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…
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…
It's a chill 30° this morning out in the yard. Frost on the grass. Birds on the feeder. Birds on the wing from tree to tree. Cardinals singing the sun up. Took quite a few minutes this morning for the ice on the windshield to melt as we waited for…
We just missed a winter wonderland yesterday. As I watched the weather unfold yesterday across the state of Texas I noticed the radar was showing freezing precipitation, snow, just to the north of us in Pearland at one point. While it was cold, and windy, it wasn't cold enough to…
It's chilly outside today. And and blustery, the wind is blowing, rain is falling. We're probably at about the warmest it's going to be today as the cold front comes barreling in from New Mexico. Over half of the state of Texas is forecast to have snow today and tomorrow,…
It's rather late this morning, and though I've been up awhile my blog reader demanded more than the normal amount of attention... And then I began cooking breakfast. Bacon and eggs are done, so back to the morning coffee muses. I read a column by David Brooks this week where…
It's very chilly outside, it actually made it into the 30s last night. Driving back to the house this morning from taking the kids to the bus stop, there was frost on the shingles of the house. Looking back towards the bayou I can see a narrow river of fog…
I find myself still in shock after the attempted coup we saw in Washington yesterday. I cannot fathom the justifications Trump supporters may have for the actions of the insurrectionist who took over our capitol. Watching it all play out in real time on television was shocking. I was already…
It's warmer this morning. I must say, if the mornings are any indication, 2021 is starting out much nicer than 2020 ended. I won't hold out too much hope though... Republicans are still trying to stage a coup. Ted Cruz is to be expected... He led the charge into Florida…
It's another unseasonable winter's day. The temperature is a mild 70°. There's just the slightest of breezes blowing on the back porch here. The wind chimes or tinkling their little music. The sun is finally breaking through the clouds. And a chickadee is sitting above my head on the feeder.…
Another prelude to winter. A reflection of winters long ago. Damp, cold, short dreary days followed by short dreary days. If this continues it will be a fitting end to the long and dreary year of Covid-19. A fitting end to a long four dreary years of living in the…
Today the world has pulled the covers up over its head. Trying to get a little bit more sleep before being forced to face the craziness... Foggy mornings are different... almost surreal. Birds sound closer, trains sound far off, traffic noise seems to come from different directions than normal. Everything…
The sun rises onto a cooler morning on the back porch. Not a lot cooler, but here in Texas every little bit helps. Once again the prognosticators are foretelling of a high in the 80's. Once again we are forced to watch a petulant schoolyard bully bluster and lie about…
To the east there's a bit of clear sky for the sun to rise into. But from there all the way to the western horizon a rising fog bank is blocking the sky. It's also causing a strange phenomenon... as the sun comes up it actually seems to be getting…
It's not so cool, and it's overcast this morning. It's late, as usual for a Sunday morning. Other than a train moving down the rails blasting at the crossings, it's even pretty quiet. I can't see that the clouds are even moving. Gary Myers had a good post about the…
It's 50 minutes till sunrise, but already I can see fog around the lights in the neighborhood. It's not the normal ground fog either... even in the dark I can see it reaches to the tops of the trees. While it's not a pea soup kind of fog, I'm sure…
We're in a slow motion countdown to a momentous change in the life of America. Either American norms will win out, or by hook or crook, the most unprepared man ever to be handed the job will be returned to the White House. Almost two hundred years ago, a group…
I slept a bit late this morning since my daughter is home to start her kids off with school. Stepping out on the porch I was greeted with overcast skies. Looking at the radar I can see these are the outer bands of Hurricane Delta starting to move into our…
In order to enjoy this beautiful fall morning on the back porch I had to break out the big umbrella. The stand has managed to get itself broken, but that's ok, it works great laid over on it's side... The morning flight of whistling ducks keeps getting larger. It appeared…
Saturday morning... an hour and a half of extra sleep... a cool fall morning. Quiet, the only sounds are traffic roar from the bypass... louder on this side of the house. Well... karma seems to have caught up with our president***. His politicalization of masks and social distancing seems to…
Wow, the temperature this morning has dropped into the seventies... after the past week it almost feels cool. There was some rain overnight and the sunrise was colorful with the sun hitting the clouds before coming over the horizon. The prognosticators are foretelling off a good possibility of more rain…
Hurricane Laura off to the east. Rains to the south. It's warmish this morning, but the humidity doesn't feel so high. The one good thing about being on the dry side of a tropical cyclone. We, as in those of us in the Houston and Galveston area, are extremely lucky…
Sunrise is spectacular this morning. The sun coming up behind a thunderstorm over Galveston Bay. The temperature is also not too bad, though the humidity is up a bit this morning. Cardinals are chirping all over the yard. And hummingbirds dive bomb the feeder trying to claim it as their…
Happy Birthday Mom. I made it out before sunrise. Not usual for me. And to top it off, the outside temperature is almost the same as in the house. That makes the fan supercilious, almost chillingly. I'm going to have to get used to rising about this time to make…
Not too warm for the start of the day. 75 degrees, not bad for the full blown August. But it's oh so still. Not a breath of a breeze. And quiet... barely a bird singing. I have to go through the process of setting up a couple of computers today…
Ahhhhhh, the vagrancies of summer weather on the Texas gulf coast. It's the low 70's out here on the front porch. But with full sun, it won't take much to hit the forecast high of 97 degrees. The first load of laundry is in. The first cup of coffee is…
A cloudless sky greets me this morning. Sun on the concrete, warning an already warm world. Just a breath of breeze, a breath almost held. A faint tinkle of wind chimes barely heard. There's a sameness to the daily grind that is Donald Trump trying to break America. The schoolyard…
Today's already hot and sticky. It really feels like I'm living in a tropical swamp... right down to the dragonflies patrolling by the squadrons. Though the mockingbird singing in the pine is a nice touch. Well, I see we have a Democratic ticket. I can't say I'm shocked by the…
Looking towards the rising sun, the sky always has a different shade of blue. Especially on these hazy, heavy, humid mornings. It's almost as pronounced as the change in the hue of green that happens as you cross the line between my yard and my neighbors. That color change in…
The sky looks ominous this morning. Much worse than it actually is. The radar shows little rain falling around the area from the remnants of Hurricane Hannah who went ashore last evening in far south Texas. Yesterday's drive into central Texas was made interesting by the bands of rain that…
