It could be just me.. but I think not.... It sure seems like there have been more overcast days than sunny days this year. Particularly, this spring. Though I have to admit, that's starting the day in the 50's and ending the day at or about 70° is an uncommonly…
At 6:30 a.m. The air is a crispy 50°. It's noisy out.. the constant hum of rubber on blacktop from the bypass, the birds song in the trees, even the roar of train Wheels on railroad tracks.... Such of the sounds of pre-dawn here at my home.... Later... On the…
Two shots, taken an hour apart, from the same location. It's a pleasant spring morning with a temperature in the mid-50s. But judging from the forecast, summer is just around the corner. Here we are , not even a week into April, and the forecasted high today is 86°. Eighty…
In the time it took to go from one bus to the next, the outdoor temperature has dropped just enough to go from warmish to coolish. Now if we could just get rid of the pesky mosquitoes...
After springing forward last week, the sun isn't coming up until the 2nd bus. So, it now seems as though the alarm is going off in the middle of the night... It's just a bit chill this morning on the front porch. The morning low is hanging at 62°. The…
Monday, March 4th While I was standing on the front porch waiting for the second bus.. I noticed the predominance of the color green. Just a week or so ago, gray was the predominant color of my front yard. So I guess you could say spring snuck up on me.…
Wordless Wednesday, February 14th
Monday, February 5th With the winds blowing that close to 20 mph out of the north this morning, it was quite cool standing on the front porch. Well, it's finally here.. very last day I will spend in this lifetime in my 69th year.
Tuesday, January 30th Starting on the front porch at 6:30 a.m. . An ending on the front porch at 7:40 a.m.. With a couple of stops on the back porch in between...
Monday, January 29th It's a mostly cloudless sky.. and the sunshine on a chili morning is welcome. The temperature this morning is 37°. And we could use a few days of sunshine just to dry out a bit.
Friday, January 26th It's already 9:00 a.m., and my last cup of coffee is empty... And outside, fog still reins supreme. All of the water puddles in the front yard have drained away. It's a bit cool on this damp Friday morning. The temperature right now is 57°. In many…
Thursday, January 25th And.... That's pretty much all I have to say about the matter...
Thursday, January 18th I really appreciate the "night sight" photo option on my Pixel. When you do it correctly, it really brings out the environment you can't see well. As you can see, it's foggy this morning. And the temperature is 48°. We'll get a day or two of this…
Wordless Wednesday, November 29th
Monday, November 6th Nothing more needs to be said....
Friday, November 3rd
Tuesday September 26th Still keeping on with my life... Y'all stay cool and I'll catch y'all on the other side.
Friday, September 15th First Light Today's weather Sunrise East Sunrise Southeast Sunrise Southwest North East West Waiting The Bus Newly green TGIF! And that's about all I can say for today. After 2 days of rain.. now and again.. The world is not out of the drought yet. But every…
Thursday, September 7th According to the readings on the weather app it shouldn't feel this pleasant on the front porch. But with the fan blowing, it's almost chill. According to my phone, it's a comfortable 77°. Over the past few days we've had a massive influx of hummingbirds. It seems…
Wednesday September 6th Wordless Wednesday
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…
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…
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° -…
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…
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...…
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…
Saturday August 12th The day started off and warm and has only gotten warmer since... I'm spending my day playing sidewalk supervisor to the crew that is cleaning up the fallen limbs in my front yard. It's a massive amount of trees on the ground... Maybe I shouldn't say trees,…
Friday April 21st We had a very interesting night last night. Shortly after 4:00 a.m. a line of thunderstorms blew through our area. Heavy rain, lots of lightning and thunder.. it made for a very interesting early morning. My wife texted after she got to work that the street lights…
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…
Tuesday February 28th There was a bit of fog this morning, though it's cleared already. And it's a bit cooler today, 67°... But the humidity is up. The spring weeds are popping up all over the yard. Even though the grass was mowed a week ago there are mounds of…
monday Walking out on the front porch this morning I was surprised. At some point, in the dark before sunrise, it had rained a bit. Puddles stood on the driveway. This bit of weather was not in the forecast... But the humidity coupled with the still air gave him the…
thursday Out on the front porch this morning waiting for the school bus. It's bright, it's cool, there's even a hummingbird at the feeder. Traffic sounds are loud. Beep beep beep of the construction critters cuts the morning air. Vehicles speed by on the road in front of the house...…
It's Thursday The morning is quieter. Our great migration of hummingbirds has migrated. No more battles royale all day long. Even the Cardinals seem a bit bemused by the absence. The morning traffic continues to become worse in front of the house. With all of the homes being built and…
Wordless Wednesday
It's Wordless Wednesday
It's not much... But it is standing in the driveway... And you can hear it dripping... Dripping... Not a gully washer. Not cats and dogs. But it is rain.
