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…
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…
Waiting for the bus this morning, it's chilly out... And windy... As you can see the thermometer on the car says it's 48°, and watching the bushes and the trees dance in the wind tells me I'm under dressed. But, the winds have swept the skies clear of clouds. The…
I sure have to love the sunrise this morning. Not only was it colorful, it was a nice, cool, 52°. Though lacking in my normal appreciation of the bird song as it was kind of quiet. Also lacking this morning was the North breeze that's been blowing since Sunday. Not…
It's a cool, cool mostly sunny morning. The pictures above were taken between buses. Now after the second bus it's bright outside and the sun is shining and it's 50°. When we first walked out it was 48°, cooler than I expected. On my agenda today is my second covid-19…
Another bright, but cool, spring like morning. Two in a row. It's 48°, without cloud in the sky. A nice way to end a week. I got my notice yesterday to schedule my covid-19 vaccination. So, for right now, I'm scheduled for Monday morning. And I only have to drive…
Sunrise is earlier and earlier each day... At least for another week or so, then it's spring forward. Temperature this morning is 41°. Cold enough to see your breath, but not cold enough for a jacket... At least not if you're just walking to the car. The birds seem to…
It's foggy out this morning. And with the temperature at 70° with the forecast for it to fall until tomorrow morning, it should be an interesting and wet day. The kids have departed on their buses. I've started my third cup of coffee. The house is quiet. But, outside on…
It really looks like winter out this morning, but it feels like spring. It's 66°, heading for the mid-70s. There's a 40% chance of rain according to the diagnosticators. Once again I slept in way too long. So now I'll play catch up on a Saturday morning. But playing catch…
This morning I slept in. So it's late and the temperature has passed 80 a while ago. But... For some reason, it doesn't feel as warm as it is. It could be that there's a better breeze blowing than I've felt in a long time... or it could just be…
It's the middle of my birthday cycle. I'm half a year past the last one and half a year to the next. Not that I really pay attention to them. Though, truth be told, I'm reaching an age where they seem to come faster and faster. The morning is warm,…
Walking out on the back porch this morning I had to dodge around the LOL pool party. The granddaughter has a bad habit of leaving her toys right where she last played with them. This time they are underfoot. I always balk at stepping out of a morning when the…
Another 80 degrees plus start to the day. And the forecasted chance of rain is down to 20%. Though rain clouds are moving in from the gulf, and radar shows some small showers down south of us. Mainly it's the high humidity that is making this feel so ... Texas.…
There is dew on the car windows. And a smell of wet, almost rotting, grass on the morning air. The traffic is very light, but that's to be expected. Birds are calling, cheeping, whistling, and cooing as they tend to do. Squirrels are scampering in the upper reaches of the…
I'm back on the back porch. And, once again, their's barely a breath of a breeze. There is also a haziness to the mostly clear sky... probably the Saharan dust they keep talking about. But, all in all, it's a normal warm summer morning. Cicadas humming, cardinals singing, traffic on…
On this front porch morning, a breeze is making the limbs sway... at least a bit. Birds sing and chirp and coo. Vehicles go up and down the road in a more or less leisurely fashion. The crepe myrtle is in as full a bloom as it gets. The mimosa…
Let's just come to an agreement right here, right now, that unless I comment to the contrary, it's just hot and humid. It's summer south of Houston, Texas after all. At least, there's a decent breeze making the wind chimes sing. That's also keeping our new crop of mosquitoes off…
Another weekend in a pandemic hotspot. We need to make a grocery store run... we will be masked. I have noticed that our HEB has someone assigned to sanitizing the shopping carts, Kroger just has a spray and hand sanitizer station where you can do it yourself... and most people…
Warm and Humid. Before walking out this morning I could tell by the condensation on the windows it would be oppressive. I was right. The temperature was already 80º and it feels like 96º with a relative humidity of 86%. The cool front that was just north of Houston all…
Thunder rumbles and lite rain pitter patters. My last couple of hours in bed weren't very restful. The thunderstorms the prognosticators promised in their foretelling yesterday moved over my house. At least, this time, the rainfall amount wasn't oppressive. Other than the patter of the falling rain, I'm hearing a…
As I fought the call of day this morning, rumblings of thunder rolled my dreams. Once I gave up the fight I found rain falling steadily. I wasn't anticipating this type of weather before tomorrow or the next day. I just checked the radar. And it looks like this rain…
Another repeat visit to the front porch. Another almost cool morning. Another quiet traffic day. This morning I watched as a lone whistling duck flew three times around the front yard trees... almost as if he was calling for someone. Just now two crows flew thru the open sky above…
Another bright morning on the back porch. The ceiling fans are turning even though the temperature is mild. The cardinals are making their presence known with their song. Along with the mourning doves, that's about the only sounds on this weekend morning. A lite breeze is rustling the leaves. Low…
Ahhhhhh, spring for the moment. Following my normal routine, I filled my coffee cup and headed out the back door after turning on the outside ceiling fans... after only a couple of minutes in the rocker I had to get up and turn off the ceiling fans. Walking out into…
