🌲 ⛄️Joe Sapia ⛄️ 🛷

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Saturday Sketching: "Cowgirl," drawn at my morning coffee stop.

One thing is true - Philly will find a way!! 15th street between Locust and Spruce

@JoeCats19 I am a graduate of @MarquetteU (College of Journalism, 1978) in Milwaukee. It sounds as though you were treated to Upper Midwest hospitality.

Went to Milwaukee County Stadium in early 90s during summer family truckster vacay to Chicago/Milwaukee & Niagara Falls! Never forget random guy in parking lot gave our fam of five free tix right on 1B line. As Yanks fans, we thought it was a rouse & didnt believe him at first

@JoeCats19 Joe, I am a graduate of @MarquetteU (College of Journalism, 1978) in downtown Milwaukee. It sounds as though you were treated to Upper Midwest hospitality.

Just a casual 40 degree difference in temperature across Ocean County, NJ

NJ LOST 1 OF ITS GREAT BIRDERS -- Roger Dreyling, 84yo. 52 years ago, Roger married my cousin, Andrea. What a great addition to the family. Roger and Andrea's wedding reception was at Forsgate Country Club. Today, Roger's funeral luncheon was at FCC. RIP, Rog. 💔🙏🕊️😢

A COLORFUL THURSDAY at Jamesburg, NJ:

IN THE SAME SPOT every year are arguably the most beautiful scent in the NJ Pine Barrens -- flowers of trailing arbutus. Reminds me of Ma’s rose-milk lotion when I was a boy. Around Helmetta, we call them "May pinks." They bloom from about late March to early May.

A Spring Sunday outside of Princeton, N.J. -- brisk, beautiful, crescent Moon 🌙 ; sunshine; low-moisture, clear sky; flowering and budding trees; and some wind 💨 .

Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen received a thunderous welcome home after a trip to the moon and back that set a record for deep space travel and captured views of the lunar far side. Read more here: bit.ly/48oOk2Q

About 5 a.m. in my Central Jersey neighborhood 🏡🏠🏘️. The crescent Moon 🌙 and I. The astronauts 🧑‍🚀🚀 are home. And the Moon 🌝 winks 😉 at Earth 🌎 . 🕊️🙏☮️

Before 6 a.m., I have the coffee shop to myself: breakfast, coffee, TV news, and sketching.

30 YEARS AGO -- 1996, April 9 -- snow covered blooming forsythia in Hamilton Square, NJ. The April 9-10 snowfall dropped 3.5", the last accumulation of the 1995-96 season. The season had 66". 1995-96, snowiest of the last 30 yrs. Over that time, the avg snowfall was 28.6".

Sky full of stars. Following a successful lunar flyby, the Artemis II astronauts captured this breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, on April 7, 2026.

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back. Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-mul…

María José Marín matches the largest margin of victory in the history of the Augusta National Women's Amateur. #ANWAgolf

Saturday sunrise in Cranbury-South Brunswick, N.J.

1972 ➡️2026 Apollo 17 ➡️ Artemis II

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon.

The rare American Woodcock is plump, soft and rhythmic, and has become New York City's newest avian star. Bryant Park does birding tours, but the Woodcock needs no help attracting a crowd. It's become so popular, the park actually sells baseball caps with the fan favorite stitched onto them. "The bird brings New Yorkers together. We need so much more of that," said spectator Talisa Shevavesh. Spectators are enjoying their new neighbor, who in true New York spirit, marched to the beat of his own drum. abc7ny.com/post/american-…