Mid seventies to start the day. But, mid afternoon will be pushing 100º. Just like yesterday. Yesterday's muse didn't happen because of an early morning appointment to see my Doctor. I get to drive back over at mid day for an ultrasound. It's quiet out here on the back porch.…
The distant rumble of thunder greets me as I sit on the back porch. It's the first quiet morning in September. The grandkids are in school. The wife and daughter are at work. Even the temperature is down a bit... Hurricane Dorian has turned into a real bastard for the…
I see the postal service is busy today delivering Amazon packages. And thanks to the Texas Legislature, anyone who hijacks those packages off of front porches will, as of yesterday, be committing a felony. The changing of the calendar has yet to mark a change in the weather. It's still…
Another below 80º morning. I hate to jinx it, but it almost feels like fall... there's some heavy sarcasm hiding in plane sight right there. We've reached that part of the year when the house is aligned with the rising sun. So the sun is in my eyes of a…
It feels cooler today. Plus, the humidity isn't as high. The day is starting out promising. A slight overcast shades the morning sun. It's also very quiet. Almost as if the day is holding it's breath... waiting... anticipating... musing. I find myself meandering thru my memories of family as I…
The sun is just breaking the horizon, dewdrops are sparkling on the grass. The prognosticators are foretelling of a change coming. Dry air filtering in the weekend. It won't change the temperatures much, but, it will sure feel better. They are also foretelling that Dorian will be off the coast…
The humidity is so high this morning that I could wash the windows without cleaner or water. That doesn't make for a pleasant muse. I'm sitting out here listening to the birds and the traffic on the bypass. It's amazing how well the sound travels through moisture filled air. My…
And the heat is back.. Yesterday morning was as a fluke. By evening the heat and humidity had returned. Trying to sit and enjoy my coffee isn't working. So the muse is over... heading in.
I slept in... it seems to be the story of my weekends. It's overcast this morning. After the rain yesterday afternoon, this has promises of rapid grass growth. The bread I've been tossing out into the yard has placed my yard on the morning scavenging route of the neighborhood crows.…
More showers on the horizon, more humidity in the air... It's a no muse Friday.
Another mid summer's morning, warm and humid. The birds are singing happily. Towering over everything is a thunder cloud. A massive tower of white water vapor covering over a quarter of the sky. Drifting ever so slowly north. It's uncommonly quiet out this morning. I'm not hearing the traffic sounds…
A light fog is spreading as I sit here. The view shown in the image about is already hazier than 5 minutes ago when I shot it. There is a single crow announcing itself to the world off to the east. To the south a cow pronounces It's displeasure. And…
Just another hot and humid morning on the back porch. Mostly blue skies again at the start of the day. Though clouds are already showing off to the east and southeast. The thermometer was telling me it's a bit cooler this morning. Though 78º isn't really cool at all. I…
Just another hot and humid morning on the front porch. There's a dog barking his displeasure with the day somewhere close. Sometime soon this weather will break. Though I hate to think what might follow. The heat is warming the gulf as much as it is us. Once the weather…
Hot and humid. Not a cloud in the sky except way off over the bay. It's weekend quiet, lite traffic on the bypass. Some birdsong from the trees around the yard. No breeze. Already, it's warm enough to drive me back inside... except this is the weekend and the peace…
Out before the sun this morning. Off in the distance the thump, thump of tires on expansion joints let's me know that the world still turns. The temperature hasn't moderated one bit. A low of 78º each morning doesn't make for a pleasant muse. But, then again, it is mid…
The thunderstorms last evening left the morning just a bit cooler... and quite a bit louder. The city is cleaning up a downed oak limb that was across the road. High winds, high temperatures and a little rain a recipe for limbs to fall. Today is the first day of…
On the back porch this morning. The day is starting out hazy... humid... quiet. The haze doesn't last much past the sun breaking the horizon. Sitting back here, you don't here the local traffic, just the dull roar from the bypass. Driving the bypass the past few weeks, I'm amazed…
It's another warm start to a mid summer's day. The thermometer in the bathroom had an outdoor temperature reading of 78º before I stepped out. Though, sitting in front of the floor fan, it isn't as warm as it has been. Watching the garbage pickup crew go by was interesting,..…
On the front porch to start the day... and the week. There's a lot of Monday morning traffic moving by... strangely, most of it's moving out into the county, not in to town. The shrubbery at the east end of the porch provides almost full shade now as the sun…
Another warm and humid, dog day of summer. A day I wouldn't consign a dog to being outside. Miserable days and nights to be outside... though, I recall a summer in the late seventies or very early eighties where the actual temperature was above 105º for day after day after…
Another hot and humid start to a summer day. This is why high summer is my least favorite season of the year. Even though the world is green and full of life, it's just not enjoyable trying to get out and enjoy it. No breeze moves thru the moisture laden…
The dog days of summer are dragging... and dragging me down. It's the bottom of the seventh hour and already 80º out here on the back porch. And the air is so thick you can see it. It's days like this that leave me wishing I was in my mountains.…
It's already too hot to enjoy even a cup of coffee on the back porch... so here's the view and I'm heading inside.
The humidity is so thick this morning you can see it in the air. It's more of a haziness than actual fog though. Traffic is moving loudly on the bypass. Thinderclouds are growing over the bay. A train is announcing It's crossing down the tracks. The sun is clearing the…
Diamonds sparkle on the grass as the sun clears a cloud... then fade to dewdrops as the cloud reclaims the sun. My crazy kumquat tree is covered with big green fruit again. By the time they ripen they are inedible to me. Way to sour, not enough sweet to balance.…
Dew glistens on the ground. There's a box fan in the window trying to pull in the cool morning air before the sun warms it. Clouds to the east, clouds to the south... blue sky over my head. I wonder what today's weather will be like? It's going to be…
On the front porch on this Sunday morning. The doves are calling quite loudly out here. It's warm and sticky today. Time to fire up the floor fan and move some air. It's not the time of the year to not have some type of air conditioning. Yesterday afternoon late…
I've been watching the traffic in town go from bad to worse in the last couple of weeks. Do you think it's a coincidence that all of the local governments are asking their constituents to comment positively about continuing the grand parkway funding as the lights go out of sequence…
Another quiet morning on the back porch. Still, damp... dew on the ground. Even the birds are mostly quiet. The coffee was still dripping when I came out... so I'm still coffee free. It's making the muse run slow today. Looking around the yard this morning, I am reminded of…
