Good evening! Mostly clear and 65 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌌 There is a north breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. But chilly this evening with the breeze. The dew point is 54 degrees. I guess it’s better than a really muggy night.

Definitely a fairly starry evening although I wish my neighbor would turn off his pointless flood lights 💡so I could enjoy my flickering lights on the trees. At least the coal tar on the driveway is less stinky at this point. More fireflies continue to pop up around. 🐝

Today I got my hair cut and went up to visit my niece in Saratoga County with the parents. 👦 I had gotten so shaggy, and really needed a hair cut. Not a half bad day, I thought about going to the river to go fishing this evening but I was afraid it would be buggy and I don’t like driving home after dark. 🎣I just do catch and release in the river, it’s more about losing tackle and enjoying sitting by the river with a beer as the sunsets than actual food to eat. I also don’t really like having to drive around the city more than necessary. Bad for my truck and it causes air pollution. 📱Instead I walked down to the park with my laptop and uploaded some photos and videos.

Stayed down at the park until nine. Sat on the uncomfortable park bench rather than laying on the grass because I’m tired of having deer and dog tickets climb all over my bare skin, especially with shorts on. Maybe that’s why I feel so achy tonight, not because I was with my germy niece. Little kids touch everything. I’m not much better with rubbing my nose and eyes, to say nothing of putting pens in my mouth. I do try to wash my hands more often and carefully now though.

Tonight will be partly cloudy ☁, with a low of 56 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 54 at 10pm. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east after midnight. In 2017, we had partly cloudy skies. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 36 occurred back in 1986.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 82% illuminated. The moon will set at 9:35 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday night with mostly cloudy skies. The Strawberry Moon 🌝 is on Wednesday, June 27th. The sun will rise at 5:19 am with the first light at 4:45 am, which is 26 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 8 hours and 51 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 9 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞 , with a high of 73 degrees at 3pm. One degree below normal. Maximum dew point of 50 at 1pm. A bit cool but clear. Southeast wind around 9 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1925.

Not sure what my plans are for tomorrow, maybe hiking Bennett Hill. Not too far away, and it’s been a while since I’ve been up it. The new clearings up top makes for interesting views. 🗻I thought about loading the kayak on my truck and going for a paddle but I don’t know. Going to be kind of cold. But I do need to adjust the racks on my kayak. Maybe also do some shore fishing at Lawson Lake. 🎣

Once again fixed the display I built in my bedroom after breaking it with some other changes. I cut the data transfer speed to it which was problematic I think with the long lines. 💻It works really well now, provides a great time waster in my bedroom. I just another set of those modules in green from China, I’m going to build a second one for use either in my kitchen or maybe the office. The small display I built in my office is no longer cutting it I must admit. It’s just something fun to duck around with when the weather is crappy.

In four weeks on June 30 the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm,🌄 which is 9 minutes and 24 seconds later then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had thunderstorm, thunderstorm rain, rain, patches of fog, mist, partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 84 and 70 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 81 and 60 degrees. The record high of 98 degrees was set back in 1964. Amazing to think how fast July will be upon us. Monday will mark one month until the Fourth of July which really ain’t a holiday because it falls mid week. Ducking horseshit that the fourth is on a Wednesday. I’m blaming Trump, just because this my blog and I can do that.

I am thinking of taking off the last week of July for my vacation but I really need to talk to my supervisor about what is the best week. I usually like that last week but we will see. 🏖️ That last week of July is now seven weeks away per the display in my bedroom.

For a while I’ve been thinking about taking off next Friday and making it a three day trip, ⛺ although lately the forecast has slid down hill at least for Friday. Might still be a nice weekend trip. Where to go is to be decided but Pisceo Powley Road and Madison County top the list. I like that Cherry Ridge Campground, especially as it has cell service but I don’t know I’d rather have more of a wilderness experience next weekend back on a dirt road where I can enjoy my music late into the night. I’m tired of the packed in city experience every day and night. I mean Cherry Ridge is larger than any commercial or state campground and half the sites will be empty but I still rather have a mile between me and the next group of campers. I’m going to monitor the weather some more before deciding. I need my space.

Looking ahead, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 6 months. Fantastic.