.m. clouds had covered the entirety of the dome. The temperatures are still mild unlike the aftermath for every tropical system I've ever lived through. It's unseasonably fall…
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Tuesday, After Hurricane Nicholas https://youtu.be/RoF5aQIG_ck Hurricane Nicholas made landfall at 12:30 am Tuesday on the eastern part of Matagorda Peninsula, about 10 miles west of the small city of Sargent. It had maximum winds of 75 mph at landfall. The storm is moving about 10 mph to the north-northeast, and…
Monday https://youtu.be/c4ztBxxPtAA It's a wet, almost stormy morning to start this week. Way down south in the Gulf is tropical storm Nicholas. The prognosticators are saying TS Nick will come ashore sometime today south of us on the coast. So, well we won't be looking for heavy winds, the prognosticators…
Saturday, 9/11 https://youtu.be/QZgOoG-vLPg This morning I'm out on the back porch enjoying unseasonably nice fall weather. The morning temperature was 64° when I walked out. The humidity is a livable 84%. In the hour I've already spent out here, the temperature is risen 2° as I watched hummingbirds battle for…
Friday https://youtu.be/f5qwTaOLAo0 There's a pleasure in visiting the outdoors when both the temperature and the humidity meet in the lower 70s. And this morning I reaped the benefits of that pleasure when the temperature was 73° with a 73% humidity. I really do understand that this is just a preview…
Thursday https://youtu.be/_471EK9YNqs Stepping out on the front porch this morning was one of those "Oh wow" moments. The temperature was a pleasant 69°. The humidity was a mehh... 93%. But, still it felt extremely pleasant. Even the light of the rising sun has a different look and feel to it.…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/nFUMp0YgTO0
Tuesday https://youtu.be/C12iyMzql2o There's been a real change in the feeling of the world today... But it's only the weather. And though the humidity is at 97%, with the temperature at 72°. It feels like fall might actually be on the way. And looking at the prognosticators foretelling for the next…
Monday, Labor Day https://youtu.be/z8QJmdAeP3I Walking out on the back porch this morning it felt cooler. Though, truth be told at 78°, it's been cooler of a morning. But then I pulled up the humidity... And in the mid '80s that's enough of a difference to make it feel much cooler.…
Friday https://youtu.be/tI6tGQ0XbFg I walked out on the back porch this morning in the pre-dawn dark with stars shining overhead and lightning flashing to the south. Thunderstorms offshore, headed our way. The temperature in the upper 70s and the humidity in the upper 90s, it wasn't particularly pleasant in that pre-dawn…
Thursday https://youtu.be/ldw7w2wTBrA Stepping out on the back porch this morning after waking grandchild number one, it was 79° with a humidity of 97%... Summer is still hanging around. Now I sit here on the front porch after getting both grandchildren on the bus to school, listening to the birds and…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/kfAkZVAVUBg
Tuesday https://youtu.be/b8ctGQR0tho Stepping out on the back porch this morning before first light it felt like I thought it should feel on a warm and humid last day of August. The temperature was 79°, cooler than normal was still quite warm. It felt humid, but there was no condensation on…
Monday https://youtu.be/KfH_snpm05A Last evening I sat out and watched the sun go down while I let the GoPro run. This morning I played with the resulting video as the grandkids got ready for school. I have to admit, when I walked out there were some nice cloud formations to the…
Sunday I don't have much to say today. And I'll let the image above say most of it. Stay safe out there, protect your family and your pets.
Saturday Hurricane Ida I wasn't going to post anything this morning because I slept in... Then I saw this animation of Ida on Windy.com. I started playing with the video recorder and then tried outputting it as a gif... So here we are.
Friday https://youtu.be/ai9yfQc-S9A Last night about midnight Mother Nature put on another light and sound show. When I woke up this morning a light rain was still falling. And though the temperature was nicely in the mid-seventies, that high humidity was stalking the earth once again... When I went out this…
Thursday https://youtu.be/j99EFe07ZY8 When I walked out to the car this morning to run the kids to the end of the driveway for their buses the car wouldn't start. It had been acting like the battery was getting low and the starter was dragging so now it was time to do…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/EGzYPUwWxiU