Tuesday https://youtu.be/Bq5y3n-v8SQ The kids are on the buses. The first load of laundry is in the washer. I'm sitting on the front porch watching the workday traffic go by. It's warm out right now, not oppressively. The humidity is high... Just not so high that there's condensation on the windows,…
Sunday https://youtu.be/pjVwlHmwMd8 Walking out this morning was almost painful. The temperature was already 78 degrees and the humidity was 90%... Pretty much right where it should be for this time of year, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. The only thing worse than summers on the Texas…
Saturday https://youtu.be/CSGocrLas_8 It's another warm August day in SE Texas. No clouds in the sky, no rain in the forecast. And being a Saturday, the normal running around is required. Grocery stores, Post Office, and assorted other stops as required. Here's a video from a singer I discovered quite awhile…
Friday Happy Birthday Mom https://youtu.be/C9xHpeDXuIw My mom turns 88 today... Happy Birthday Mom! I'm still playing with the Quik app from GoPro. I'm liking the ability to turn a series of photos (and videos) into quick short videos without ever leaving the phone. Each day I learn a little more.…
Thursday https://youtu.be/mgg4t4UbXXs It's the first day of school here. And both grandkids were not as hard to get up this morning as I expected. On this first day of school their mother is taking them. So I don't have to sit out at the road with them. This years bus…
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https://youtu.be/9EEntShZ1T4 My wife woke me up early this morning because see smelted something foul and gaseous this morning when she stepped outside. After making sure it was not just a gas escape ay our house, I went online to check with the local Facebook Group... Boy was everyone upset. It…
https://youtu.be/2rLqs9b-EGQ I was playing around with the video editing app for the GoPro and managed to put this together from shots and video in July...
Sunday It's Sunday morning quiet on the back porch this a.m. . Even the birds are keeping it quiet this morning. The temperature is 75°. Unusual, really unusual, for this time of the calendar. Even the humidity is down a notch at just 92%. I have to admit, that the…
Nanci Griffith, a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter who kept one foot in folk and the other in country and was blessed with a soaring voice equally at home in both genres, died on Friday. She was 68.Nanci Griffith, Singer Who Blended Folk and Country, Dies at 68, New York Times…
Friday the 13th This would be an auspicious day for my grandfather. He always claimed that 13 was his lucky number. It always seemed to be good for him. Let's hope, it's good for me too... And good for you. We're having another of those cooler than normal August mornings.…
Thursday I'm finding it a bit unusual for the morning temperatures to be below 80 at this time of the year. I'm not complaining, Lord knows I hate the heat. And the humidity is high as always... Right now it's 78°,, and the humidity is 93%. Since it's Thursday, I…
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Tuesday I was awakened by thunder in the distance. Once up the sun was out. It's 80° outside, 93% humidity. Just another midsummer's day. The tufted titmice are all over the feeders this morning. When they're not being spooked by a cardinal. My first load of laundry is in the…
Monday I was pulled from my slumber by the roar of lawn mowers in the yard. The lawn crew was busy at work early on this Monday morning. By the time they were done and gone It was 9:00 a.m. . According to the online weather folks, it's already 85°.…
Friday Well it's Friday, another week gone by. The temperatures are moderate outside but the humidity is rising again. At least the humidity and the temperatures are low enough that the windows aren't covered in condensation. I've already got my podcast playing and I've been lost in space for a…
Thursday For the first time in a long time the humidity is below 80% this morning. As a matter of fact The humidity and the temperature are both at 77. The front actually made it through and out into the gulf. So while the cooldown wasn't much, the lower humidity…
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Tuesday I woke up this morning when the power went off at 5:40 a.m. It appears but this particular outage was caused by traffic accident. And it's affecting most of the town. The power grid operators are estimating a 9:00 a.m. repair. Earlier they were estimating 8:15. I guess this…
Monday I'm up early this morning, a preview of school mornings to come. The sun hasn't broken the horizon yet. There's a mist hanging over the ground. The humidity is high, the temperature not as much. For the next few days, I'll be rising early and getting the granddaughter school…
Sunday We are 18 days away from the local schools reopening. And the numbers above are not good. And the Governor of Texas has ended mask mandates for any entity that receives state funding... Like school districts. As a mater of fact the Governor has mandated that masks cannot be…
Saturday Just another morning in the heat of summer. Hot. Humid. Still. The final day in the months of July. Don't have much to say this morning... So I'll let you get on with your day... Y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray...
