HtownWxBoy Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 So how great is this weather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I agree - definitely patio+margarita time after work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wernicke Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Decided to quit studying much to early to go swimming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 <---just finished working on my sunburn on the back patio.flipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 It was so nice yesterday that I actually went to the zoo all by myself. I have a seven year old daughter, so I get plenty of zoo time with her, but yesterday after breakfast I had a powerful urge to sit outside and read "His Dark Materials". I drove around thinking about places to sit and ended up reading a while in Hermann park. Then I started wondering what the orangutans were doing on such a nice day. Turns out the little one was making a bed out of the sports section of the Chronicle, then throwing it all over the place, then collecting it and repeating the whole process. Even little orangs have really good arms for unfolding newspapers. I sat on the bench across from the orangs for a long time, reading and enjoying the sounds of humans. It's a little shocking to see so many people enjoying our zoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 ...It's a little shocking to see so many people enjoying our zoo...NEVER go on weekend, especially with weather we've been having lately. I tried once, but... the parking lot was... dare I say... a zoo. Took a long lunch during the week, like on a Wednesday, it was heaven. No waiting. No parking lot madness. ...and the goats in the petting zoo loved me. Although... I've noticed that the goats are so indifferent. They've been pet too much. They just don't seem to care anymore - and there is no way out for them. =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 NEVER go on weekend, especially with weather we've been having lately. I tried once, but... the parking lot was... dare I say... a zoo.It's all about timing and positive alignment of your luck particles. It doesn't get really packed until church lets out. I drove over around 11:30 expecting to use one of the museum pay lots, but just happened to swing by an empty space in the zoological gardens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahiki Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 NEVER go on weekend, especially with weather we've been having lately. I tried once, but... the parking lot was... dare I say... a zoo. Took a long lunch during the week, like on a Wednesday, it was heaven. No waiting. No parking lot madness. ...and the goats in the petting zoo loved me. Although... I've noticed that the goats are so indifferent. They've been pet too much. They just don't seem to care anymore - and there is no way out for them. =(Arrive before 10:30 a.m on a weekend and you're okay. They open at 9:00 and the animals are still a little frisky in the a.m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 It was so nice yesterday that I actually went to the zoo all by myself. I have a seven year old daughter, so I get plenty of zoo time with her, but yesterday after breakfast I had a powerful urge to sit outside and read "His Dark Materials". I drove around thinking about places to sit and ended up reading a while in Hermann park. Then I started wondering what the orangutans were doing on such a nice day. Turns out the little one was making a bed out of the sports section of the Chronicle, then throwing it all over the place, then collecting it and repeating the whole process. Even little orangs have really good arms for unfolding newspapers. I sat on the bench across from the orangs for a long time, reading and enjoying the sounds of humans. It's a little shocking to see so many people enjoying our zoo. OMG I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE LITTLE ONE!! Is that not the cutest animal in the whole zoo!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 It's too cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I love this weather. I even dare sleep with the bedroom window open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDeb Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Is that not the cutest animal in the whole zoo!!! I'm partial to the baby giraffe, myself. I like Doc, the large orangutan. He has an "elder statesman" air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Last night we sat out on the balcony in blankets/hot cocoa just watching the palm trees sway in the light gentle breeze and the stars glittering above. Houston is another world up above I tell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I love this weather. I even dare sleep with the bedroom window open.I fully intend to crawl in and antagonize you with off key singing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Well, we're possibly going to have some rain this weekend. We probably need it. However, we are very lucky, indeed. By comparison, here's the late April forecast for Cleveland: Monday Night : mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. A chance of snow showers after midnight. Much cooler with lows in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Tuesday : mostly cloudy. A chance of rain or snow showers in the morning. Cooler with highs in the lower 40s . Chance of precipitation 50 percent . I think it's good time to email some pics of the butterflies in my backyard to all my relatives up there . