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Elsie the Fall WeatherFox
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Cartoonist, meteorologist, scotch enthusiast, and model railroader. I work on NOAA weather satellite products 🛰️ Plymouth State Meteorology BS 2010 and MS 2015. Frequently posts grilling and cooking shenanigans. She/her 🏳️‍⚧️

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Haha yeah.

Somewhat related, I have no idea how Bachmann thinks the 3/4” straight filler is supposed to work here
The bottom piece of 3/4” straight track connected to another piece of EZ Track. The problem is that the 3/4” straight is so short that the locking tab of the other piece of track doesn’t have enough room to lock in, leaving about a 1/8” gap between the two sections.
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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It’s a fun scented candle but with extra steps!
Photo of an HO scale 2-8-0 Steam locomotive sitting on top of the mantle in the living room, with a bottle of scented smoke fluid next to it- it’s pumpkin pie flavored, because OF COURSE I would get the closest thing to pumpkin spice smoke fluid that I could. It’s me we’re talking about.
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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So a few hours later, and
Photo of my living room with a Christmas tree in it. There is a double track oval of HO scale train track going around the tree… …aaaand then the outer track continues around the corner, around the couch, in front of the fireplace and bookshelf, and looping around next to the kitchen before returning to the tree, with a passing siding also in front of the fireplace. There is also the beginnings of a yard and terminal next to the fireplace.
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Admittedly I do have a couple of N-scale (ish) trains

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A collection of Hallmark Lionel Keepsake train ornaments about to go on my Christmas tree, which are sorta N-scale. Ish. There’s a Pennsy K4, a Pennsy GG1, a Berkshire, a Mikado, a caboose, a well car with containers in it, and a Union Pacific SD70 ACE
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Came here to say this as well, I do love it as well.
Photo of the DC Metro station Farragut West. The station is underground covered with a giant arched concrete roof with rectangular depressions in it, looking sorta like a honeycomb. The station platforms are tan and grey tile. It has a brutalist charm, which may also be a bit of nostalgia as I spent time in DC growing up while Dad was in the Air Force.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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It’s a Steren I picked up at Radio Shack a long while ago

(There’s still a surviving Radio Shack in the Williamsburg, VA area! Or there was 10 years ago)
Closeup photo of a Steren soldering station with iron holder and adjustable temperature control
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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One of the primary barriers to me doing more Train Poasting is that I need to clean and reorganize my “workbench” such as it is
Photo of an extremely messy table covered in tools and half finished model train projects and apparently a couple of Pride flags for Reasons. Liz clean your damned work area challenge level impossible.
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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My wife did it that way this year with homemade stuffing and OMG it came out *amazing*
Photo of a deliciously cooked golden brown turkey fresh out of the oven with stuffing coming out of it
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Dressy casual Thanksgiving fit today!
Mirror selfie of me, a smiling white woman with straight brunette hair down past her shoulders and wore rimmed glasses. I’m wearing a white button down blouse with the sleeves rolled up to my elbows, a black sweater vest with white trim and gold buttons, and a pair of dark denim jeans. Accessories are a pair of Nine West black high heeled loafers with a gold buckle detail, a pearl necklace, and pearl earrings, along with my silver Confirmation bracelet.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Mmm it’s cider time while the turkey is in the oven
A crock pot on my kitchen island filled with delicious mulled cider with cinnamon, lemon, and orange in it, and my Union Pacific 844 coffee mug full of cider in front of it Recipe: Moms Mulled Cider Recipe -2 quarts apple cider -1/4 - 1/2 C packed brown sugar (Original recipe calls for 1/2 C, I’ve found 1/4 works a bit better) -6 whole cloves -6 whole cinnamon sticks -1 orange slice -2 lemon slices Combine ingredients in a crockpot or sauce pan Simmer or cook on low 3 hours Optional: add dashes of fall flavored spices (allspice, nutmeg, etc) For 1 gallon jug of cider double ingredients
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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So apparently tomorrow we’re gonna have Chicago Deep Dish pumpkin pie. The damn thing is like three inches thick.
A pumpkin pie struggling to bake in my oven that is almost three inches thick and overflowing at the top.
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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For Christmas Eve my parents would do a smorgasbord of finger foods and snacks! Usually including salmon dip, pigs in blankets, stuffed mushrooms, mini egg rolls, and stuff like that. And also lots of Christmas cookies
Photo of the dining room table filled with all kinds of snack foods last Christmas. Including a cheese platter, crackers, salmon dip,pigs in blankets, buffalo bites, crab dip, shrimp cocktail, and cream cheese and red pepper jelly (my wife Cindy’s contribution) Photo of the smorgasbord from the other end of the table showing the various pastries, mini egg rolls, and Christmas cookies, and my glass of scotch
November 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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I return with ice, but alas the gamble does not seem to have worked in generating another funny Friday news drop.

