Weather Still Very Good

 Our northers continue to be mild and temps continue to run above average, but rain chances continue to be very low. We sure do need rain. 

It Sure Is Nice Weather

 At this time of year a warm and sunny day is a thing to savor. 

And I'm savoring this one. 

Back To The Warm

 Temps way above average again, and rain chances by mid-week but today we might "enjoy" the first duster of 2026. Spring this year might be defined by choking dust if we don't start getting the rain. I did not watch the game. It was a cable thing and I don't do cable. Cable is money down the toilet. Free TV via antenna or nothing at all. Besides, tech lost, going scoreless. But they had a good year. So mild this morning, I had coffee on the patio at 05:30 and I was comfortable in a t-shirt and sweat pants. I was rewarded with a UAP! Two very bright white lights with a rather narrow angular separation, moving in unison and blinking in unison, moving a surprising distance between blinks, east to west, until they vanished over the house. No sound. Perfectly silent. They appeared rather suddenly at about forty degrees above the horizon in the east. What a fine way to start the day! Something uncanny right out of the box!

Plus, I think there is a high probability that the orange god will be history before the end of this year. Yes, I think he will fall victim to his many bad habits-- cumulative damage to brain and body. 

Happy Nude Year!

 Or whatever else turns you on. FIreworks were few last night, and far away. ACA premiums will skyrocket and that will hit a lot of the maga crowd hard but as far as those hopeless and depraved goofballs are concerned, trump could have them watch as he rapes and murders their preteen daughters, and they would still cheer and praise his unholy name. Talk about trash. It does not get much fouler than that. Unless you are talking about evangelical magas. Those rank substantially lower. Apart from that, it's big football time in Lubbock as the Red Raiders play a big game today in the Orange Bowl. I might actually watch, provided I can pick it up without having to have cable. I doubt that I would watch all of it because I have better things to do, but I can at least get a sense of which way the scoring might go. As to the outcome, I am indifferent. Nice weather! More record warmth. Maybe we can get some significant rain by the middle of this month. I'm so glad all that holiday stuff is OVER! Back to normal. I hope. 

Our Mildly Wintery Spell

 It's over. Now wait for the next one. I hate this time of year for many reasons. Winter is one of those reasons. I've never been able to understand celebrating a new year. Never. What the hell is that nonsense all about? It's all quite stupid, like many things people do, that mystify me just as much as celebrating a new year. 

A Little Winter

 No snow, not all that cold, some wind, some sun, and then it will be gone, gone by noon tomorrow. 

No snow, no ice. That's good. But no rain. That's not good. When will it rain again?

WARM Christmas!

 It broke the record for the date, as well as for the entire month. That's something. Warm today but a taste of winter is what we will have, Sunday and Monday and maybe Tuesday morning. No ice, no snow, no rain, no sleet, no freezing rain. No to all of that. But moderately cold. For a few days. We had perceptible humidity this morning, and some morning fog a few days ago and even some heavy dew. Otherwise, very dry, still. I trust that someday it will rain. 

I will be very happy to have this holiday season in my rearview mirror, again. Just the New Year's eve nonsense, and then a return to normal. And I do mean nonsense. And I do mean normal. 

Extraordinary Warmth

 We will remain more than ordinarily warm right into the new year. A slight cooling this weekend, Sunday and then Monday and then temps climb again. 

Still Very Warm

 Yesterday we topped the highest temperature ever recorded in December here. And that record might fall again on Christmas Day. Of course, evenings and mornings are still cool, but our high temperatures are way above normal for the season. And no rain in sight. It's looks like this pattern will hold right into 2026. I guess I don't mind the record highs. Better by far than the brutal cold we usually have. 

I'm ready to be done with Christmas AND New Year stuff. 

Springtime In December!

 This week, one record high temp after another. A sweaty Christmas is a real possibility. I found a Christmas special Saturday that I really enjoyed, and it was on local 48.1, ME TV. That was just what I needed. I'm a bit tired of the usual things. I've had the standard Christmas fare up to my hair, so to speak. Year after year after year. It does become tiresome. It does the body good, to lighten up and have a laugh. 

It's Starting To Look Not A Lot Like Christmas

 And that's OK with me. I do see signs of Christmas though, in the form of careless drivers, speeders, red light and stop sign runners, distracted drivers, and so forth. Road rage here and there. I'm avoiding most of this seasonal stuff to the extent I can. What makes it look not a lot like Christmas are the record high temps. I want rain for Christmas. But I'm more likely to get a face full of blowing dirt. 

Record Highs

 We have a string of record highs coming up. Tomorrow will be the first in that series. We might have a record high for Christmas. The usual pattern of bone-chilling cold just before or just after Christmas might be off the table this year. It has been a strange year in many ways. 2026 will be even stranger. I'm sure of that. 

Windy

 A dust storm for Christmas would not surprise me at all.