Kay

11 minutes ago, H2O said:

If next weeks storm happens I promise to never meme again

Noooooooo

33 and rain my brothers and sisters, I did it

14 hours ago, vastateofmind said:

LOL. Checked in this morning for the first time in months to get the skinny on the impending frozen precip event tonight/tomorrow A.M. and saw this notification. Appreciate you asking.  

My day job and teaching as a side hustle, has been crazy busy since late spring and I've been scarce online in general. Have missed your Caps banter and trash talk, as well as hearing about the further adventures of @H2O's retirement, the end of @mattie g's and @Kay's growing seasons, and of course, all of the awesome IPA recommendations from @CAPE, @Scraff and other brew appreciators.

I'll probably lurk more again over the holidays, especially since it looks like a colder period coming up...and to drop the occasional photo, like this one captured on Fort Belvoir's parade field just before this morning's sunrise.

Nice to see you va! And cool pic!

You didn't miss much from me on the gardening front..the music part of my life got busy last spring and I was a slacker..but did grow a nice annuals pollinator patch and a shit-ton of basil Hope you're able to pop in to track the BIG ONE that is INEVITABLE...in our dreams

10 minutes ago, GramaxRefugee said:

low of 20f

South River frozen (more or less) bank-to-bank at our little tributary. Just skim ice which will melt fast, but still quite wintery.

Nice. There was skim ice on the Bush River too this a.m. All gone now. Low 21

9 minutes ago, H2O said:

Ok so I need @Paleocene to change your avatar.  It is too close to @mappy's and is confusing.  Now granted I'm  and easily confused but one is summer, one is snow.  I feel like they are cancelling each other out and that's why we haven't had any snow yet.

this mixup literally just happened to me lol. blue and triangular white shape perhaps

sunny day here in the east, 45 currently

edit: NE MD PUMMELED with sun

Low of 23 and heavy frost imby too. Pretty.

1 hour ago, North Balti Zen said:

Whoa! Where? What body of water?

Bush River inlet area. I've spotted them in the open river too but not for years. Maybe need to start paying more attention.

1 hour ago, H2O said:

I was one when at work one day on the Occoquan River. Totally blew me away to see one. They are soooo damn cute

That is cool! SO CUTE

I saw a river otter! It has been a long time. It was in an area where there *are* usually beavers but I saw it lope across a path and into water and the shape was pretty clear. Now there needs to be snow so I can go back around there and look for tracks!

10 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

I'm trying now with my MacBook and same thing.  The board must hate me.  

have you tried hovering vs clicking?

37 minutes ago, George BM said:

The event IS based off of the V-Day 2015 snow squall... but a weenier version of it during the daylight hours... and on everyones favorite day of seeing snow. So yes... you wouldn't be wrong to say it's similar to that event. 

I LOVED that squall. Maybe the best rates I've ever seen(?) I remember being mesmerized by these wild rippling shadows cast on the ground by all that densely falling snow. I believe we've reminisced before and for some it was nbd but awesome here. The modest amount of snow really did its best to drift, too.

hello clear stripe

Low of 28

Low of 28

first Westminster deathband of the season

1 hour ago, nj2va said:

Just got home from Deep Creek.  What a tale of two worlds - sunny/51 here whereas it was snowing/27 when I left there.  Once I crossed into Frostburg, it was bare ground/flurries.

12 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

You never should have left

Seriously man, where are your priorities...

Obs: windy with river blowout

time to gather flowers, while ye may

0.7" here

Low of 65

I'm mostly glad the 'growing season' is intact for a bit because my zinnias and mexican sunflowers are covered in buds Some nights I've worried about the latter but they've been champs. Hummingbirds long gone, bees still enjoying. I will leave some of this standing over the winter for bird seed.

it doesn't translate super well in photo, but I liked how these leaves still on the tree looked a bit like they're floating

Freeze Watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
251 AM EDT Thu Oct 27 2022

MDZ006-008-507-508-271500-
/O.NEW.KLWX.FZ.A.0008.221028T0600Z-221028T1200Z/
Northern Baltimore-Cecil-Northwest Harford-Southeast Harford-
Including the cities of Reisterstown, Cockeysville, Elkton,
Jarrettsville, and Aberdeen
251 AM EDT Thu Oct 27 2022

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 32 and frost possible.

* WHERE...Northern Baltimore, Cecil, Northwest Harford and
  Southeast Harford Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, and
  other sensitive vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. Those that
have in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover
above-ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

had a few mosquitos get in the house and they were particularly aggressive

SOON