Ah well. I can console myself with another martini.
Photo of a freshly made gin martini on my kitchen counter, next to a “007 Furry Never Dies: FurTheMore 2019” cocktail shaker and a bottle of Smuggler’s Notch blue label gin.
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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It has been a VERY long week, but I’m doing some self care tonight.
Photo of a pomegranate martini at Maggiano’s Little Italy. Good lord I REALLY needed this today
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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To be fair, I’ve already got a 4-8-4 in my cube. :)
Photo of a 2004-run Rivarossi model of Union Pacific 4-8-4 number 844 in HO scale, sitting on a length of EZ-Track on a shelf in my work cubicle. Also pictured are my National Weather Service coffee mug, a box of Starbucks Pumpkin Spice coffee K-cups (because of course) and a small Hot Wheels Imperial Star Destroyer.
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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I got the new heels in the mail and wore them to the office today!
Mirror selfie of me, a smiling white trans woman with shoulder length brunette hair and glasses. I’ve got new (to me) high heels on: they’re black leather, they have a round toe, a 3-inch block heel, and a leather bow detail on the toe accented by a gold buckle. It’s a nice bit of subtle flair. They’re from Cole Haan. The outfit I chose to go with them is a black knee length pencil skirt, a sky blue tie neck blouse, and a plaid collarless jacket- the pattern on it is black and cream with blue highlights that match my blouse. Both the jacket and blouse are from Kasper. I’m also wearing a pearl necklace and dangly pearl earrings.
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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We love seeing hot girls in dresses

qs with you being a hot girl in a dress
Mirror selfie of me with a huge smile plastered on my face. I’m wearing a white short sleeved knee length dress with black polka dots, and a matching black belt with white polka dots. It’s a very light and summery dress! I’m also wearing a pair of black peep toe pumps with a small rose on each, a pearl necklace, pearl earrings, and a wide brimmed hat, looking like I’m about to head off to the Kentucky Derby
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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Sure thing!
Photo of the engineer’s side of a brass Western Pacific 4-8-2 that has been nicely painted and weathered realistically. Front quarter shot of said WP 4-8-2 showing the smokebox front and the jewel in the headlight and marker lights Photo of the locomotive and tender in the foam padding in its box Photo of the box of this brass engine. It’s a Pacific Fast Mail-United import from Atlas in Japan
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Update: It Begins. Send help.
A photo of the results of me stopping by the Friendly Local Warhammer Store on the way home- I now own the codecies for the Imperial Guard and Imperial Agents. Because clearly I needed another expensive hobby.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Follow up with a picture of both birthday presents:

Bourbon, which is quite nice, and a charcoal suit, which I wore to work today because why not.
Mirror selfie of me at home after work- a smiling white trans woman with brunette hair down a little past her shoulders. I’m wearing a dark grey, charcoal skirt suit. The jacket is a single button jacket that is unbuttoned. I’m wearing a silk sky blue button up house under the jacket, a pearl necklace, pearl earrings, skin tone hose, and a pair of plain black heels. It’s very professional, and I probably look more like I work for a three letter agency than NOAA. I’m holding a bottle of Hazard’s bourbon whiskey, small batch distilled in PA, that I have samples and is quite nice. I find this picture extremely funny because it is basically a gender swapped version of me from about five or six years ago- except my smile is much bigger now, and far more genuine.
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Cindy made me ✨ fancy ✨ Mac n cheese to go along with my birthday dinner tonight!

It has French cheese in it, that’s how you know it’s fancy

It was very good
Photo of what can best be described as “Mac n cheese lasagna” or perhaps “carb and dairy overload:” a casserole dish filled with what is essentially a seven layer dip of macaroni and various cheeses, topped with melted cheese. No breadcrumbs for this recipe, but it does have a greuyere roux
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Oh hey I got the same view!
Clouds and the glow of Washington DC reflect ting off of them. Some neat late autumn tree silhouettes though.
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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She shows up to the FLGS with an Adeptas Sororitas army in one hand and fresh baked cookies, soda bread, or coffee cake in the other.
Mirror selfie of me, a smiling white trans woman with brunette hair down to her shoulders and glasses. I’m wearing a sky blue knee length dress with a white, dark blue, and yellow floral pattern on it, a white cropped cardigan or shawl, hose, and a pair of caramel Calvin Klein pointed toe pumps. Also, a pearl necklace and matching pearl earrings- imitation, but still. I’m about to head off to church.
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Emperor help me.

Clearly what I need is *another* expensive hobby.
A photo of my Friendly Local Warhammer Shop that I visited yesterday.
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Yeah, part modeling, part world building, but I’ve got a freelanced passenger train for my railroad I’ve been meaning to flesh out and build

Half Walthers, half Branchline Trains kits, and a brass steamer to boot, it’s gonna be, uh, quite a project.
Photo of a the makings of an HO scale heavyweight passenger train: five various Branchline Trains passenger car kits and five Walthers heavyweight cars, three of which are unpainted. Also, a Bachmann combine car that will be the basis of a kitbash, and also also, a brass 4-8-4 that will need to be painted and detailed to pull the train- in addition to having DCC and sound installed. Not pictured: the 10 or so more Walthers cars I have gotten since that will also need to be painted or decaled or renumbered. Oh and they all need lighting kits too, of course.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM