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Yes, you have to be careful with it when it gets extremely cold outside. I manually turn it down when it gets well below freezing or if I notice condensation. Ideally the Nest would be smart enough to adjust the humidity threshold based on outdoor temperature, but despite being a "smart"...

I installed a whole-house evaporative humidifier a couple years ago. It's controlled automatically by the smart thermostat and has helped tremendously in the winter. A bit of a project to install but very doable. Worth considering something like this if you happen to have central forced-air heat.

Ah well. That's as good as I'm going to do.

Really stretching now because I haven't been back there and I don't know what it looks like, but maybe somewhere like here or here? Or maybe someone put a grill right near the gate here.

Based on the hint, I will guess perhaps somewhere along West Mill Road, maybe around the back side of Paradise Lakes or near Albertson Brook?

Yes indeed. Playing with long exposures here, between 30 and 90 seconds. It was much, much darker than it looks, with only the light of the moon on the scene.

The mansion photo is from the West Jersey Astronomical Society star watch just this past Saturday. It was an exceptionally clear night. Crude moon photo taken through the eyepiece of a 1980s Edmund Scientific Astroscan telescope.

Recent adventures.

A friend of mine with a Tesla lives in an apartment complex with free charging. Unless he has to take a long trip and do supercharging stops, he pays nothing to fuel up. I guess you could argue that this amenity is being paid for in his lease, but he's not paying a lot.

Either way, this waypoint is marked as "Pan's Hat" on my map now.

Indeed, there was exactly such a program. Fish & Wildlife reintroduced wild turkeys here in 1977, following over a hundred years of deforestation and overhunting. The program was very successful. There were already enough birds to support a spring hunting season by 1981...

Speaking of turkeys - I came across a little wildlife powwow off Quaker Bridge Road on Saturday morning. A bunch of turkeys and deer eating corn or some kind of feed, while a black cat looked on. I guess I interrupted breakfast.

I often wonder if that bridge will ever be rebuilt someday.

Edited the link to be a gift article - should be visible without paywall now.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/realestate/medford-nj-burlington-county.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9Ew.kctM.-5AWEtS-3VT_&smid=url-share

More from Saturday morning.

I made it out to most of the fall festivals in the area this year, even if only briefly on my way to get photos somewhere else nearby. Pine Barren Makers Fest in Nesco Apple Festival at Kirby's Mill in Medford Pine Barrens Jamboree at Wells Mills Country Living Fair at Batsto...

A nice light show on the bogs yesterday morning.

Yes, the fog sure put a damper on my hopes for seeing the sunrise this morning. Yesterday's was spectacular and I was hoping for a repeat. I will have to post those here as well.

Here are some of my recent observations, all from the past several weeks. I haven't attempted identification yet. Would love to know more, though. This one was hanging out with gentians: