Shadows of my mind Just a few images of things that caught my eye in the last month... I was captured by the shadows on a brick wall outside of the office at Alvin High School. Moving closer and changing my perspective brought in more of the vivid blue sky.…
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…
It's Tuesday It's another late summer morning in Southeast Texas. A lite mist hugs the ground. Not a breeze is stirring... Except around the wings of the hummingbirds. And... On that note... I'll catch you on the other side.
It's Monday This time it's for real Linda... I was off to the doctor earlier today... Nothing wrong, just a regular follow-up. When I got back I was wandering around the internets... Somehow I stumbled upon a site called Cover Lay Down. They seem to have had their last post…
Saturday... https://youtu.be/LwSE3sjv0ZM The Winamp machine was playing this song last night. For some reason it just didn't sound quite right and I couldn't figure out why... I mean I knew the song... Knew it really well... But not the Jimmy Buffett version. So, I went into google mode... And the…
Saturday Coffee Muses, Sept 2007 It's funny how an old fart like me can get set in his ways... For as long as I can remember my photo editing software foe most things has been Picasa. It was a free software from Google. Google abandoned it almost a decade ago.…
Deere Meditations Interrupted By Broken Belt
Testing the latest iteration of the WordPress app on my Kindle. The last time I installed it, it kept not playing nice with the memory card. But, I miss being able to post from the Kindle. The photo is of the keyboard I received for Christmas. I keep wearing out…
I have found myself swamped with a lack of umph these past few weeks. The heat and humidity of a SE Texas August has me spending all of my time just trying to stay cool... I have been stuck in a procrastinating mode for days and days and days. I watch the…
A cool front was moving through the area as I watched that morning. The day promised to be pleasantly warm and not as uncomfortably hot as it had been all week.
Let's Talk Weather You know it's summer here on the Texas Coast when you step outside before sunup and the humidity settles around your shoulders like a heavy damp cloak. At daybreak the mercury has been hovering in the mid-seventies on the thermometer for most of the past few weeks. That makes…
I find myself spending more of my time outside than I am used to. Yes, it's hot out...And dry. It almost reminds me of my summer in south Texas back in the early 1970's. Unusually dry heat for Southeast Texas at this time of the year. Walking the trail I've…
After months of fighting with signal strengths on the different televisions scatered around the house I was already starting to dread the day when a analog signal was no longer available as a backup. So this morning as I sat with my first cup of coffee I switched on the…
Light rain has decided to bless us today. The clouds and rain are keeping the temperature below 80° so far...Though... I am sure the rain is making the mosquitoes more than happy... ◊≡◊≡◊≡◊≡◊≡◊≡◊≡◊≡◊ A pot of soup is working on the stove for lunch. I tend to use weekday lunches…
Saturday was another 90° day here in SE Texas...The past week has seen upper 80's every day. The weather prognosticators are trying to tease with hints of a "strong" cool front coming our way. I have even heard whispers of highs in the upper 70's...Personally, I think they are smoking…
This morning as the sun comes up, the day starts out foggy. The woods behind the house are hazy through the gray, cloaking moisture. The morning is still, but nowhere near quite. Birds, lots of birds are singing their welcome to the mornings light. The back doors are wide, letting…
Another in the TedTalks Series of videos I try to visit on a weekly basis as a method of personal continuing education...Have a look at what a "play expert" has to say about the importance of play...Stuart Brown: Why play is vital -- no matter your age A pioneer in…
You never know where you will stumble upon a word, a phrase, a few paragraphs that paint a picture in your mind so vivid you would swear you were there... I made my getaway. This dark and wannabe-smokey hideaway was nearly empty. The cushy chairs and couches were without asses.…
Life throws you that spitball. Your plans don't count because your plans were based on being allowed to work out your career and end it when you planned.
Looking on the weather wunderground, I see that Fred is still feeding the woodstove and wearing the multiple layers of clothes he was lamenting in his essay. While I am enjoying the open door and the porch rocker, Fred is still dreaming his summer weather dreams.
This past week the signs of the season's change have sprung up all around...The oaks that were stripped of their leaves by Ike in September, now are leafing out with all of that bright, spring green color that changes the very light. Around the edge of this little house the…
Currently (on Mon 6:02AM CST from Pearland Regional Airport) Light Rain Temp: 66° Dewpoint: 64° Wind: SE 9 MPH The weather here this winter has seemed to be more spring (or fall) like than any I can recall seeing. Checking the almanac for the past two months is eye opening. Since…
High compensation doesn’t attract the very best. It attracts the greediest. via Letters - Wall St. Bonuses - Enough Is Enough - NYTimes.com. Why is this the first time I've ever seen anyone say this? A more true statement has never been said. This sentence should be the banner headline…
While I was do my house-husband duty folding laundry I started to muse on the condition of some of our towels...You know you've been married a while when you hold up a towel and can see through it. Now granted we own a lot of towels...I know, it a woman…
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME you were dazzled? When was the last time you lay down on a block of granite and fell asleep beneath the sky? Our few remaining pockets of unconnected, unwired time—walks, airplane trips, camp-outs, reading a novel on a beach—are dwindling fast. And yet: The Earth…
Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 61° F | 45° F 61° F | 56° F 76° F | 61° F 72° F | 58° F 70° F | 52° F It seems that 2008 is insistent on going out looking more like summer in the mountains than winter...Today has been…
Sherry and I were in the car this morning heading to the grocery store for the weekly shopping and listening the Christmas music on the radio. I started thinking about what our children and grandchildren must think about the words to the traditional Christmas songs. I am sure my children…
The deepening recession has eroded the financial standing and optimism of a broad swath of Americans, nearly two-thirds of whom say that they have been hurt by the downturn and that the country has slipped into long-term economic decline. In New Poll, 63 Percent of Americans Say They Have Suffered…
Back last month as I began to think about what I was going to do with myself I wrote on a list that I was going to watch a video a day from the TEDtalks series. I haven't completely kept that promise but I have watched multiples on numerous occasions.…