Friday The deep dark blue of the southern sky almost makes up for the heat and humidity... Almost. It's 83° this morning when I walk out, and the humidity is only 83%. But that extra 5° of temperature doesn't make the lower humidity feel any better. The Delta variant of…
Thursday I had to walk the garbage bin out to the road this morning. It was quite warm and humid... To be expected this time of year. Makes me realize how spoiled we were for the last month with the overcast and the rain keeping the high temperatures just a…
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Tuesday, Laundry Day The clouds are back this morning, and it's not quite 80°. Though the humidity is at 94%. It really doesn't feel that pleasant out... But it could be worse. It looks like the sun will be playing hide and seek most of the day. It's actually been…
Monday It's only in the seventies this morning, but, the humidity is at 90%. And as usual for this time of year, it's going to be a hot one. The predominant bird sound outside this morning are Cardinals. Last night, in the middle of nothing, the power blinked off. It…
Friday Well, the heat is back and the humidity is up and it's miserable out on the back porch. According to the wunderground had already feels like 95° outside. And today's chance of a cooling shower is only at 12%. It's going to be really really hot this weekend. At…
Thursday There's still water standing in the low spots. When I took the garbage bins to the road yesterday evening water was standing across the driveway and the yard itself was squishy. So needless to say, the ground around here is saturated. It does make it nice for the waiting…
Laundry day, Tuesday Water is standing everywhere outside from the overnight rains. It's coolish at 78°. But, the humidity is at 93%. According to the weather underground in the last 24 hours I estimate we've had 2 and 3/4 in of rain... I would believe it. When the thunderstorm moved…
Monday It's cooler this morning. Only 77°. But the humidity is 96%. There's a breeze. So I'm sitting on the front porch listening to the Cardinals cheep, cheep, cheep. In the background the cicadas or adding their buzz... Each day has brought a decent amount of rain in the form…
Saturday A cloudless sky, humidity, heat... Morning in July... We've still got two more months the summer left to get through. And for some reason I find myself muse-less today... So... Y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for the nation and the world...
Friday It's in the upper 80s this morning. The humidity is in the 90% range. So I thought I would step out into the shade of the front porch. There's a frontal boundary running from North Texas all the way up to New England. The radar shows quite a bit…
Thursday It's mostly cloudy out this morning. Warm and humid. Just a slight chance of rain showers. But you know, a slight chance of rain showers and just the right place means you get rained on over and over for most of the day. I was looking at the New…
Tuesday It's just another midsummer laundry day here. But all of the cars are home for the day, which in and of itself is quite unusual. It's hot. It's humid. At least it's not overcast, though I'm sure showers will appear. All in all it's another good day to chill…
Sunday Yesterday it was an interesting day. There was this big white orb up in the sky, an unfamiliar presence. It was bright, it gave off heat, it hadn't been noticed for a while. I think it was the Sun. But I woke up this morning to more clouds... And…
Friday And the rains continue... It's a pleasant 73° on the front porch this morning. And yes, the humidity is high, but what do you expect when it's raining. And the range just keep on falling. We had a small murder of crows on the front on yesterday. I've been…
Thursday Last night, or actually very, very early this morning, the line of thunderstorms moved through dropping a nice amount of rain but more importantly, knocking out our power... Again. I think this year will go down in our personal history books as the year the Texas power grid failed…
Tuesday It feels cooler out this morning... Maybe because it is just a few degrees. With the temperature at 76° and the humidity at 90%. It's surprising the difference 3° in temperature can make. Thunderstorms move through the area after 2:00 a.m. this morning. The rumble of thunder off in…
Monday The temperature this morning is almost 80°, the humidity is above 90%. And with all that being said, my allergies are acting up. Par for the course for July and Texas on the Gulf Coast. I see the business across the road is not giving their employees a holiday…
Independence Day Sunday Another warm and humid morning. Overcast with high clouds. Not a breath of a breeze. The weather sure not right for celebration. It has that Sunday quiet working. When you had independence day to that Sunday quiet, you get a lot fewer traffic sounds from the bypass.…
Saturday The sun was just peeking over the horizon as I stepped out this morning. At 77 degrees it wasn't too summery to feel oppressive. It's rather quiet out this morning. The house is sleeping... Along with everyone in it. But the coffee maker has made coffee and I feel…
Friday Once again the day starts off with blue skies. Almost cloudless blue skies. It's warm and it's humid. But it's not the summertime slap you in the face, oh my God hot it will be. Here's the morning read on the weather... Pretty much par for the course this…
