Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Up bright and early, as I’ve decided I want to get in habit of getting up earlier, especially with going back to the office next week with the reduced bus scheduled 🚌 and even sooner going up to the Adirondacks before work come Thursday. ⛰ Spring is well underway, with only three weeks to 9 PM Dusk 🌆 . Partly sunny and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. 😎 There is a west breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Good morning, it’s springtime, going to warm up quickly, reach 58 degrees later with a stiff breeze.

A nice morning for the walk 🚶🏻. I am going to miss my morning walks when I’m back working downtown 🏢 although I am hoping they bring back ghr express bus 🚍 and I can walk down there in the morning. 😷 Then throw my muzzle on and be whisked downtown. Saw both a few red winged black birds, a robin and a gold finch this morning. 🐦

Landlord showed up yesterday with the plumber, 🚽 unannounced and got the various issues fixed with the plumbing. It will be nice having a bathroom sink that works again, no more problems with the toilet, and not the constant wet and leaks in kitchen. It literally took him about two hours, although I ended up working at the library as it involved a lot of banging of pipes 👩‍🔧 and I didn’t want to necessary to let my very much Republican landlord hearing the business calls. Been super busy lately with work. 🏢 Literally, some of these issues should have been addressed a decade ago, but I’ve been like it’s not a big issue until right now. 🛠

I wasn’t happy with the unexpected visit by landlord, 🧹 as things were kind of a mess and pile of dishes in the sink, the floors are unclean and working from home that was terribly distracting. 🛀 I wanted to take a shower yesterday, but I couldn’t do that as he had the pipes all apart in the bathroom. But at least I can do that today. With the warmer weather, I think I am going to go back daily showers, as I tend to get kind of dirty and smelly, and I am going to be in the office more now with things getting back to normal. 💦 I figure the various fixes should save a fair amount of water.

My therapist is not wrong in saying I shouldn’t delay everything and procrastinate. 👩‍⚕️ It really does help with the anxiety to not be such a procrastinator. 😟 Well, now I don’t have to clean up things as much, although without out the leaks, and constant mold it might be a lot easier to clean shit up. 🔥 I’ve also been told I’ll be less of a fire bug if I get my anxiety levels more under control by being less of a procrastinator, fearing less of the worse case scenarios. 👩‍🌾 And just remember, as I redneck, I’ll always be a redneck, and there ain’t no changing that. Rednecks do redneck things, and that’s totally manageable condition. Or something to that effect he said. 🤣 I am paying $25 an hour plus my insurance another $50 for advice like that. White trash with money, I guess. 💵

Chuckling, going past my childhood neighbors house (the long-haired country boys in trailers with the pigs and cows) 🐷 with that great big pile of wood, pallets and debris, they’ve been saving to burn on May 15th when the burn ban is over. 👩‍🚒 Besides being real American rednecks, they’re firefighters, they have to sort of follow the law when they burn shit.

Today will have isolated showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 59 degrees at 1pm. 11 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 15th. West wind 7 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 63 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 1911. 0.5 inches of snow fell back in 1907.❄

Should be a real nice day for sure, although a bit cool with breeze. 😎 But a ton of sunshine. But the best is yet to come as we push towards the weekend and things start to get nicer. I am going to work from home today I think, 👩‍💻 as the plumbing is fixed. As was going to work in the office either today or tomorrow to make sure the equipment is still working and my ID badge still works, etc. 💳 but there really is no need when I can be home enjoying the fresh air. I think things will be fine next week, I’ll just bring my laptop in case things are down in the office. 💻 Between the wi-fi they have there and my hotspot I should be good. I always used to joke about being cruel and unusual punishment to have to work downtown on nice days, even if work pays for my big jacked up truck, my guns, my fishing pole and all the stuff I like to burn up in the woods. 🤑 Speaking of which, today is pay day.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 65.4° from the due south horizon (-5.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:27 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (289°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (296°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:07 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 12 seconds with dusk around 8:38 pm, which is one minute and 5 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:19 pm. At sunset, look out for possible pop up showers 🌧 and temperatures around 50 degrees. Bring your rain coat, prepare to get wet. 💧 You’ve been warned. ⚠️ There will be a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 29 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 13 seconds over yesterday.

I told John Wolcott I’d be coming over today 🔎 but I don’t think that’s likely to be with my work schedule. I should think about getting packed starting today or this evening 💼 for camp especially if I’m going over to John’s house tomorrow. I could go grocery shopping tomorrow at lunch for camp ⛺ but that’s a risky proposition as I often get busy with work midday 🕛 and meetings get called. I do want to have most of the supplies I need as Charlie John in Spectulator is a great store but expensive.

Tonight will have isolated showers between 10pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 40 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 24th. West wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2020, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 37 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1969.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, scattered showers, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 45 at 7pm. Sunday, scattered showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 47 at 8pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 71 degrees.

I am thinking I will head north on Thursday, before work 💻 and work from Speculator, camp somewhere nearby on Thursday night, and then somewhere a bit more remote come Friday evening through Sunday evening. Probably work in Speculator Thursday, Friday and Monday. Tuesday I have be back in office, suit and tie. 👨‍💼 I expect to be in the office a lot more soon, so I figure get out and enjoy it while I still can. ⛺ I was thinking about Madison County, as they won’t have black flies there, but maybe mosquitos. I really want to paddle Nine Mile Swamp, and maybe also around Hyde Bay at Glimmerglass. 🛶 Plus good bird watching at the Rogers Center 🐦, and the rich smell of fresh farm dirt in Sherburne. 🐮 I am thinking maybe either the following weekend or after the Memorial Day Weekend. The thing is if I go out there, I can only stay three nights without a camping permit. 🎫 Plus fewer options to go shooting in woods. 🔫 No idea on Memorial Day Weekend, depends on the weather. I might do the Green Mountains, as I know a few places where I have a good cell service up there for work or maybe I’ll tent camp for a few nights locally. 📱 Just need to plan things out, so I don’t have to be in office right around then. And to have enough solar to keep everything running smoothly.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until 9 PM Dusk 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:26 pm. Good weather for going down to the park with a book. 📕 Or swimming at the Potholers. 🏊‍♀️ On that day in 2020, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 68 and 41 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 76 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1918.