It's Thursday There is a promise of rain today, both in the forecast and on the horizon. At some point that promise reaches almost 100%. After teases over the last 3 days, we could really use that promise being fulfilled. The grass and the trees have begun showing more brown…
It's Tuesday Today I got out of bed early and walked out on the porch... Early. The sun hadn't passed the horizon. As a matter of fact, the eastern sky was just a pink glow. Last night, just about bedtime, a small thunderstorm blew over us. It didn't last all…
It's Thursday Today I just visited summer. I walked out our front door... I looked left and I looked right... Then I returned into the house of perpetual spring. With summer officially here this week, I am now entering my reverse hibernation. I've never really hidden from the cold, but…
It's Tuesday There are thunderstorms rolling around, pretty much isolated just over me. Then though the radar map shows there is lightning and thunder off to my east, I'm not hearing it right here. But the clouds are blocking the sun and making it just a bit more pleasant on…
It's Friday It's another warm morning on the front porch. The temperature is 78° and the humidity is at 91%. So as I sit here the fan in the chair is blowing at medium. I'm sure not thrilled by the number of large trucks that feel like they have the…
It's Wordless Wednesday
It's Thursday I'm back out on the front porch. And really it's because on bright sunny mornings there's nothing like filling your viewscape with shade. So, with the temperature already at 79° and the humidity hovering way too high, I'll sit here and enjoy the fan blowing hard to put…
Wordless Wednesday
Monday It's definitely summer. We're starting out the day at 76°. And the crickets and the cicadas are making sure that quietness doesn't intrude upon our morning. I pulled up the WordPress app this morning and it informed me that this is my 15th anniversary on WordPress. That original WordPress…
Thursday I am out on the front porch this morning watching the world go by as the sun gets higher in the sky. It's a bit cooler out today, 74° and it feels a bit less humid. There's a red bird in the chaste tree. Now she's moved to the…
Tuesday It's a bit sticky out this morning. 79° and still. I'm on the front porch, and the traffic is lighter than I expected for a work day even though school is out. I have the floor fan blowing to provide a little bit of air movement. But, even with…
Friday I find myself still sitting on the front porch after the buses have run. This will be my last morning bus run till fall. Today ends another school year, and the grandkids will be home for the summer. This morning has been a morning of train whistles, mockingbird songs…
Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday It's overcast... Again. And though the temperature is about the same as yesterday, it doesn't have the feel of coolness that was in the air yesterday. Though, I must admit there is a sweet smell in the air... Probably from the mimosa that's blooming just off the porch. The…
Friday Waiting for the bus before 7:00 a.m., and it's already very warm out. The temperature for the day is 79°. And the sun is just starting to shine through the trees. Hopefully, the rain the prognosticators are fortelling of will get here next week. We really, really could use…
Thursday Happy birthday sis... Sitting on the front porch, between buses, I am still not used to the view that takes me all the way to the traffic on the bypass. The land clearing has now reached the property lines at the back of the houses and businesses across the…
Wordless Wednesday Mimosa Chaste Tree Chaste Tree
Tuesday It was cooler than expected this morning out on the front porch. And there was a bit of a fog hanging low in the open spaces... Just not under the tree canopy. I've been thinking a lot these last few days about my history with this blog... journal... morning…
Thursday We lucked into one of the cooler mornings of the summer season. The temperature this morning at the time of the first bus is 65°. The sun is beginning to light the trees. The sound of the day is the song of the cardinal. One of the most common…
Tuesday In my own mind I like to break summer in Houston into four phases. We can do this in Houston because “summer” season lasts so long, typically about five months. This is contrast to meteorological summer, which runs from June through August, and “solstice” summer, which runs from June…
Monday It's a breezy, mockingbird morning. A little two-seater sports car just tried to hit 65 mph down my little two lane road. It's already warm out. My phone says it's 79° already... And truthfully, it feels at least that warm. I'm sitting on the front porch once more, waiting…
Thursday, Cinco de Mayo When I walked out with my granddaughter this morning I did something I haven't done before... I pulled up the podcast app on my phone. The first thing I listened to was Birdnote, a short little daily podcast about birds. By the time I walked out…
Monday Both kids are on the buses. The light out hasn't changed all morning. The heavy overcast is keeping it gloomy. And on this Monday morning, I don't have much to say... so I won't say much at all. Everyone have a great day, I'll catch you on the other…
Thursday I'm sitting on the front porch this morning. The second bus is just picked up a grandkid. Birds are singing. And the air is still spring-like for a bit... I saw that the Space City Weather was saying yesterday that this may be the last of our spring-like weather.…
Wordless Wednesday
Monday I'm sitting on the front porch today, watching the kids get on the bus. It's already starting to get warmer. But, the world is green and filled with bird song. According to the prognosticators, you should see some clouds and precipitation sometime later today. We actually had a shower…
Saturday Yes, it is spring... Enjoy the day... Catch you on the other side...
Friday, April Fools Day I do not have much to say today... I'd rather not make a fool of myself... There seem to be enough fools in the world today... So, on that note, y'all stay safe, stay healthy, and pray for our dysfunctional nation and the world.
Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday Waiting for the storm... https://youtu.be/QTZDCmksz_s And in less than an hour... It's done!
Wordless Wednesday
Friday https://youtu.be/-HUv1oSTKzc Today, for all intents, dawned a beautiful spring morning... Birds were singing. Not much to say today... So... How about some music? https://youtu.be/ohSrY6DOA2I
Wordless Wednesday
https://youtu.be/qk_2kbnetXI Pecan Tree and Winter Sky I pulled into the driveway this January afternoon and the blue of the sky... with bare branches silhouetted demanded a moment... reflection... Pease.
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/JKxWgXxBM3A
Monday - Indigenous Peoples Day https://youtu.be/47lYTHu0cmo
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…
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…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/vcMIAIf1H2A
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.…
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…
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…