From early this week…This is what 30" of snow and 60 mph winds get you. Snow photo courtesy Village of Ephraim. #blizzard2026 #wiwx

My parent’s house in Cudahy, WI. Beautiful, but I still take the beach over the Wisconsin winters 🌴#wiwx

This morning’s backyard weather: The first time we’ve been cooler that 65° in nearly SIX months! #fall #flwx

Crepuscular rays

A beautiful morning in Winter Garden. #flwx #backyardweather

Another “Good Morning!” from Hutchinson Island #flwx

This morning’s sunrise on Hutchinson Island

This morning’s sunrise on Hutchinson Island #flwx

The day started off with crepuscular rays and ended with a double rainbow! #BackyardWeather #FLwx

Up at the crack of dawn.

Somedays it’s like an aviary in our backyard. This morning’s birds included a tricolored heron, a little blue heron, and a red-bellied woodpecker.

Just our backyard gator taking an evening swim.

The backyard camera said we had a “Pet” detected.

Hutchinson Island, FL

Today’s sunrise on Hutchinson Island #flwx

Beautiful day at EPCOT for the 30th anniversary of the Flower and Garden Festival. #Epcot #WDW

Alligator

Alligator

Backyard friend at our shore watching me cut the grass today.

Great Blue Heron

Our backyard Great Blue Heron looking for breakfast this AM.

In a perfect world, the town drunk and the Secretary of Defense would be two different people.

Rare "High Risk" of severe weather for parts of AL and MS. NWS: A tornado outbreak is likely on Sat across the central Gulf Coast States and Deep South into the TN Valley. Numerous significant tornadoes, some of which should be long-track and potentially violent, are expected on Sat aftn and eve.

The American White Pelicans are temporarily back in our backyard as they take a break on their northward migration.

Epcot Festival of the Arts

Always a great day at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios.

Satellite of Deep South snow cover.

The departing clouds reveal the extent of the snow cover across the Deep South. #lawx #mswx #alwx #flwx #txwx

Pensacola Beach, FL

Perdido Key, FL

Snow falling in Pensacola Beach, FL this afternoon #flwx

Christmas morning in Winter Garden, Florida. #flwx

Then again, Milton did spin a few here in Florida.

The Holiday Parade at Universal Studios Florida is a highlight of the season!

The holidays at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT.

It’s the holidays at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios, with temperatures to match the season!

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Our greyhound, Annie, watching turkeys cross the road.

Turkey Crossing Ahead!
One of my favorite pictures of our greyhound, Annie, taken on Thanksgiving 2017.

To accompany all those Bluesky science/academia #starterpacks, how about we also share introductions to the literature of our different fields. I present here a handy guide to main types of papers in meteorology (inspired by the amazing @xkcd.com). 🧪