2023 Day 249
Wednesday September 6th Wordless Wednesday
Tag: #frontporch
2023 Day 248
Tuesday September 5th Walking out of the front porch this morning before sunup I was slapped in the face by summer. If you look at the screen capture below you might notice that the feels like temperature is above 90° this morning. The humidity is up.. The dew point is…
2023 Day 247
Monday September 4th Labor Day It's not as pleasant out this morning. Radar is showing some rain around... Mostly across Galveston Bay and into Western Louisiana. We actually had a 5-minute shower Sunday afternoon. We really could use a much longer soaking rain. Most of the family was here yesterday…
2023 Day 244
Friday September 1st TGIF First Light From the back porch about an hour later... Is this morning weather going to last? The sun is up.. and we're on the front porch. And right back where we started from... And now we head into a long weekend. I may or may…
2023 Day 243
Thursday August 31st Yesterday was the first morning in a long, long time that it was actually pleasant sitting on the front porch. So much so, that even though I turned the fan on, I had to get up and turn it back off because the wind chill was actually…
2023 Day 242
Wednesday August 30th Wordless Wednesday
2023 Day 241
Tuesday August 29th It does not feel as pleasant out this morning as I expected. I'm not really sure exactly what the difference is.. The humidity is reasonable.. The temperature is not bad.. Even the dew point is reasonable.. and yet sitting on the front porch with the fan on…
2023 Day 240
Monday August 28th Out on the porch this morning and while the temperature isn't cool... The dew point at 72° makes it almost pleasant. Last night at bedtime the radar image was pleasantly surprising. Quite a large portion of Southeast Texas showing rain. Not that the water flowing from the…
2023 Day 237
Friday August 25th It's the last Friday in August. And it's almost pleasant here on the front age as well as the fan is blowing. The days are definitely getting shorter. It's still dark out of a morning when I walk out. Even when the first bus comes the day…
2023 Day 236
Thursday August 24th It's just another hot and humid morning in SE Texas... Without a drop of rain in the forecast. I was sitting around today when I noticed the second airplane buzzing by over the house... And for some reason that triggered a memory from my childhood. We lived…
2023 Day 235
Wednesday August 23rd Wordless Wednesday
2023 Day 234
Tuesday August 22nd When I woke up this morning I did what I always do and glanced at my phone... This morning I was gob smacked by the temperature I saw at 5:15am. Once I was up I double checked everywhere.. and sadly all sources agreed.. The overnight low made…
2023 Day 233
Monday August 21st The only difference between this morning and every other morning since school started is the addition of clouds to the sky. Which means there's additional color in the sunrise. But trust me when I say it's hot as hell here this month. It seems like every afternoon…
2023 Day 230
Friday August 18th Well yesterday morning was definitely a one of... The pleasantly cool morning on the front porch without a fan was definitely too much to expect a repeat. Though, I do see some upper 70s for overnight lows in the upcoming forecast... But for now, the first bus…
2023 Day 229
Thursday August 17th I really wish I could say that I could get used to the way the morning feels. But sadly that's not the case.. this is a one of.. just a single instance of an actual coolish morning. The temperature outside this morning is a cool 71° -…
2023 Day 227
Tuesday August 16th Once again, I find myself sitting in the heat heat and humidity of my front porch as I await the second coming of a school bus. And then, I see the weather prognosticators are teasing me with the following headlines... And the part they're not saying.. and…
2023 Day 226
Monday August 14th It's another warm and humid morning on the porches. At least the fan provides a bit of wind chill as I sit on the front porch watching for the buses. But all in all, there isn't much chill in the air in my neck of the woods...…
2023 Day 225
Sunday August 13th It doesn't feel quite as bad this morning on the front porch. The stats say it shouldn't be much different from yesterday.. but I didn't see an excessive heat warning on my phone when I woke up which is something.. I'm back out playing sidewalk supervisor as…
2023 Day 222
Thursday August 10th It's the start of a new school year here ... It's the first day of school. So my days are starting even earlier than last year. The grandkids, at least the two living with me, are now in two different schools riding two different buses. My grandson…
2023 Day 146
Friday May 26th A person could get used to these spring-like mornings at the end of May. The temperature on the front porch this morning is 71°, the dew point is 67°. Please do points in the '60s have been making in the mornings quite pleasant. Though with afternoon highs…
2023 Day 145
Thursday May 25th It's another one of our nice almost spring days. The temperature is 71°, the dew point is 66°.. which for this area is beautifully low for this time of year. There's a slight breeze blowing to make it feel even cooler. Well for the next to the…
2023 Day 143
Tuesday May 23rd Not quite as overcast.. High thin clouds only.. Sun threatening to break thru.. The temperature is 70° with a dew point of 68°. So it feels like another nice spring morning. TuesdaySkies will be mostly sunny today, with high temperatures in the upper 80s to 90 degrees.…
2023 Day 139
Friday May 19th - Happy Birthday Sandy TGIF... And another week bites the dust... The air is still.. not a breeze is stirring.. and it's warmer today. Sadly, that will be an ongoing pattern that will not change until sometime in late September. The temperature today is already 73°. And…
2023 Day 115
Tuesday April 25th It's a pleasantly cool 66° this morning. It's forecast to go up to 77°.. it's also on the forecast to be cloudy all day. But then again, what's new this year? I will say this.. being a half week over on my laundry sure made for a…
2023 Day 107
Monday April 17th It's a nice and cool morning on the front porch. The temperature is 51°. The winds are calm. The birds are singing loudly. And Monday morning traffic is heavy. Old age is an insidious thing. You sit around, contemplating your life, thinking about what was and what…
2023 Day 101
Tuesday April 11th It's a fairly pleasant morning on the front porch. The temperature is 63°. There's no apparent breeze. And scattered amongst the overcast or big patches and blue sky.. maybe I shouldn't say big.. okay there are visible patches of blue sky. Though, truth be told, the sun…
2023 Day 94
Tuesday March 4th It's 74° with gusty winds on this very humid and somewhat sticky morning. The winds are out of the south. Therefore it's still on the front porch as I want to wait for the bus to get the kids... The wind chimes are singing softly. You know,…
2023 Day 90
Friday March 31st It's a very breezy morning out here on the front porch waiting for the school bus. The temperature is 73°. According to windy.com the winds are blowing at 13 mph with guests of 18 mph. And, once again, the skies are totally overcast. According to the guys…
2023 Day 80
Tuesday March 21st What a difference a day can make ... The temperature this morning is 62°. The high today is going to be closing in on 80°. Welcome to spring. Once again, it's totally overcast. That's pretty much been the story of this winter.. mostly cloudy. I'm sitting on…
2023 Day 62
Friday March 3rd For once, once again, it's seasonably cool this morning. The temperature is a pleasant 57°. And, the humidity this morning is an unheard of 35%. And to top it all off it's breezy... The wind chimes have been singing. So... I decided to do the full surround…
