R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT MAY
AUCTION RESULTS I watch auction results in both European and US auctions closely - looking for new material and assessing market trends. (I must admit that I ignore auction results for the US area as [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT APRIL
We have experienced another early spring here in northern Texas this year. I moved my garden plants outside in the middle of March and the garden is thriving! I moved back to Texas 8 years [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT MARCH
It seems like Spring arrives in north Texas a little earlier every year. In the last two weeks of February temperatures were in the 70's and 80's with a high of 88. The forecasts for [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS & THAT – FEBRUARY 2026
Our part of the country has had a very mild winter until the last week of January. - we caught the country wide winter storm that gave is a covering of ice and snow mix [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT – JANUARY 2026
Again in 2025 December was our best sales month. Traditionally December is our slowest month and we get a lot of projects done. .The last three years have been major exceptions. I think the unusually [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT DECEMBER 2025
Our first winter like day occurred 30 November with a high of 40 degrees and a low of 28 but not quite cold enough to kill most of our summer plants. That may come in [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT – NOVEMBER 2025
This issue is aimed at our customers who don’t use the internet to buy stamps. Several years ago we switched our emphasis to selling on our web site and accordingly expend most of our efforts [...]
R SCHNEIDER’S THIS AND THAT OCTOBER
This has been one year of close to perfect weather for those who are adapted to our warmer climate. We had only 3 or 4 days with temperatures reaching a 100. Almost every day has [...]
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 [...]