R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT – SEPTEMBER 2025
August was an usually busy month. I suspect the hot summer weather kept many of us in with out stamps. We have been spoiled with a much milder summer than normal although we did have [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS & THAT AUGUST 2025
As I reread last year’s August newsletter I note my comments about our weather last year are almost identical to what I will say this year. We continue to have milder weather than in past [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT JULY 2025
Summer weather arrived here the last week of June - before that we had more traditional spring weather than I have seen since we moved to Texas. Lots of 70-mid 80 degree days and way [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS & THAT JUNE 2025
April and may have been the highest selling two months for us during the past two years - Normally these are relatively slow selling months. I give up on trying to predict sales. We have [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS & THAT MAY 2025
April weather here was more summer like than spring weather. We had temperatures in the 80's and 90's through out the month. We were fortunate in not getting hit by the strong storms that much [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS & THAT APRIL 2025
It seems like every year we have been here in Texas spring/summer comes earlier. The entire month of March stayed above freezing and temperatures the last two weeks of March have been in the 70's [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT MARCH 2025
We have not had any freezing weather since the middle of February. Today it hit 82 degrees. My indoor plantings are almost ready to put outside and I am ready to be outside a bit [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT FEBRUARY
Our part of the country has had acceptable weather all year - with the exception of January and early February. We have had miserable weather again during mid-winter. I know I should not complain as [...]
R SCHNEIDERS THIS AND THAT JANUARY
We had a really nice holiday season this year. I played a lot of bridge and ate a lot of good food! Again in 2025 December was our best sales month. Traditionally December is our [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT DECEMBER 2024
It seems at this time every year I remark on how quickly the year has passed. This year is no exception. We thank you all for another very good business year for us. You have [...]
R SCHNEIDERS’T THIS AND THAT NOVEMBER 2024
October was a warm month here - highs were in high 80's to high 90's until the last ten days when we got a week of more fall like temperatures. My gardening has ended for [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS & THAT OCTOBER 2024
September was a pretty nice month - temperatures stayed mostly in the 80's and 90's. We had a heavy rain a couple days ago - very welcomed - but we had a bolt of lightning [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT – SEPTEMBER 2024
August brought is the first really hot weather of the year - almost every day temperatures exceeded 100 degrees. (It was bound to catch us). My garden is done for the year. I’m just keeping [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT – AUGUST
Our relatively mild weather this continues. We have had a dozen days this year of 100 degree weather but they have been spread apart and in the low 100's - We usually have 20-25 days [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT – JULY
After nearly 20 years of using the same computer I finally had no buy a new one. Prior to my last computer I never had a computer last more than a couple of years so [...]