Good morning says the ginormous heritage peony bush. Sorry it's not a scratch and sniff pic!

Your work is never done, brother. Be safe - Performance Towing and Recovery I-29, 3 miles S of Watertown, northbound lane. #slowdown #moveover

20 YEARS AGO TODAY we intercepted the Manchester, SD F4 #tornado with a classic donut vortex excited by the vertical winds. Just after this, Tim Samaras positioned north of the tornado and deployed his Turtle probe, measuring a world record pressure deficit.

Tonight's garden haul: snow peas, raspberries, one strawberry and the last asparagus.

Who said gluten free has to be healthy?! GF fried zucchini - it's what's for dinner!

1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector NOAA Satellites #GOES16/#GOESeast Infrared & Visible images showed a severe thunderstorm that produced a #tornado, #hail as large as 4.50" in diameter & #wind gusts to 100 mph in central South Dakota: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog… #SDwx

My oldest kid, a soon to be h.s. junior at Edmunds Central, is in California this week. He sent me this pic from his morning XC run. Juna A. Kollmeier the NITARP teacher/student site visit with Caltech begins today :)

Very successful Hosmer Volunteer Fire Dept poker run today. Lots of folks gathered for a demo tonight. #smalltownsaturdaynight #HosmerSD

1.06 in rain in our gauge in Hosmer this morning from this storm.

View of the eastern SD storm front from the McPherson/Edmunds County line on SD Hwy 47 6:15 pm. About 80 miles west of the storm, out on the prairie looking east. Incredible. NWS Aberdeen

Great piece Dakota News Now about NITARP teacher Spencer Cody and student Theo Haerter ! Edmunds Central student & teacher participate in NASA research cc:Juna A. Kollmeier dakotanewsnow.com/2023/09/07/edm…

Raspberry season part 2. Yum!

Vehicle thefts are a growing crime within the city of Sioux Falls. Just this year, the police department has seen more than one thousand of these cases. Common cars that are being targeted include Kias and Hyundais. trib.al/1keoK0U

Saturday night, my bingo card had "get so cold your 11-month old, 65% full propane tank freezes at the regulator" so I declared myself and others suffering such the winners. Grateful for heat this morning.#HosmerSD

Proud of science teacher Spencer Cody and son Theo Haerter who wrapped up a year long astronomy research project.

Another successful Hosmer Steak Fry! Special thanks to the steak chef One Man S**t Show :)

Proud of Danna! And I love this pic :)

Highway Patrol Troopers from South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa teamed up to educate drivers on road safety this Memorial Day Weekend at the Valley Spring Welcome Center. Please drive safe this holiday weekend! #keepSDsafe.