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March 20, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy Spring ๐ŸŒท! Well in about nine more hours, although today will feel very spring like for sure. Six weeks to May ๐Ÿ•Š. Black flies would approve of this message. Partly sunny and 34 degrees in Delmar, NY. โ›… Calm wind.Temperatures will drop below freezing at Friday around 10 pm. โ˜ƒ๏ธ

Definitely enjoying the sun this morning. โ˜€ Going to be a modestly mild and sunny last day of winter into spring. ๐ŸŒท Colder Friday into Saturday though, I heard lake effect snow โ„ squalls in Central New York then. But even if we get some here I’m not expecting any real accumulation, and even the relative cold isn’t stressing the heating system much or jacking up the bills.

Winter officially bites the dust according to the calendar ๐Ÿ“… two minutes before the Save the Pine Bush Dinner starts at six o’clock in the evening. ๐Ÿฒ Should be an interesting dinner on the bomb trains ๐Ÿ’ฃ with a leading author coming to speak ๐Ÿ”Š about the horrific train ๐Ÿš‰ explosion in Quebec. ๐Ÿ”ฅ For once in March I think I will be able to make it to the dinner. Doesn’t happen often. I broke out some of the Pine Bush February dinner lasagna left overs for lunch on Monday and it was so delicious. The whole office was talking about the wonderful smell. ๐Ÿ‘ƒ

Today will be mostly sunny ๐ŸŒž, with a high of 53 degrees at 4pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 3rd. Awesome way to kick off spring. Light south wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 2012. 7.0 inches of snow fell back in 1944.โ„

The sun will set at 7:07 pm with dusk around 7:36 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. ๐ŸŒ‡ At sunset, look for mostly clear skies ๐ŸŒ„ and temperatures around 48 degrees. Talk about a nice spring evening. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 10 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have increasing clouds โ˜, with a low of 34 degrees at 4am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around April 6th. South wind 8 to 11 mph. In 2018, we had partly cloudy in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 25 degrees. The record low of negative one occurred back in 1956.

Tomorrow will rain likely, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy ๐ŸŒง, with a high of 47 degrees at 4pm. March showers ๐Ÿšฟ bring mud. One degree above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around March 22nd. South wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 1921. 6.0 inches of snow fell back in 1905.โ„

Last night ๐ŸŒƒ was pretty with the full moon ๐ŸŒ• but too cool โ„ to sit out back and enjoy the moonlight. Definitely very bright ๐Ÿ”† out with the moonlight ๐ŸŽ‘ last night. I went for a nice walk around the super block past the high school ๐Ÿšธ which was nice. Almost never see anybody out walking ๐Ÿšถaround the nine o’clock hour. I did see a bunch of deer. I do think that the winter weather has finally moderated a bit – and certainly tonight will be really nice – although I’ll be done with Pine Bush Dinner too late for my evening walk ๐Ÿšถ.

Queens ๐Ÿ‘‘ night was good but I thought the Fooe ๐Ÿฒ and drink ๐Ÿป at Brooklyn Night was better. A lot more people there tonight but I was careful to moderate my drinking and drank lots of water ๐Ÿ’ฆ when I home ๐Ÿก. It wasn’t too bad of a day at work.

I am enjoying my respite from Facebook. ๐Ÿ’ป I think I might use ๐Ÿ‘ค the site again in the future ๐Ÿ”ฎ but I think my use will be greatly reduced. ๐Ÿ“ด I want to give it a bit of time. I could see using my Facebook page going forward to supplement and promote my blog rather than syndicating everything there. Fewer really good posts might drive more traffic. ๐Ÿšฅ

Maybe post occasional articles on social media about my blog, kind of the best of type thing. ๐Ÿ“ I still think though I’m moving away from the proprietary social media platforms to focus more on the blog where I have full control ๐ŸŽฎ over content, layout and formatting. I can even use the blink tag if I want. I’m also experimenting with doing more embedding of social media I like into the blog, as that might avoid the nasty comments that I get from my liberal friends every time I post something in support of the second amendment. ๐Ÿ”ซ

Finally finished and submitted my taxes. I did okay, I should be able to cover my state taxes with the federal refund in getting ๐Ÿ’ฒ and it looks like when it’s all said and done I won’t have to pay a state fine for underwitholding. I’m considering doing maybe $50 quarterly payments to state tax and finance to avoid problems in 2020 tax filing, although honestly I may be okay ๐Ÿ‘Œ next year as I’m doing an increased deferred comp. I might even have enough money left over this years tax return from the federal refund to pay for a small part of the car insurance ๐Ÿš™ bill. The Trump tax cuts did save me some money which was nice. Of course I’m not in debt, have a mortgage or pay property tax so I don’t get those big deductions the SALT folks complain about.

