Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Chilly Windy Nature Communing At Sikes Lake


On this second Tuesday of the 2026 version of February, it was back to Sikes Lake I ventured for some nature communing and endorphin acquisition. 

In the photo documentation we are on the rocky east shore of Sikes Lake, looking southwest.

It was last Wednesday when I was last at Sikes Lake, still with some snow on the ground. On that day the air was dead calm, no wind, turning the lake into a giant mirror.

Today the temperature was in the 60s, as measured by the Fahrenheit method, with a chilling wind blowing. I should have been in sweat pants, not shorts, and something long-sleeved, not a short-sleeved t-shirt.

The three days previous to today the temperature has heated into the 80s. Such will not be happening today. Today's prediction is for the high to be in the low 60s.

Despite today's chillI have not yet felt the need to activate my interior space heating system.

I do not remember there being previous winters in Texas where I switched my interior climate control to air-conditioning cooling mode. But, such has been the case the past couple days...

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