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Texas WeatherWhen someone starts talking about Texas weather, the first thing you must do is find out what part of the state he is representing. Now, that's has nothing to do with 'bragging rights' or the like. You can find just about any kind of weather within the State of Texas. Just depends on where one is standing.
Living in the Fort Worth-Dallas area we are, at present, enjoying some cool weather for a change. Well, that actually depends on whether you consider 91 or 92 daytime temperature 'cool'. For us is surely is. Actually, we consider that temperature "tolerable"! I've heard or read of various ways to describe weather in different parts of the country. But, the best description that I've heard doesn't have that much to do with the actual temperature since the level of humidity plays a very large part on the 'comfort zone' of people. And that description simply describes the weather as either "tolerable" or "intolerable". It kind of describes whether you move from air conditioned space to air conditioned space, or heated space to . . . . well, you get the point.
As I age my "comfort zone" has changed from, say, when I was teenager or in my twenties. I could work/play out in the high heat/humidity and never really give it much thought. But, the older I get the less tolerant I am. I don't know, maybe it's just because I know I don't have to work in it any longer. I can remember all too well travelling around in a company car, or an airplane with air conditioning, but when I got up from my seat, my backside would be wringing wet with sweat!
Anyway, my favorite place to be in the summer (without leaving Texas, that is) would have to be out in the Davis Mountains near Big Bend National park. It is such a beautiful area, and high enough in the mountains that it never really gets uncomfortible. That's in the summer. Now, in the winter, where you don't want to be is up in the panhandle area. That's the only place that I've ever been where my windshield washer solution (full strength) froze solid.
Enjoy, for what it's worth.
L e e Living Well, Living Long
Well, here I am posting in my blog again. I don’t know how much, or for how long, but I’m going to leave that door open for those times that I have a surge in energy. (LOL) Anyway, I had a little accident a couple of weeks ago, and bruised or cracked several ribs. Doc said there was nothing they could do but give me a Rx for some pain pills. I took one on the day it happened, one-half of one the next day, and have just been taking aspirin ever since. I find the aspirin is more effective, and I don’t have to walk around ‘spaced out’! So, there I was. . . . up on a step ladder, using a broom to try to knock some of the pine needles off the roof of my one-story house. Needless to say, I reached too far and the ladder went out from underneath me. On the way down, it’s amazing how fast things cross your mind. The first was that there was nothing to grab hold of to break my fall. The second thing that crossed my mind was “Oh, s-hucks, this ain’t gonna be good! (Or maybe there were some other words that I used – can’t remember.) In any case, gravity had challenged me, and I lost! Maybe things like these happen just to refresh our memories that when we do stupid things, HE is willing to give us another chance to count our blessings. That is, once we get past the indignity of doing something stupid, and have had a chance to regain our composure! (LOL) So, yep, getting older is the only way to live a long life! It helps to stay off ladders, too. Cheers, my friends. L e e |
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