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…
