Weather station

The budding scientist bought this with "his" money.  We set it up in the yard the other day outside his bedroom window, during a brief but precious period of sunshine.

He's already been able to tell us that our wind usually comes from the west.

and that we've had over an inch of rain in the last few days (oh, November)

But that most importantly, going outside to check it on a drippy afternoon near dusk can  be pretty awesome, you get to wear your boots and go in the puddles!