Ultimately I think a lot about money and investing these days because I really want to own my own land and live off grid,๐Ÿก hobby farm, get out of the city and to a state where there is a lot more freedom. ๐Ÿฎ The problem is all those things cost a lot of money and opportunities for good work ๐Ÿ‘ท in outlying areas is pretty limited. Cheaper land prices and cheaper living though are the upsides. I want to enjoy my life today but minimize waste and excess to the greatest extent possible and devote as much of my effort towards a better tomorrow. While I’m still young and making decent money at work ๐Ÿ’ฐ I should be doing everything I can to make it work for a better tomorrow for me.

I do really like the big jacked up truck my neighbor has. I don’t know if it’s his or a friend but I keep seeing it parked outside. It’s an F-250 on 40 inch wheels and a high lifter kit I believe. ๐Ÿšš Gorgeous truck I must say, but not a pretty boy mall toy.๐Ÿ˜ Makes Big Red look tiny. I doubt I would lift my truck again because I’m so future oriented again but I could see eventually going for a 3/4 ton truck like that for hauling materials and getting too and from my off grid cabin. ๐Ÿก

Lots of sun but cold on Saturday. ๐Ÿ˜Ž Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 38. Breezy. Much better on Sunday. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 56. Typical average high for the weekend is 47 degrees. Saturday doesn’t look all that great, but Sunday looks much more spring like. I am thinking I want to spend most of the day on Sunday in the woods hiking and exploring, maybe after unpacking my camping gear from my truck, and starting to go through that. If not, I guess I could do that later in the week.

Looking ahead, there are 6 weeks until May ๐Ÿ•Š when the sun will be setting at 7:55 pm with dusk at 8:26 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 74 and 43 degrees. By May, I definitely plan to be getting out a lot of weekends on road trips and camping more.๐Ÿ• Black flies aren’t an issue in the Adirondacks until late May. Usually around then the stock the Sacanadaga River,๐ŸŽฃ which could make some good fishing, especially if I decide to camp up off of that Pumpkin Hollow Road.๐ŸŽƒ Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees (at least in Albany). We hit a record high of 86 back in 2001.

Looking ahead, May ๐Ÿ•Š is in 6 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ๏ธโ›ฑ๏ธ is in 11 weeks, Primary Day ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ is in 14 weeks, Altamont Fair Opens ๐ŸŽก is in 21 weeks, State Fair Opens ๐ŸŽก is in 22 weeks, September 11th ๐Ÿ‡ธ is in 25 weeks, More Night then Day ๐ŸŒŒ is in 27 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 ๐Ÿ‘ด๐Ÿป is in 22 months.

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March 8, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Not yet a summer get away weekend but Memorial Day Weekend ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ is only 11 weeks away at this point.๐Ÿ• Attention friendly strangers in black sedans, Next Friday is Ides of March โœ. Cold but very sunny โ˜€ around 13 degrees in Delmar. Not a whole lot of warmth in the sun today. There is a south-southwest breeze at 8 mph. ๐Ÿƒ. The current wind chill is 2. Not a really good day for frosty, as only patches of snow remain around. โ˜ƒ ๏ธThings will finally start to thaw out at around noontime. ๐ŸŒก๏ธ Thumpty-thump, thumpty-thump, look at frosty go.

Remarkably chilly morning walking down to the express bus stop.๐Ÿš Despite all the sun โ˜€ there isn’t a lot of warmth in the air. I also left the heat turned down last night because I didn’t think it was that cold โ„ and honestly I’m trying to save money ๐Ÿ’ต however possible to make it over the fiscal cliff known as tax season. I’m hoping at this point that I won’t have to turn the heat up at night night because the nights won’t be that cold. I’m not seeing a lot of below normal weather in the forecast for the next week.

It’s just kind of depressing to read my home energy report the utility sends me and see that 94% of my winter energy โšก use is from heating. ๐Ÿ”ฅ My heating bills have been higher this year than last year according to the report, but then again we had the cold spell and sometimes I’ll turn it up a bit when I’m cold. But every time I turn up the heating knob, I realize I am stealing from my future in two ways — less money to save ๐Ÿ’ธ and more climate change from the burnt natural gas.๐ŸŒ I do find my blaze-orange hoodie keeps me warm, so I wear it a lot more and just are cold morning. Eventually when I own land and home, insulation is going to be a priority, as will having an efficient, wood or maybe coal stove. Energy security is a big concern for me, I’ve seen too many people struggle after they loose power or their propane supplier doesn’t show up promptly for re-fills. Things are only going to get worse as climate change gets worse.

