It's Monday The still before the storm... Well, at least the steel before the front. It's warm out, they're reporting that it's 76° this morning. That's warm, really warm to start the day. Though the prognosticators are promising a fairly radical change overnight. Tomorrow's low is projected to be 63°.…
It's Monday From a seared brown to an Irish green in less than a month. While the scattered rains have barely fallen on us The last couple of weeks, we've had enough rain this month to bring the green back to the yard... Also back for another year is the…
Between 2:30pm and 3:15pm Friday 2.25" of rain fell.
It's Friday The above radar image is what was happening as the grandkids got on the bus for their second day of school. Between then and now we've had 1.25" of rain. Yesterday afternoon we had 1.6" and lost power for a couple of hours as the storms moved thru,…
It's Friday https://youtu.be/rz2fil577mE It's been another day of listening to thunder... Watching lightning... And only seeing about 5 minutes of rain. The video above shows a loop from this morning to this afternoon... One of the magnolias out in the front bed has lost 95% of its leaves. My small…
It's Monday Well, once again, the rains that fell yesterday... Fell around us not on us. It's really becoming the story of the summer. Thunderstorms passing so close you can feel the mist in the air... But, little or no rain actually falls on our house. There was an afternoon…
It's Saturday After weeks of flirting and hooded eyes, Mother Nature finally graced us with a mere pittance of moisture in the form of a five minute shower. It's raining again now. But, as it has been for what seems like forever, the majority of the thunderstorms are brushing past…
It's Saturday Not much to say today, other than... It's hot.
It's Thursday I was dragged reluctantly from my slumber by the distant rumblings of thunder at 5am this morning. As I lay there listening... contemplating the rarity of this sound lately... thinking I really should watch this rare event... moisture falling from the sky... RAIN. So I stumbled out of…
Once again, thunder is all we got...
It's Tuesday There are clouds to the east of us... There are clouds to the west of us... But there are no clouds to the south of us, or over us... The prognosticators are foretelling of a chance of scattered showers this afternoon. Unfortunately for us, these chances of precipitation…
It's Sunday Just saying...
And, it's Friday Rain, rain everywhere... Just not here. More often than not, the radar image above is the way the rain pattern around here looks. Rain will move right up to the edge of my hometown and stop falling. I can watch it happen in real time. It's almost…
It's Saturday Nothing more needs to be said...
It's Friday Hello... So says my granddaughters chalk art on the back porch when I walked out. She's been busy out there covering quite a bit of the porch with her chalk art. Though when I walked out I wasn't paying much attention to the ground beneath my feet. I…
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…
Wordless Wednesday https://youtu.be/LcuFBwrCu70
Friday Baby it's cold outside... At least for the Texas Gulf Coast it's cold. Morning temperature at 8:30 a.m. was 27°. At least we don't seem to have ice or sleet or even snow. As usual, at any hint of weather... The school district here shut the schools down today.…
Thursday https://youtu.be/GOZFOxv1kP0 Good morning. The cold front has pushed off the coast, and temperatures have fallen into the upper 30s to low 40s for most of the region. Our primary concern remains the potential for rainfall to turn into wintry precipitation this evening, and during the overnight hours. Secondarily, we…
Monday https://youtu.be/qBb_XFutqjo Think of that surge of joy we feel, Upon seeing the magnificence Of which the sky is capable, As a sort of call and response: An echo and reminder Of the magnificent possibilities within us, Waiting to bloom forth and be seen. ~Diane Walker~ Overnight the weather gods…
Thursday https://youtu.be/AEmrTMiWfPA I live in my own mind Ain't nothin but a good time No rain just the sunshine Out here in my own mind I live where I can breathe Ain't nothin but a cool breeze Nobody that it won't please Out here where I can breathe This morning…
Christmas Eve Christmas Past... Way, Way Past 195619571958195919601961A typical set of mid-20th century family Christmas Cards. Sent out to extended family and friends to keep everyone aware of the growth of the family and the family members. The photo of me surrounded by puppies in the previous post was actually…
It's A Misty, Rainy Monday https://youtu.be/-V916SIXYmc A pre-dawn rain shower started the day... Warmer than normal... The overnight low never reached 70... I've been battling squirrels all weekend... I can't keep them off of my birdfeeders... over and over I've had to chase them off. It seems this years crop…
Tuesday https://youtu.be/bJdGtOeuWzg It looks like this return to summer is almost over. Tomorrow we have a front moving through... Rain, wind, and cooling temperatures... Thursday is forecast to be cool and breezy. I doubt I will have many posts this week, as my wife is off work. That being the…
Tuesday https://youtu.be/MubjkD_S1i8 As I took the photos in the video this morning hummingbirds were buzzing right by my head. As I stood less than 6 inches from a feeder two hummers sat and ate right beside my face. When one would leave another would take it's place. Others were on…
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…
Tuesday https://youtu.be/GBHFlEXVJMs After I woke grandkid number one this morning, I stepped out on the back porch into what felt like a return to summer... The temperature was above 75°, and the humidity was pushing 100%. Off in the distance lightning flashed, and thunder rumbled softly. For the first bus…
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…
Monday https://youtu.be/86W2GOTVkfc We're just waiting for the weather to change... Me and the hummingbirds... There are dozens swarming around the feeders front and back. They and I are waiting for the cold front the prognosticators are promising us in the next couple of days. Me... I'll enjoy sitting on the…
