North Balti Zen

I'm gonna propose that people discussing potential 10 day threats do NOT have to EVERY TIME end their post with attempts to lower expectations. We get it, it's past 10 days. No one is expecting anything verbatim. Does not need disclaimer each time. I so move. Do I hear a second?

SIGH

Just sublime word salad from them.

If that’s liking that period I would hate to see hating it.

Real tale of two worlds. Wish what was there was here...

If I didn’t have some absolute musts at work on Friday that I have to be here for I would load the dogs in the car and make for southern Minnesota for midweek.

Aye - red bellied. We have regulars at the feeder of that crew. Also, downy and hairy woodpeckers. Those three most common. The arrival of the red headed one is new and thrilling.

took me 4 damn days to figure it out. He/she is absolutely gorgeous. No mistaking it now that I have it. I actually yelled in excitement when I nailed the ID finally. This must how you slip into this hobby...

woo hoo! finally ID'd a bird that has been hitting the feeder out front. NOT one I have seen over the last year of having the feeders out here at my spot in Monkton. Wasn't showing up on my Merlin Bird ID app from Cornell. Apparently needed to widen the filter to "rare". It is a red headed woodpecker. Absolutely gorgeous. First one on the list here: https://birdfeederhub.com/woodpeckers-in-maryland/

Here's a possible historic comp for him...despite being - in that case - the extremely successful defensive coordinator for the Ravens teams in the late 90s and early 00s, Marvin Lewis couldn't get a head coaching job, even interviews were hard to come by. He had to leave the Ravens and came to DC and was the defensive coordinator for one year for Washington in 2002 and then finally got the head coaching offer from the Bengals beginning in 2003. I wonder if Bienemy has had to try something similar and if it goes well in DC next year that he still leaves if a head coaching offer comes his way finally. Just a random thought.

because of all the snow, right?

yikes. that's a great price. I have a contract with Gerner and it was $3.99 this time.

Probably made it to genuine deluge for a bit in the last hour - swale in the yard filled and was running quickly downhill.

On a selfish up note, I have oil heat and have had only two deliveries this "winter" and of the second delivery I am still just below 7/8 full.

This. The past atmospheric river event helped with the reservoirs, but the groundwater replenishment process needs much more help. So if they take another set of deluges, it's probably for the best even with the short-term pain it causes as it falls.

My youngest did a semester abroad in the fall in Paris. And...yeah, the travel around the continent for him was amazing and easy and cheap. Happy yours is getting to experience same. Mine had a great fall to say the least.

@WxUSAF put this in the futility thread, but I think it might work here too...just...wow - most of this forum is in the -48 to -72 snow deficit contour...

GOOD LORD

Folks, we got a real chance at this now BWI: .7 - '49/'50 1.2 - '72/'73 1.8 - 2011/12 1.8 - 2019/20 2.3 - 2001/02 DCA .1 - '97/'98 .1 - '72/'73 .6 - 2019/20 2.0 - 2011/12 2.2 - '75/'76 Dulles: 2.2 - '72/'73 2.6 - 2001/02 2.9 - 2019/20 3.7 - 2011/12 4.4 - '80/'81

I mean…add Tucson to the list

yikes