Today will be mostly sunny ๐ŸŒž, with a high of 36 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 22nd. Where are you Mr. March weather? Probably in Florida. Southwest wind around 8 mph. Might be good though for a lunch time walk ๐Ÿšถ . A year ago, we had partly cloudy in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 35 degrees. The record high of 68 was set in 2012. 6.5 inches of snow fell back in 2013.โ„

Today back In 1965, Thirty-five hundred United States Marines ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโ›ด are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War. ๐Ÿ”ซ The Vietnam War was getting underway, a quagmire that would ultimately undermine the Great Society plans and be one of America’s longest wars. Never declared a war, it still did a lot of harm to our country to say nothing of Vietnam and lead to a lot of unnecessary deaths.โ˜ 

The sun will set at 5:53 pm with dusk around 6:21 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. ๐ŸŒ‡ At sunset, look for partly clear skies ๐ŸŒ„ and temperatures around 34 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 35 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy ๐ŸŒค, with a low of 18 degrees at 6am. Five degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around February 20th. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2018, we had light snow. It got down to 27 degrees. The record low of -14 occurred back in 1943.

Tomorrow will be sunny ๐ŸŒž, with a high of 41 degrees at 3pm. Typical temperature for a change. Not above or below normal, just normal. Doesn’t happen very frequently — only four times over the past winter. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had partly cloudy in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 2016. 6.9 inches of snow fell back in 1961.โ„

Tomorrow looks like a nice day. I am thinking about meeting my parents for breakfast, ๐Ÿณ and then going out for a hike/ski in the Heldebergs and look for sheds ๐ŸฆŒ or at least enjoy the beautiful day.๐Ÿž I’m trying to minimize the miles on my truck and not filling up the gas tank for a while, but I’d hate to miss the nice weather on Saturday as who knows how much longer the snow will be around. Gas isn’t that expensive, โ›ฝ and I’m not planning to head out that far, and next week like this week, I plan to keep the truck parked through Saturday or maybe Sunday, ๐Ÿ…ฟso it won’t be burning any fuel in the mean-time.

Looking ahead to Sunday, rain, snow, and sleet, becoming all rain after 11am. ๐ŸŒจ High near 42. Southeast wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Typical average high for the weekend is 41 degrees. I emailed Mr. Wolcott to see if he’s around on Sunday, I might go over to his house. I could take a bus, or I might drive this week, as I would like to wash the salt off my truck ๐Ÿ› and pick up the few groceries I need. I’m avoiding a “full” shop this weekend, to save money, and because I have way too much food at home right now. If I didn’t have to wash the salt off the truck, I’d probably just leave Big Red Parked until next week. No problem with keeping the accessory battery fully charged, it was at 15.4 volts this morning with the stronger sun of spring time.

Sunday is the first day of Daylight Savings Time. โŒš I know it doesn’t actually save time but it does mean more light in the evening ๐ŸŒ‡ which once it warms up and I’m not working late at work, I can go down to the park with a book ๐Ÿ“™. I really look forward to the change, even if it means I will have to get an extra hour early up for work. But with the days getting longer so quickly, I don’t think that’s a big deal.๐Ÿ•œ I already set the analog clocks ahead in my bathroom and kitchen, the next step will be to set the clock in my truck and reprogram my microcontrollers with the time change. I know I probably could hard-code in the time change to the controllers, but it’s just easier to re-flash the memory twice a year. For about a week, it will be dark when I wake up for work, but with lights coming on automatically, it shouldn’t be that difficult to wake in the morning. Plus, I can go back to setting my alarm clock each day.

In four weeks on April 5 the sun will be setting at 7:26 pm (Daylight Savings Time),๐ŸŒ„ which is one hour, 32 minutes and 23 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had a rather cold but partly cloudy day with some snow showers and temperatures between 39 and 24 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 54 and 33 degrees. The last few Aprils have been pretty cold, but I’m not totally sure that will be the trend this year. The record high of 82 degrees was set back in 1928.

Looking forward to finally nice weather, and getting out of town on the weekends once the snow bites the bucket. ๐Ÿ• It’s going to happen, it always does. Sure many roads will be closed for mud season, but there are still many places I can go once the snow is gone. NY 8 in the Adirondacks comes to mind, especially early May before the black fly season has started. Solar panel should work good this time of year. The fiscal cliff I face, is manageable, and with some careful planning, I should be able to enjoy adventures in late April into May, depending a lot on how busy my work schedule is and the weather. I want to definitely do some trout fishing, ๐ŸŽฃ plus have a nice big fire up in the woods ๐Ÿ”ฅ with a cold one or two.ย  Snow camping is fine, but I much prefer truck cap camping, and not tromping through the snow.

Looking ahead, Ides of March โœ is in 1 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts ๐Ÿ•๏ธ is in 11 weeks and Dog Days of Summer ๐ŸŒป is in 17 weeks.

Pitch Pine Along Recently Cleared Area