The fog really emphasized the damage my hundred year old trees ended up with from Beryl last summer. The past two decades have seen the once awesome canopy over my front yard shredded. From Ike in 2008 thru Beryl in 2024 the number of very large limbs that have come…
Words cannot express a more divergent forecast of extremes.
Wordless Wednesday, January 17th
It's really an uncommon sight here in my area to see ice sparkling on tree limbs in the sun. It's 10:45 and the sun is causing a virtual heat wave outdoors... The temperature has risen to a wonderful 25°.
Tuesday, January 16th Well, winter road in and decided to stay a bit. Yesterday wasn't supposed to be so cold. As it was, we didn't get above freezing all day long. And this morning it's a cold 19°. That's cold especially when you add the wind chill.. the "feels like"…
Monday, January 15th The world outside my window is dark and gray. Even though the sun is up.. there is no sign of it above the clouds. Already it is the coldest morning of the winter. But that's a record that won't last.... Tomorrow will be colder. And Wednesday will…
Saturday, January 13th It's 31° this morning... But it's headed up to 65° by afternoon. Once again there's frost on the grass. That's about as close as we ever come to snow most winter days. Everyone is still on pins and needles for the upcoming winter storm... Looking ahead, we…
Friday, January 12th It's a very blustery day. The temperature has already dropped 8° since I got up this morning. The temperature will be falling all day long as the northwind blows in a winter storm. My day started out at 68° , and the low for the day is…
Tuesday, January 9th This morning's temperature is a chilly 43°. It would be pleasant except there's a very strong breeze out of the north northwest. Once again though, we are definitely in the winter time roller coaster. Check out the extended forecast... I find myself just a little bit leary…
Monday, January 8th It's an almost cool 63° this morning. And there's misty light rain falling. Between the breeze and the moisture in the air, it fills much cooler than the temperature says it should feel.. The forecast for today is for rain and a high of 74°. Not an…
Thursday, December 28th Happy birthday Breanna! These year end winter days continue... This morning when I woke up the temperature outside was 48°. And as the sun comes up, the skies are clear. Today is my oldest daughter's birthday. I can still remember the awe I felt when she was…
Friday January 27th Another frosty morning towards the end of January. The temperature this morning is in the upper thirties, but it'll be going up into the '60s by afternoon. This is only the second morning this winter that I can recall frost on the grass. Earlier this week I…
Chee... I got a little busy this morning and forgot to post this. Not that I had a lot to say. Spent most of the day reading. Doing chores. Just another Tuesday in paradise... oops I mean Texas. The day started out at 39°, it's now 75°. That's a bit…
Winter has decided to move back north and let some spring in the air... The temperature this morning is 56°. It should be 70° on the back porch by the afternoon. That's pretty much what the rest of the week is going to look like, at least according to the…
It's frosty out this morning. A cool 28°. A beautiful cloudless winter morning. The yard is probably the brownest I can recall seeing in a couple of decades. I can't recall this many consecutive days of below freezing weather. It's funny how I haven't felt the need to sit out…
Working on our third day of rolling blackouts. I don't think they figured out how to make the blackouts roll though. We've had two periods of power each 30 minutes long one on Monday, one on Wednesday. The tough part right now is that you can't buy gas get by…
It's still 23° outside. The low tonight is supposed to be 12°. Our electricity has been out all day. We don't expect it to be back on anytime soon. Guess I'll have to throw another log on the fire and hope it keeps us above freezing. Stay warm everyone.
It's 18° outside, a wintry mix off and on overnight. And that's what it looks like out the front window by the door. The power went off about 2:30. About 6:00 it came on again, for about 45 minutes. It's off again now. The state electricity board has us on…
It's 36° and chilly with a wind chill in the mid twenties. The countdown is on for the coming winter storm. Everyday that goes by, the forecast below for Monday night drops a little lower. As of right now it's set at 13°. Now that is very, very cold for…
Baby it's cold outside... 37° at 7:30 a.m., there's a steady wind blowing, and a lot of moisture in the air. All day yesterday, where the forecast called for rising temperatures, that kept falling. Forecasted low last night was only 40°. It's below that now. The forecast says it's going…
Today it's raining. The temperature is in the sixties. We will bounce around with highs in the sixties till Wednesday then it'll be highs in the fifties for awhile. For a change it will be seasonally cold to start on Christmas day. The forecast is even calling for strong north…
I love weekends. Before covid, I slept in most days... even through the summer I didn't have to get up early. Now that school has started, and virtual school does keep a school schedule, I'm up before the sun five days a week. So... I love weekends... again. I doubt…
AUSTIN - Burst water pipes at two coal-fired power plants forced them to shut down, triggering rolling power cuts across the state, the lieutenant governor said Wednesday.Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said this is something that "should not happen." via Broken water pipes at power plants cited in outages | Facebook |…
Yesterday we welcomed the latest addition to our family. Abigail Nicole... Abigail Nicole was born at 11:10 am on February 1, 2011. Both Mother and Daughter are doing well and will be coming home by the end of the week. I took Grandson #2 up to the hospital in the…
This week the news coming in from most of the country...At least the areas I follow...Have been about cold temperatures and snow. Around here the temps have been cold (a least for this area) and the skies have been really very dreary...Overcast, gray, dead of winter day followed by another and another.…
The first day of winter felt like anything but. Houston set records both for high temperature, with the mercury topping out at 82 degrees, and a high minimum, with Tuesday's low falling to a mere 68 degrees. The previous records were 81 degrees, set in 1970, and 67 degrees, set…
