Looking down at New York today and one year ago
Satellite imagery from the VIIRS satellite taken earlier today on January 8, 2021 and one year before on January 8, 2020. As you can see there is a lot more snow now.
750-Mile Empire State Trail Complete, With Long Island Extension On The Way – NBC New York
Over 180 miles of off-road routes were crafted, linking 400 miles of previously unconnected trailway which include activities outside of hiking and biking, such as overnight camping sites and access to cultural attractions
Trump awards Medal of Freedom to three golfers day after Capitol riot
The President Medal of reedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. It recognizes individuals who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors."
The three recipients Thursday will join Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Charlie Sifford and Tiger Woods as the only golfers to receive the award, according to NBC's Golf Channel, which first reported Thursday's award ceremony.
Trump is an avid golfer, and his business, the Trump Organization, owns numerous golf club resorts. The president has visited those clubs hundreds of times during his one term in office.
A little birdy came in the window and told me that NY State office of Information and Technology Services has posted aerial photography taken in the spring of 2020 this morning to their website
A little birdy came in the window and told me that NY State office of Information and Technology Services has posted aerial photography taken in the spring of 2020 this morning to their website. It includes the dairy farm country of the very fertile Genesee Valley (MOO with the smell of silage and manure !!!), and most of Nassau and Suffolk County down on the Island, yes, the big one to the east of New York City where the Long Island Expressway runs and people adorn their cars with bumpster stickers that read, “Please Pray for Me, I Drive the Long Island Expressway,” America’s Largest Parking Lot.
8-14 Day Outlook – Friday January 8
I was looking and the weekend after this coming weekend is a three-day weekend with Martin Luther King Day coming down the pike. It looks like above average temperatures will stick around a bit long which might be good if I want to get up to the Adirondacks …
I mean I could create some actual neat content, but it’s more fun to re-package up government data created at taxpayer expense and use it instead of coming up with real blog content
I mean I could create some actual neat content, but it’s more fun to re-package up government data created at taxpayer expense and use it instead of coming up with real blog content.
Barn Trash Cans
Trash cans from the barn where we keep animal feed.
Taken on Tuesday January 16, 2007 at Trash.