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Andy Arthur

The more things change, the more they stay the same. 🌸 Maybe the urge for change is not always rational, indeed you would be better to stay the course as long as it's sustainable. Often old and tired ways of doing things are actually the best alternative. Better days ahead as we head into springtime.

Hale Eddy

One of the last sections of the Quickway that are still at grade on future Interstate 86.

I’m just operating on the assumption that the memo has been written πŸ˜‚

What’s the worse thing that can happen? I waste a bit of ice keeping the cooler cold and some gasoline driving to work. But I do maintain, at least it my shit brain that I’ll have tomorrow off and it will be a great weekend in the wilderness with some great hikes, mountain biking, camping and fires. And if not starting tonight it will be tomorrow. They’ll get that extender done as I can’t imagine anyone really wants to spend Easter in Albany especially with beautiful weather ahead.

Good morning! Rain showers around and 42 degrees in Delmar, NY. β˜” There is a northwest breeze at 6 mph. πŸƒ. Got to get out of this place. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Monday around 3 am. β˜ƒοΈ

I am packed for heading out of town, πŸ•οΈ with the assumption being that I’ll have Friday off. No guarantees, but I didn’t want to miss out and the stakes of not packing to leave today are higher then if I didn’t pack and lost out on what should be a nice evening today and a beautiful day tomorrow. Going to be windy tomorrow afternoon, but I’m not going to be that far off the road that if a limb falls I can’t chop or saw it. Plus after all the snow and ice of recent, I don’t imagine there will be a lot more to break.

Today will have a chance of showers, mainly after 10am. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 47 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 21st. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 53 degrees. The record high of 85 5was set in 1945. 14.2 inches of snow fell back in 1932.❄

Last night was black beans with tomatoes,  🫘 πŸ… and spices. Got packed, downloaded some videos and e-books to read at camp.  πŸ“šοΈ Looking forward to a nice weekend away from it all, maybe three days away from reality. Might be a bit cool with the breeze but the ample snow should help. I think there will be a bit of snow up north, but nothing real deep, and that’s good because it will reduce the fire risk. πŸ”₯

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 50.6° from the due south horizon (-20.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 4.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour πŸ… starts at 6:40 pm with the sun in the west (269°). πŸ“Έ The sunset is in the west (275°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:17 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:45 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ The best time to look at the stars is after 8:19 pm. At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 44 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 11 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 36 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be cloudy ☁, with a low of 34 degrees at 5am. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 7th. Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph. In 2023, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 25 degrees. The record low of 85 occurred back in 1946.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Good Friday, mostly sunny and 51 degrees for the high. Breezy though but the rain and remaining snow in the high country should cut the fire risk or so I tell myself. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 21 mph. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 52. Typical average high for the weekend is 51 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 14 weeks until Independence Day πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:10 pm. On that day in 2023, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 84 and 54 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 83 degrees. We hit a record high of 104 back in 1911.

Manure Pile Sign

Hannacroix Creek

It was very full this past weekend with all the rain and snow melt, but certainly not as full as when my parents took some pictures of it.

Taken on Sunday March 20, 2011 at Dormansville, New York.