2.2” new snow brings the season total to 47.1”, which is just about average for a season around these parts. #MAwx

All stocked up on food for the #birds. Whole and shelled peanuts, nyjer (thistle) seed, dried corn on the cob, and striped sunflower seeds. This should last a while, given we only have about a month of cold weather left.

A squirrel on my nursery gate. It’s snowing again here, and it will snow almost every day this week. Winter is taking its time to move on. #MAwx

Small things can have more of an impact than you think. Back in 2024, I started leaving the Holiday Lights on our pine tree the entire winter. Not only is it less work (taking them down in March vs January), but it makes others happy, as seen on this local Facebook post.

Got rabbits?

If accessibility disappears after a snowstorm then there was never really accessibility to begin with. Winter reveals so much about who our cities prioritize.

Snowfall total over the past two days is 22.4”. I measured 19.6” yesterday and we got 2.6” overnight. Waltham, MA @wx1box.bsky.social

Dumping snow. And so it begins. #MAwx

There is a special place in hell for people who shovel their stairs and driveway, but not the sidewalk, on a busy street corner which serves as a middle school bus stop

We love the commuter rail🫠

Dark eyed juncos at the bird feeder

Just over 5” of snow. Still snowing with a temp of 29°. Waltham, MA @wx1box.bsky.social

It’s a bluebird day💙 #bluesky #winter

First measurable accumulating snow of the season. Waltham, MA. A half inch of snow fell overnight after a wintry mix and rain fell throughout the afternoon. @wx1box.bsky.social

It’s snowing! #mawx

A hard frost this morning. 22 degrees Fahrenheit. #mawx

A hard frost this morning with a temp of 24°. The herbaceous perennial layer has withered to brown sticks while the larch still hangs onto its yellow needles.

Larch, also known as Tamarack (Larix larincina) with its iconic yellow needles, a deciduous conifer. #nativeplants #ecoregion59

We love to see it

After months of being offline, I finally figured out how to reconnect my weather station to WiFi😊 just in time for winter

0.80” rain overnight which began as a few sleet pellets. Temp is now up to 48°. Wind has started to pick up from the west. Waltham, MA @wx1box.bsky.social

Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics" guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation

The Black Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) did not survive the most recent freeze. It was cold enough (and for a long enough duration) to freeze over the bird bath.

Ol’ reliable #nativeplants

It took me exactly 33 mins to get home by ebike. If only the Mass Central Rail Trail could be plowed throughout the winter.. #onelesscar

@wx1box.bsky.social last night around 9pm in Waltham, MA

Just when you thought it was over #auroraborealis

First snowflakes, first day with a high temp below 40°, and now, the aurora. Winter is on the doorstep. #mawx #auroraborealis

First flakes of the season. Wayland, MA @wx1box.bsky.social

Pressure down to 993mb as our storm pulls to the east. Cold air to follow shortly. #mawx

Wake me up when our version of the French Revolution begins

Still some decent fall foliage around the yard, especially in the shrub and herbaceous layer. Some notable trees that hang onto their leaves: Bigtooth Aspen, Chestnut Oak, Larch (tamarack) #nativeplants

Stan Collins passed away a few days ago. For those who followed him on twitter, this article is a lovely tribute ... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Dark clouds led to a burst of graupel and wind (estimated 35mph). Wayland, MA @wx1box.bsky.social

SHE'S GONE!!! 🥳🎉🗳️🇺🇸 The people* have spoken!!!! *19% of registered voters who showed up to vote on 11/4, or early vote (this was open for 16 hours), or. mailed in a ballot

GET OUT AND VOTE TOMORROW Waltham Council At Large, Ward Councilors, School Committee up for reelection. Polls open at 7am #waltham #everyvotematters walthamwatchnews.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/w...

It’s a beautiful day for a “fall cleanup” I don’t remove a single leaf from the property. All get distributed in the beds, used as insulation in my nursery, and remnant scraps are mulched into the remaining lawn, a last resort, as I try to keep the leaves whole for overwintering insects.

A frosty start to the day I’m a morning person, and the early sunrise is nice, but I’m not looking forward to 4:30 sunset🙃 #mawx

Fall foliage on the Chestnut Oak (Quercus montana) #nativeplants #ecoregion59

Did you know? Waltham's got their very own Holden Bloodfeast! Her name is Kathleen McMenniman. She has been an at-large city councilor for the past 44 yrs & thinks using the R-slur is the best way to identify ppl w/intellectual disabilities. SHE IS RUNNING TO KEEP HER SEAT THIS NOVEMBER.

It sure looks and feels like the first day of November

Imagine being so car brained, you expect the driver of a vehicle and a young child crossing the street to share the same responsibilities If that were the case, we wouldn’t have multiple kids dying on our streets, every day.

If President Trump allows SNAP to expire, @boston.gov will be ready to help our neighbors. If you need assistance during this time of intense and entirely preventable need, go to boston.gov/SNAP or call 311.

Hate to break it to you, but kids ARE forced into the streets. If that front lawn had a retaining wall, no stroller will fit through there.

It's Halloween, kids get to be priority street users for ONE day. Drivers have priority every single day. DRIVERS should be getting the safety lecture about using their multi-ton machines around little kids. And it's not just MA, this backwards messaging is everywhere in the US.

argumentum ad hominem (in Latin means “to the person”) - an argument where the speaker attacks the character, motive or some other attribute to the person making an argument rather than the substance of the argument itself

The house deserved it for not wearing bright siding and lights, and for darting into the street between parked cars. Am I doing this right?

Idk what state you live in, but MA law says vehicles MUST yield to pedestrians in the street, even if there is no marked crosswalk. Drivers can slow the fuck down. If a pedestrian gets hit at 20mph they have a 90% chance of survival That drops to 20% at 40mph. Safety is a shared responsibility.