Jared P Bostic

A photo of a monarch butterfly, seen from the side, perched on a flowering plant. Taken 2025-09-27 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

A photo of a monarch butterfly, seen from above, perched on a flowering plant. Taken 2025-09-27 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

Another photo of a monarch butterfly, seen from the side, perched on a flowering plant. Taken 2025-09-27 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

I had visitors stop at my house this weekend, on their way south. #MariposaMonarca

📷: courtesy my friend Jessie

A photo of a person in a cartoon bear costume holding a sign which says "Abrazos Gratis" (Free Hugs). Taken 2025-09-27 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

A photo of the lady at the Mexico information booth wearing a gorgeous dress version of the Mexican flag. It is green, white, and red, with the traditional eagle and serpent seal in the middle. Taken 2025-09-27 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

There were more aww and wow moments than I can count.

A photo of me and a High School student who was wearing a t-shirt that said "NWC Army JROTC". The NWC looks like the NWC on some t-shirts from my work. Taken 2025-09-27 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

Photo of a man walking past, carrying a Mexican flag, in front of a parade float. There are walkers behind the float with the flags of other Latin American nations. Taken 2025-09-27 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

Parade walkers passing me while carrying the flags of several Latin American nations. Taken 2025-09-27 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

Parade walkers passing me while wearing gorgeous dresses and/or indigenous ceremonial garb. Taken 2025-09-27 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

Estoy en el lado sur de OKC para #FiestasOKC y es lo maximo.

I'm at the annual OKC Fiestas De Las Americas on SW 25th and it is the best.

A photo of a factoid calendar entry for September 25, 2025, which says " 'Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo' is a grammatically correct sentence."

Seen in the NWC Flying Cow cafe. I'm not saying that this is actual @mesonet.org Ticker material, but given where the author is from, I'm not saying it's not, either. 😉

A photo of a sunflower in one of the flower beds near the entrance to the National Weather Center facility on the Research Campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, USA. Taken 2025-09-23.

What caught my eye was that there was a bee on this sunflower, but it flew off the instant before the photo snap. Have a bee-utiful day, friend.

TIL that bread pudding is big in Mexico and the rest of Latin America. At a supermercado in Moore, OK, in the pan dulce area, there was this stuff called budin de pan. It's bread pudding made of previous day's leftover rolls + lots of coconut and cinnamon. OMG SO GOOD. Tasty rabbit hole of learning.

A photo of an outdoor trash can (or "bin" as some friends might call it). Taken 2025-09-12 at the National Weather Center facility on the Research Campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

A photo of a temporary sign which says "Welcome Back Bash". Taken 2025-09-12 in front of the National Weather Center facility on the Research Campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

/bin/bash

A photo of the sunset, seen looking past the Kenneth Crawford Oklahoma Mesonet demonstration station and the National Weather Center facility on the Research Campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman Oklahoma, USA. Taken 2025-09-10.

We have nice sunsets at my work.

Okay, that looks cool.

Feliz cumpleaños a mi lugar favorito.
/ Happy Birthday to my favorite place. #175

A photo of the beautiful sky at sunset, with clouds whose bottoms are turning orange from the glow, seen from southeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Taken 2025-08-12.

Beauty can be found everywhere. I'm at a gas/petrol station. In one direction are the pumps. In the other, this.

A photo of the sun low in the western horizon, seen through clouds before sunset, with storms nearby. Taken 2025-08-11 in Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

Even better.

A photo of the glow of the sun low in the western horizon, seen through clouds, after storms passed. Taken 2025-08-11 on the Research Campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

Wow

A photo of storm clouds over the National Weather Center facility on the Research Campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, USA. Taken 2025-08-11.

Here comes the rain!

Where did your walk take you tonight?

Heron there and everywhere.

I'll be here all week. Tip your server.

YouTube video by Dave's Garage I Bought a $200K VAX on eBay – Now It Runs My Smart Lights!

Saw this awesomeness and thought of @billymcpherson.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-iA...

a bunch of badgers are dancing in a field Alt: a bunch of badgers are dancing in a field, from the cartoon / meme "Badger Badger Badger"

I just learned that today, July 16, is World Snake Day. My Mesonet friends know that can only mean one thing.

A photo of a thunderstorm seen in the distance looking south from Norman, oklahoma, USA. There are mammatus clouds evident underneath the anvil of the storm. Taken 2025-07-15.

A screenshot of an Oklahoma Mesonet severe wind report at the weather station near Burneyville, Oklahoma, USA. The wind gust to 67 mph occurred at 7:20 p.m. CDT on 2025-07-15.

Marvin the Martian: "Where is the Kaboom?"

Random shower thoughts: Can rattlesnakes get rabies?

In case you're wondering, the answer is apparently no.

A collage of photos of a hole in the clouds with a bright phenomenon of sunlight reflecting off the clouds at The far side. Taking 2025-07-08 at Sutton Wilderness Area in Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

Glorious.

I saw this as I left work.

Life is short and fragile. Life is also beautiful. Live. Just like this little one, go out there and live.

My parents are moving some stuff they have at my house. Mom found some phone books and we wondered if OKC will accept them for recycling. It then occurred to us that if we called to ask, there is a non-zero chance that a young person answering the call would have no idea what we were talking about.

A photo of Champian Fulton's latest album, "At Home", along with a Jazz In June 2025 t-shirt.

Yesterday had the perfect evening for Champian Fulton at Jazz In June in Norman.

Haha, yep! You no doubt saw it, because I'm pretty sure it was Andrea's when first purchased.

A photo of an Apple 15 inch blue and white ("blueberry") flat panel studio display. Taken 2025-06-13.

We're doing surplus at work and it's finally time to send this little one on its way. After nearly 26 years, it still works like new and has been used until now, because it readily accepts funky video frequencies from various rackmount servers at which expensive KVM systems balk.

#GotOurMoneysWorth

A screenshot of an email I received from Amazon after I ordered some coffee. Its From line is Amazon.com and it's subject is simply: Ordered "Coffee". Taken 2025-06-01.

Apparently for something this important, Amazon is getting straight to the point.

🤣

A photo of a can of Diet Coke with the word "Dude" on the side. Taken 2025-05-22 in Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

Hey @deke-arndt.bsky.social, Gary and I were at lunch and well... Missing you and the Justins!

A collage of photos of clouds. The top photo shows clouds reflecting yellowish orange light just after sunset, with a small airplane flying in the foreground. The lower right photo is of the same cloud band but zoomed out. The lower left photo is from earlier and shows the edge of a cloud bank with the sun in the background. Taking 2025-05-15 in Norman, Oklahoma, USA.

The clouds this evening... 🤩