Thursday The sun is out this morning, and it's warm, and it's humid. There's not much breeze blowing. But, the birds are singing. The cicadas haven't woken up really. And I just pulled the garbage bin to the road... The weather pattern this last week has been strange. Blue skies…
Well it's not too warm yet this morning, 78°... Though it is fairly humid, we've already had showers move through the area and water stands on the driveway. According to the morning prognosticators foretelling there is still above 50% chance of rain today into this afternoon. There's almost the same…
There's a light rain falling. The temperature is 75°. That's the coolest I felt outside in a month or so. A person could learn to really like summertime temperatures like this. Looking at the prognosticators foretelling a future weather, I see a change from last evenings Oracle like ramblings... Today's…
Laying about this morning, in no hurry to get out of bed. Sunday morning sleeping in... But, once I do step out this summer day is fully sprung. It's 83°, and the humidity is 81%. Not obnoxiously summer, but summer just the same. It's going to be a long, long…
It doesn't feel as impressive today, mostly due to a lower humidity. The temperature is 83 degrees, and the humidity the pleasant 78%. I'm waiting for the coffee to brew. So this will not be very long... as a matter of fact it'll be very short. So y'all stay safe,…
It's another hot muggy morning. My weather app tells me it is 81° outside. It also tells me that it feels like 91° because the humidity is 83%. Whatever the reason, after I snap to my pictures and came back inside only to discover the third one was a really…
When I walked out this morning to take the garbage to the road it was muggy. The temperature was 80° but the humidity... My, my, my... The humidity was 93%. Welcome to my world... Summer on the Southeast Texas Gulf Coast. Is there any reason to not understand why I…
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Thunder and lightning moved through earlier, so even now a singular rumble of thunder moves across the landscape. But funny thing, no rain fell. The driveway is dry. At least the temperature is down and the upper 70s for a change. Though I'm sure, the humidity is still high. And…
Stepping out on the front porch this morning I find the temperature in the humidity almost the same. While the temperature may be higher at 83°, when you factor in the humidity at 81% it's just... Summer in Texas. Yesterday was the first time in many years that all four…
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It's a warm 76° outside. The humidity is a not so frightful 78%. The forecast is calling for a high today in the low 90s with a slight chance of afternoon showers. Just another summer's day in paradise. I find myself at a loss for words today. So I think…
Back out front this morning. Another June morning that feels like it should be in August. The temperature is 87°, the humidity is 86%. In the state of Texas is still suffering through the unreliability of our electrical grid. ERCOT such an oxymoronic name for an industry backed panel whose…
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I decided to step out on the front porch this morning. Where the heat and humidity doesn't feel quite as oppressive... Though the numbers are pretty much the same on both sides of the house. It's 77° out this morning, the humidity is at 90%. And, the temperature expected to…
Looking at the photos above gives you a pretty good idea of what's happening in the atmosphere. We sit on the northwest corner of a massive clouds rolling out into the gulf. So to the east in the first picture it's full on overcast. To the south in the middle…
Not quite so warm, not quite so humid. It's 79° with a humidity of 88%, the day isn't quite as oppressive as the past few. And there are clouds building in with a promise of a 30 plus percent precipitation. Of course, by afternoon when the temperature tops 95° oppressive…
Another warm and humid morning. The summer doldrums have set in. Mornings start out in the '80s while humidity hovers around 90%. It really is time to hang in the coolness of the air conditioned house. In my youth these were the days to enjoy that summer job at the…
It's a bit warmer, but not quite so humid this morning. It's 83°, The humidity is just 77%. I thought I would walk out on the front porch this morning. I haven't done this in quite a while. Coffee muses on the front porch. But, with summer reaching it's early…
It's not quite as warm as yesterday but the humidity is higher. It's 77° with a 95% humidity. The humidity is so high you can see it... There's a slight fog hanging over the landscape. Well, my quiet week at home is winding down. Tomorrow will bring the grandkids home...…
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Another warm and humid morning... The temperature is already 80°, the humidity is at 88%. It's one of those mornings that when you walk outside you have to wipe the condensation off your glasses... twice. It looks like we'll manage to get another day of no rain. At least if…
Well we've reached the milestone... It's 80° and 89% humidity to start the day. The sky is cloudy, and there's a slight, very very slight breeze. And so, summer begin s with a vengeance. I have an early doctor's appointment this morning... I guess early is relative. I have to…
Stepping out this morning wasn't pleasant. With a temperature of 78°and a humidity of 87% it felt too warm and too muggy for early June. One of the first things I saw this morning on my WordPress app was a happy anniversary note. It seems this is my 14th anniversary…
Looks like the rains of yesterday will continue into today. At least the temperatures down a few degrees. It's 73°, in the humidity is it 95% as a wide range falls outside. I see from the news reporting that ex-president Trump is telling those around him that the supreme Court…
These clear sunny mornings sure don't end up that way. Yesterday is clear morning was mostly cloudy before noon. But I was all the range managed to miss us. Once again it's 76° outside, though the humidity is only 84%... It's a veritable desert for this part of the country.…
It's the start of another month. But, it's the same old same old when it comes to weather. Overcast, looking very rainy, warm, muggy, just plain depressing looking. The temperature this morning is 76 degrees. The humidity is at a stomping 92%. Welcome to Southeast Texas in summer. I saw…
It's already warm outside, 76°. The humidity is high as it is every morning. And really, there's not much of a breeze blowing at all... For a change. And it's Memorial Day... In a way it's a sad day. A day of reflection. A day of looking back and where…
Friday night brought a horrendous lightning storm over our house which took the power away just before midnight. The power was out all night and didn't come back on until almost 7:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. So my muse yesterday was non-existent almost like my sleep the night before. I…
Another warm and muggy morning. More clouds out than yesterday. But the sun is breaking through here and there. The temperature was 75° and I'm sure the humidity is pushing 90%. But there's no wind... Not a breeze... Not a stirring to move the leaves. Today is the last day…
Isn't a pleasant morning out this a.m. The temperature is 75°, but the humidity is 92%. It's like walking with a warm wet blanket wrapped around your body. Add to that, but the buzz of mosquitoes is almost louder than the morning bird song and all is not right with…
OMG... I see blue up in the sky. For the first time in what seems like weeks, we are not totally overcast. Though, truth be told, it's still warm and humid... 74°. Not my favorite place to start the day on the temperature scale. On a secondary note... The mosquitoes…
They're slight evidence this morning that the sun actually does exist. Though, it's warm and humid, at 74 degrees this morning it isn't very pleasant out. The 10-day forecast still has us under a threat of precipitation for the next 3 days... At least for now. And the temperatures are…
Another warm and muggy morning. Overcast, with evidence of overnight rain on the ground as puddles. It's a warm feeling 73°. And the Gulf moisture keeps streaming up over southeast Texas. Luckily, by yesterday morning the low that had a chance of forming into a storm and the gulf had…
I was busy with busyness this morning. I took my shots but didn't sit and muse... So here's the pictures.
Another, in a long line of other, overcast start to the day. The morning temperature is 72°. And it's quite humid outside, which is only to be expected after the rains for the past week. The weather prognosticators are hinting that a tropical system may form in the Gulf off…
Happy Birthday Sis It was a wild and stormy night, thunder rumbled and lightning flash ed almost all of it. Just as it seemed the thunder and lightning show was over, just as I would begin to drift off to sleep again, thunder would boom and rumble... It's still lightly…
It's 68° and raining. Thunderstorms are moving through the area... And according to all the forecasts they will be all week. Yesterday was rainy off and on, Sunday was rainy almost all day, and from the looks of the radar today will be a wet one. But hey, my laundry…
After slowly raining all day yesterday today is warm and muggy. The temperature right now at 9:00 a.m. is 77°. It's still mostly cloudy and it's predicted to rain most of the day... Or at least there is a chance of thunderstorms most of the day. Once again the wife…
The temperature this morning is 74°. A very light, light rain is falling. From watching the radar the rain will be getting heavier through the morning. There is a frog singing to the rain somewhere close. And off in the distance the gentle sounds of roosters talking amongst themselves. The…
The coffeepot was still brewing when I came out... The back porch is pleasantly cool, the sun is bright, and the sky is clear. I have even turned the ceiling fans on... Way down low... Just to move the air around a little between breezes. My granddaughter brought me my…
It's another breezy overcast start to the day. The world is green. The coffee is hot. My wife is home again for another day. And I'm on the back porch listening to crows in the distance. This morning as I walked out, I heard a number of bluebirds singing in…
This is the kind of spring morning in Southeast Texas that you just want to cherish. Blue skies, low temperatures, hello humidity. The temperature this morning 63°. I can see the latest update to Android is going to take some getting used to {period} it seems as if suddenly you…
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