Dry As A Dead Dingo’s Donger
Last night’s view near twilight was a sight to behold. I could hear Eddie Rabbit rise from the dead, singing, “Well, I love a rainy night, it’s such a beautiful sight…” Of course, folks around here...
View ArticleReady For Winter
Another triple digit day, week, and month here in the Lone Star State with zero precipitation and not a chance of rain as far as the eye can see. I can’t wait until the temps drop down to 95 and we...
View ArticleFrosty Days In The Texas Hill Country
Hooray! For the first time since May, the temperature got below 90 degrees! It was in the SIXTIES this morning. I’m wearing a 3/4 length sleeve! Who knew putting on more clothes could be so liberating?...
View ArticleSundown, You Better Take Care
Last night’s sunset was beautiful. As ever, I don’t add filters or alter my image colors in any way. This is an accurate depiction of an elusive post-rain Saturday night.
View ArticleSecrets Of A Parson, Part II
Never catch a sister unawares: the first ministerial lesson to be learned. Perhaps most brothers were at office jobs while Dr. Briggs made his daily round of pastoral visits to (mostly female)...
View ArticleRain On The Grapevine
After years of drought, devastating fires, and sad, dried-up rivers, causing waterfront restaurants and party barges to fold–and with it, an entire lake culture–Texas is finally getting some precip...
View ArticleO Rain, Where Hast Thou Gone?
TX A&M 1990 As per the usual, the dog days of summer in Texas mean the very dry dog. As of today, we have gone 46 consecutive days without any measurable rainfall. Yards are yellow, trees are...
View ArticleNelson County Sour Mash
Time-Life, This Fabulous Century 1930-1940 Shown above are just a handful of the one million flood victims needing relief from the devastating floods of 1937.
View ArticleBut That Train Keeps A-Rollin’
from “Hometown USA” Well-dressed workers flank a locomotive in the Illinois Central Railyard of Paducah, Kentucky, during the flood of 1913. I imagine the water was a tad unclean.
View ArticleNope
My aunt’s stepson visited Iceland recently and snapped this great shot. While his crew was gearing up to hike a glacier, a six-year-old local girl was pushing her baby doll through the frozen tundra....
View ArticleThe Iceman Cometh
1949 Is ice what you really want when you’re up to your ankles in it?
View ArticleOur Trees Think It’s Spring
Little buds are sprouting due to warm weather, despite the fact that we haven’t seen measurable rainfall since Thanksgiving. Cooler weather is coming next week, but I doubt it will stop these buds...
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