Good morning, Happy Friday. 40 degrees, damp and cloudy. Earlier this morning we had a brief time of sunshine with a bit of blue sky. Looking at 46 degrees with clouds and a 30% chance of rain. Not a washout but still cold and cloudy. But a spring warm up is expected for the second half of the month. Sunset at 7:30. Keep your eyes peeled to the west shortly after sunset tonight in case it’s clear to see a beautiful Waxing Cresent Moon.

I was going to catch the express bus downtown but that didn’t happen because I made eggs for breakfast and didn’t get an early enough of a start. With the dampness, it probably would have been a cold walk down to the Park and Ride.

Seven weeks until the start of Memorial Day Weekend. 73 degrees is the typical high for the unofficial kick off for endless summer. I look forward to the nicer weather of summer. I could take a warm summer evening sooner than later.

But first the April trip. I have many different priorities, so I’m fairly undecided what I will do. I kind of want to fish the Beaver Kill. Part of it depends on the forecast and general conditions. I’m hoping by the end of the month at least in the low lands, it will be rapidly greening up. I thought about driving down south to see more of the Blue Ridge Parkway but I think I’d rather wait until November for that trip.

Today in 1935 was the start of the Works Progress Administration. It employed nearly one third of the unemployed during the Great Depression, and was a wildly popular program, that helped Franklin Roosevelt get re-elected with large margins in 1936.