The temperature is already pushing 80 degrees. It's almost humid enough to require another shower after having one just before I walked out. There's no breeze moving thru the trees. Already more rainstorms are on the radar than yesterday... and the prognosticators have lowered the chance of rain for today.…
Even before walking out I could tell the morning was going to be sticky. Every window looking out was covered in condensation. Combined with the brightness of the day, the world seemed to be glowing. While the temperature isn't any higher than normal, my wife being home and standing in…
The sky looks ominous this morning. Much worse than it actually is. The radar shows little rain falling around the area from the remnants of Hurricane Hannah who went ashore last evening in far south Texas. Yesterday's drive into central Texas was made interesting by the bands of rain that…
The air has movement this morning. Not a lot, the leaves are swaying, the clouds rush across the patch of blue above my head. Evidently, Hannah, our latest tropical storm, is already announcing her presence. She's a bit over 230 miles southeast of here and moving our way. Some wind…
Out early on the back porch. There are enough thunder clouds to the east to make the sun work at shining down on the wet earth. Dew glistens all around me. Condensation runs down the windows. There is a smell of wet moldy earth in the heavy air. Somewhere around…
Overcast. That's what the day is starting with. And, if the prognoticaters are correct the next ten days will be much the same. Last evening this phone was at 39% charged the last time I looked at it. When I went into the office to grab it off the charger,…
Having a go on the back porch this morning. With an almost cloudless sky and a very bright sun, I won't be out here very long. It's Sunday quiet this morning. No other day of the week has the same ambiance... no traffic sounds from the bypass, no vehicles passing…
Another almost cool morning on the front porch. Also, another showery start to the day. This time the storms are coming up from the south. As you can see, again we are dead in the sights of one of the showers. The prognosticators are foretelling of this pattern of showers…
As I sit on the front porch this morning, thunderstorms are moving in from the east. When I walked out I thought it was overcast by the look of the light. It turned out to be just the eastern quarter of the sky. In the few minutes I've been watching,…
I thought I'd try the back porch again since I beat the sun up. The sky's a bit hazy... but that just matches the air across the neighbor's yard. High humidity this morning and everything feels damp. With the temperature at 75 degrees the ceiling fans feel almost chilly. As…
Happy pandemic tax day. The IRS pulled what I owed out of my bank account on Monday just like I set it up months ago. As you can see, once again I'm sitting on the front porch. And surprisingly, the humidity is a bit lower and the temperature is still…
I'm liking the shady front porch more and more as the summer progresses. And, the cooler morning temperature is even cooler feeling in all the shade. The squirrels are going to town on the mimosa beans once again. Their steady munching a background sound different from most others. Their seem…
I decided to return to the front porch this brite and sunny morning. With the temperature already above 80, the shady environs are much more conducive to a pleasant muse. And if anything is required in these times, it's starting the week of pleasantly. The mimosa's beanpods are ripening and…
What a pleasure this morning is. The sky is overcast and the temperature is in the upper 70's. Veritable springlike weather this time of year. But, the prognosticators aren't going to let me enjoy it completely... there is still a heat advisory for late morning into early evening. Sunday morning…
Another of those sticky mornings. Air heavy enough to see across the way. But, I won't complain... it's still green out. It's always a bit quieter out here on the back porch. No traffic sounds, the birds are a little more removed. Not as much tree canopy right above your…
The air doesn't have that sticky feel this morning. It's already hit the mid-80's, but a breeze keeps blowing the worst of the heat away. Everytime I notice a slow pattern in the traffic passing in front of my place, a speeding vehicle passes that blows my observation out of…
It's just as warm this morning as it was yesterday, but, for some reason it doesn't feel as warm. Even the birds are more active today. There's a flock of cattle egrets circling in for a landing in the freshly mown yard across from the end of the drive. A…
Another 80 degrees plus start to the day. And the forecasted chance of rain is down to 20%. Though rain clouds are moving in from the gulf, and radar shows some small showers down south of us. Mainly it's the high humidity that is making this feel so ... Texas.…
It's already above 80 this morning. Though, the forecast calls for today to be cooler than yesterday. It's also fairly cloudy with a 40% chance of rain for the day. Radar is already showing scattered showers out and about in SE Texas. Already this morning, dump trucks are hauling their…
A bright sun and a cloudless sky greet me this morning on the back porch. The temperature has yet to pass 80 but it's headed well north of that today. Yesterday, when she went to water some sunflowers she planted, my daughter picked up her watering can from a chair…
There is dew on the car windows. And a smell of wet, almost rotting, grass on the morning air. The traffic is very light, but that's to be expected. Birds are calling, cheeping, whistling, and cooing as they tend to do. Squirrels are scampering in the upper reaches of the…
I'm back on the back porch. And, once again, their's barely a breath of a breeze. There is also a haziness to the mostly clear sky... probably the Saharan dust they keep talking about. But, all in all, it's a normal warm summer morning. Cicadas humming, cardinals singing, traffic on…
On this front porch morning, a breeze is making the limbs sway... at least a bit. Birds sing and chirp and coo. Vehicles go up and down the road in a more or less leisurely fashion. The crepe myrtle is in as full a bloom as it gets. The mimosa…
It's overcast today, with just the slightest breeze causing a leaf to quiver here and there. A mockingbird was serenading me as I sat down... it's a song I've missed this year. Yesterday was a tough, long day. My mother-in-law, Sharon Moore, after a long fight with illness passed away…
We're coming up on the final days of June and the overnight lows are hanging in the 80's. It's part of what I've always disliked about the place I've always lived. I've never been a summer person. But, then again, I've never hated it enough to leave. When this time…
Let's just come to an agreement right here, right now, that unless I comment to the contrary, it's just hot and humid. It's summer south of Houston, Texas after all. At least, there's a decent breeze making the wind chimes sing. That's also keeping our new crop of mosquitoes off…
I've been out on the front porch for almost an hour now reading and listening... to both birds and YouTube videos. Between "everything is broken", questions about Confederate statues from Virginia, and a double celebration of the armadillo it's been a morning. Throw in some Dylan covers and a Jerry…
Warm and Humid. Before walking out this morning I could tell by the condensation on the windows it would be oppressive. I was right. The temperature was already 80º and it feels like 96º with a relative humidity of 86%. The cool front that was just north of Houston all…
Thunder rumbles and lite rain pitter patters. My last couple of hours in bed weren't very restful. The thunderstorms the prognosticators promised in their foretelling yesterday moved over my house. At least, this time, the rainfall amount wasn't oppressive. Other than the patter of the falling rain, I'm hearing a…
After the coolness of yesterday afternoon, today's return to warm and muggy leaves me wanting. Even the birds aren't singing much this morning. Only the cicadas are in song. The few clouds I can see are high and wispy, not the thunder bloomers of yesterday. There were times yesterday when…