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottonmather0 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Wife and I installed a cheap ($99) "gazebo" (more like a fancy canopy) from Target over our patio last week and strung the inside with Christmas lights. I dare say it's one of the best $99 home improvement projects we ever made - a beautiful comfortable place to sit outside and a great place to put our one year old now that he's into "feeding" himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Just replying to be silly. See the topic title...Well...It's not so nice out! Melting, melting...melting "What a world, what a world"...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Thinking back to this winter, I'll take this over that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Just replying to be silly. See the topic title...Well...It's not so nice out! Melting, melting...melting "What a world, what a world"...... Get a pool. It will have a dramatic effect on your opinion of hot weather. I was out at lunch today and kept thinking how great the weather was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Well, we're possibly going to have some rain this weekend. We probably need it. However, we are very lucky, indeed. By comparison, here's the late April forecast for Cleveland: Monday Night : mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. A chance of snow showers after midnight. Much cooler with lows in the mid 30s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Tuesday : mostly cloudy. A chance of rain or snow showers in the morning. Cooler with highs in the lower 40s . Chance of precipitation 50 percent . I think it's good time to email some pics of the butterflies in my backyard to all my relatives up there . I'd take a 40 degree night. I would rather sleep with a blanket than under a/c any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Get a pool. It will have a dramatic effect on your opinion of hot weather. I was out at lunch today and kept thinking how great the weather was. or, find a neighbor with a pool. You're lucky I don't live in your hood, Meme. There is a perfectly wonderful, upkept pool not a half block from me, and the house is apparently unoccupied. It just sucks to walk past, all hot and sweaty, and look at that pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 So far 2 of our new gardenias have dried up and died. From this point on no more buying plants. Our heat is just tooooo much. I am not running up my water bill just for garden beauty, screw it. Time for a rain dance! Break out the tambourines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 So far 2 of our new gardenias have dried up and died. From this point on no more buying plants. Our heat is just tooooo much. I am not running up my water bill just for garden beauty, screw it.Time for a rain dance! Break out the tambourines! So have a lot of the plants & flowers at Lowes. That red & white tent place has 1/2 off sale, already. Remember last year, wouldn't stop raining. I need an inground sprinkler. I'm tired of watering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 So have a lot of the plants & flowers at Lowes. That red & white tent place has 1/2 off sale, already. Remember last year, wouldn't stop raining. I need an inground sprinkler. I'm tired of watering. The other day I was in Walmart. I entered through the garden area and there were row after row of dead or dying plants, many of them. What really irked me was to see the clerk just slouched on her chair facing them and not doing a thing to help them. Not one water hose in sight. The plants were actually dried and beyond, well. Imagine the cost of this mess. You know its bad when the yard starts to show cracks from the heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 The other day I was in Walmart. I entered through the garden area and there were row after row of dead or dying plants, many of them. What really irked me was to see the clerk just slouched on her chair facing them and not doing a thing to help them. Not one water hose in sight. The plants were actually dried and beyond, well. Imagine the cost of this mess. You know its bad when the yard starts to show cracks from the heat. And with that post, Vertigo58 is the first winner of the HAIF Summer Post Card Contest! Your prize: A post card of the Sundown Motel on "U.S. Hiway 67 West" in Mount Pleasant. As it says on the back: Don't Drive at Night Stop at SUndown SUNDOWN MOTEL Mt. Pleasant, Texas "Hub of Northeast Texas" Foam rubber mattresses - Philco air condi- tioning and Safe circulating heat in each unit Congrats. Just PM me your mailing address and I'll get your prize out to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 And with that post, Vertigo58 is the first winner of the HAIF Summer Post Card Contest! I much rather have an all expense paid trip to the infamous Blue Top Motel on Telephone Road! Gets rave reviews they say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Has anyone else noticed how low the humidity has been since it's gotten warmer? It's so nice, I'm lovin it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeats Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 The humidity has been freakishly low. My hair doesn't know quite what to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 (edited) Yes, I've noticed the low humidity as well. My hair is always a good indication before I even step outside. If it's very humid it takes forever to blow dry. Edited June 19, 2008 by KimberlySayWhat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 It's humid as all get out at 7:00AM. Are you people serious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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