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Third *weekend* in a row of sandhill cranes honking their way back north. Kind of surprised by the size of the flock from this afternoon...

I thought he and his magnet went to the UP?

Now the Great Lakes are going to have more variability just because of size and depth, but still...

Another nice day with CAVU. A touch breezy though. I think the highest I saw at KIND was 27G38. Enough to make the flags and bunting stand straight out.

After another nice day with CAVU, some cirrus approached from the south for sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm...

What is new about this? The discrete stuff on the Idiana/Illinois border was a swing and miss. Did it not account for the cold ground temps maybe putting the squash on surface based stuff? It did have the general look right. Will be curious to see more of this in another month or so.

Got to try a sunrise with the new camera. A system was just over-running the area and I thought it might have some color with it even if it was a bit frosty outside. The camera handled the various and minute colors well as the color just started on the horizon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... The over-the-top oranges and yellows were captured well with just a bit of blow-out. Taken with the 24-70mm at 47mm...

Today was a carbon copy of yesterday, only slightly breezier.

Not a cloud in the sky...

^ Top-notch stellar day for the middle of February.

The 31% down south coupled with the 4% up north spells a bad or different time for the whole planet.

Ummmmm nevermind. Last report dropped the gusting 22. Now it is back to just 3mph.

Interesting, during the past ten mintues at KIND, in the five minute reports, the winds have been 3 gusting to 22mph.

Nice sunset this evening. Looking southwest pre-sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 33mm... Looking southeast as the bottom of the clouds was being illuminated with light. Taken with the 24-70mm at 28mm... The sunset looking southwest again. The new camera is doing better with the high contrast images. Taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm... And while the red was way far to the west, the reason I am adding this is the foreground detail. The amount of detail is the dark areas is tons better with the new camera. But having twice the resolution of the old camera has a lot to do with it. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm...

Today was all about the cirrus. Both images were taken from my yard so the trees and wires are part of the package. From the morning sunrise looking east. Taken with the 24-70mm at 41mm... Mid-afternoon and a 22 degree halo around the Sun with a contrail and slight contrail shadow for some extra spice. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...

The vibrant colors of a newly painted back wall of a local business...

Breaking News, News Flash. Just fifteen minutes ago I was in the side yard trying to image a 22 degree halo around the sun when I was photobombed by some sandhill cranes heading back north. A great sign that things are getting better!

Poor Buffalo. Getting run over with two huge snow events and now to add insult to injury, a 3.8 earthquake to boot.

50 degrees partial sun, lots of wind. Two juvenile boys at the southside park pond throwing logs onto the ice and then starting to walk out onto the ice. So far have not heard anything on the radio scanner of a kid finding out the Darwin Award is a life changing event.

Looks like the highest pressure at KIND is going to be 1036.70. No luck on 1040 this time.

Today as all about the streaky cirrus in the afternoon. Cold as snot outside so these are from the front yard. Looking southwest. Taken with the 16-35mm at 17mm... Two hours later looking northeast. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm...

I am not a fan of anything pre-emergence. I much rather spot treat when I can see them. Pre-emergence seems to restrict grass growth as much as weed growth. I would rather get as thick as I can with the grass first and foremost.

How lovely. A WWA for freezing drizzle and snow. What a fine way to start a Monday.

Hey hardypalmguy, I can have a sort of green lawn without the need of dyes or paint. Not bad for the 29th of January.