September 8, 2020 Night

Good evening! Mostly clear and 70 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south-southeast breeze at 5 mph. πŸƒ. The dew point is 63 degrees. Warm enough evening, I decided to fire up the fan. βš›

Not a half bad Tuesday with lots of meetings and fun stuff to do. 🌲🌲🌲🌲 Hiked in the Pine Bush for a couple of hours including after dark and went to a socially distant outdoors meeting.

Been a little achy this evening. 😧 Not sure what the issue is but its not that bad. Feels a little like chronic Lyme a bit but maybe I’m just cranky that I’m back home. But I had that Pine Bush meeting to attend so that was good.

Tonight will be partly cloudy πŸŒƒ , with a low of 60 degrees at 5am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 20th. Maximum dew point of 63 at 10pm. South wind 3 to 5 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 36 occurred back in 1938.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter πŸŒ— Moon with 62% illuminated. The moon will rise at 10:33 pm. The Harvest 🌽 Moon is on Wednesday, September 23. The darkest hour is at 12:54 am, followed by dawn at 6:01 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:29 am in the east (82Β°) and last for 2 minutes and 56 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 7:06 am with sun in the east (88Β°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 12 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 9th. Maximum dew point of 64 at 11am. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1959.

In four weeks on October 6 the sun will be setting in the west (263Β°) at 6:27 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 49 minutes and 28 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 65 and 41 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 64 and 43 degrees. The record high of 90 degrees was set back in 1900.

Looking ahead, Autumn πŸ‚ is in 2 weeks, Daylight Savings Time Ends πŸ›₯️ is in 8 weeks, Election Day 2019 πŸ—³οΈ is in 8 weeks, Average High is 50 πŸ‚ is in 9 weeks, Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone 🦌 is in 10 weeks, December πŸŽ„ is in 12 weeks, Bill of Rights Day πŸ“œ is in 14 weeks, Days are Getting Longer β˜€οΈ is in 15 weeks, Cold Moon πŸŒ• is in 16 weeks, National Bird Day 🐧 is in 17 weeks, Bubble Bath Day 🧼 is in 4 months, 5:30 PM Dusk πŸŒ† is in 20 weeks and Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 21 weeks.

Turbines on the Ridge

Pull of Being Disconnected

The pull of being disconnected.

Client emails me with a question. Landlord texts me a second time wondering why I’ve ignored his text about the driveway getting sealed next week. Dozens of unimportant or non pressing emails in my inbox. And of course the social media accounts annoyed that I’m not actively on them this weekend – you have 28 notifications on Twitter and 44 unread notifications on Facebook.

Great. I think I will just have to ignore them for now, no matter how addictive that witty response to that Facebook comment may be.

Honestly, I would have probably ignored them all had it not been a busy time at work. I know I’m annoyed when people don’t respond quickly to my calls. But cellphone service is very spotty up here in the wilderness. But then again it’s nice to not be connected every minute of every day.

Cell Phone Reception Here