Good evening! Sitting out back under the reading lamp that I bought last month. It’s such a brilliant white light for being just USB powered. Clear and 55 degrees in Delmar. There is a north breeze at 7 mph. A bit chilly this evening with the breeze but it’s not bad for May. It would probably be rather chilly up north for sure. I’m sure I would have gone camping if not for the Lupine Festival. That’s the one big thing I do for Save the Pine Bush every year. 

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 45 degrees at 4am. Four degrees below normal. North wind 3 to 7 mph. A bit chilly but not unreasonably cold. Still I’m going to close the windows upstairs.  In 2016, it got down to 45 degrees with rain and patches of fog and cloudy skies. The record low of 32 occurred back in 1949.

Waning Crescent Moon tonight with 34% illuminated. The moon will rise around 1:34 am. The New Moon is on Thursday night with showers is likely expected. The Full “Strawberry” Moon is on Friday, June 9th. The sun will rise at 5:27 am with the first light at 4:54 am, which is 52 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 9 hours and 9 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 48 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, with a high of 70 degrees at 3pm. One degree below normal. Light east wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Nice day for the Save the Pine Bush hike. A year ago, we had rain, patches of fog, cloudy skies and a high of 69 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1941. There was a dusting of snow in 1895.

In four weeks on June 17 the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm, which is 19 minutes and 23 seconds later then tonight. Almost the latest sunset of the year. In 2016 on that day, we had mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 81 and 56 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 79 and 57 degrees. The record high of 94 degrees was set back in 1994.

Looking ahead, 15 Hours of Daylight is Next Saturday, 50th Gas Up in Gallupville is in 3 weeks, Eat Your Vegatables Day is in 4 weeks, Latest Sunset of Year (8:37 PM) is in 5 weeks, July 1st is in 6 weeks, Cow Apprechiation Day (Moo?) is in 8 weeks, Ugly Truck Day is in 2 months, Hottest Time of Year Ends (83 Average) in 9 weeks, National Lasagna Day is in 10 weeks, Last Sunset After 8 PM is in 12 weeks, National Dog Day is in 14 weeks, Lowville Cream Cheese Festival is in 17 weeks, Beaver Moon is in 24 weeks and Inaugeration Day 2021 is in 43 months.

The lupine festival was good, maybe a bit busy but I got to talk to a lot of people. I’m not the most outgoing person but I got the job done. Hopefully we will recruit some people to our Wildflower Hike tomorrow and our upcoming dinners. I was super pissed about the lack of recycling bins at the festival. Government hates being green or recycling because most government officials aren’t very bright. I just hate seeing all those cans and paper going to the soon to be closed landfill down the street. What do they care, the landfill pours millions into their budget every year. I got a bit sun burnt and would have preferred to go camping but so be it. That’s for next week. 

In parts of the Pine Bush the lupine are really flowing but other parts not so much. I didn’t see any Karner Blue but there were definitely a lot of butterflies and wildlife around. I took a bunch of pictures and made some videos from my hike in the evening at Blueberry Hill. Didn’t see another soul up there but there was still the constant drone of passing automobiles on the expressways and local roads. Birds had to compete with the noise of suburbanites mowing their lawns. If I ever own a home, I’m skipping the big lawn thing. Lawns are good pastures for livestock in my book or for that matter just let the land grow back to wilderness. Then you can burn the wood. I think burning ones lawn like they do in the Midwest with prairie grasses seem pretty neat. 

Next week it will be second night camping. A lot of people in my neighborhood tonight have camp fires, including a big one at the farm down the road. Wouldn’t be a bad night but cool up north. The forecast now looks pretty good for the whole long weekend, almost tempting me to go to Moose River but I think I’ll hold off in favor of the Green Mountains. Moose will be good for Independence Day Weekend.  This will probably be the only time I go to Vermont this year. The following weeks will likely be Schoharie County or Brookfield or maybe Pisceo Powley Road. I want to do more camping although after Memorial Day Weekend, I need to do an oil change or take it somewhere and pay to have it done. Probably the later as it will not cost me that much more to have done professionally. 

Weather otherwise looks stormy during the work week and somewhat cool, but what do I care if I have to be in the office all week. I guess there won’t be much walking down to the park or sitting out back this week. Oh, well. 

It’s getting late. I should get some sleep. Good night!