Poplar Grove's plight was the result, at least in part, of misguided good intentions and lack of resources. In 1933, the care of the cemetery was transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service, which had little experience in managing cemeteries. To save on grass cutting costs and to create a more parklike appearance in the cemetery, officials decided during the Great Depression to alter the headstones. Some 2,300 upright markers were made into flat stones, and about 3,400 blocks for the unknown were sunk into the ground, increasing the risk of damage and wear. In some instances, multiple soldiers are buried in one plot. The "Tombstone House" a few miles from the cemetery was coated with the lower part of headstones. The "Tombstone House" a few miles from the cemetery was coated with the lower part of headstones. For the upright headstones to be converted to flat ones, the bases of the stones had to be cut off. Hundreds of those bases were sold to a nearby resident, who used them on the exterior of his home and to pave a small sidewalk. In the following decades, no significant upgrades were performed at the cemetery, which is maintained by Petersburg National Battlefield.
With the afternoon sun, and the clouds pushing in, you could see the parts of the forest that still had brilliant color offset by the areas that are fading away to the grays of winter.
But that’s to be expected as the average high drops below sixty for the remainder of the year. Actually going to be a bit on the warm side but it still seems cool compared to recent weeks.
More clouds expected for the weekend and maybe showers. 🌦️I haven’t decided on weekend plans though I’m kind of inclined to take off Thursday and Friday unless of course meetings are scheduled for then. Of course if I wait until the following weekend then I could take off Monday and get a four day weekend as Election Day is a holiday at work.
I was looking at old photos of Glimmerglass from last autumn, thinking it sure might be pretty out there this weekend 🍂 assuming of course that it’s not too cloudy and rainy. That said I doubt it would be worthwhile to go all the way to Cazenovia this weekend. Leaves usually drop fairly early out that way due to the elevation.
It was so nice out last night 🌃 that I really want to spend some evenings up in the woods next to a fire 🔥 but I’m not sure if this is the weekend or not to do it. Next weekend could be a four day weekend for the cost of one vacation day with the Election Day holiday.
Today. Feels like …
October 17th.
Sunny.
West wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
and
61 degrees
,44 max dew point,
6:06
sunset.
Tonight. Feels like …
September 14th.
Mostly clear.
West wind around 7 mph.
and
53 degrees
,
7:14
sunrise.
Wednesday. Feels like …
September 30th.
Mostly sunny.
Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
and
68 degrees
,54 max dew point,
6:05
sunset.
Wednesday Night. Feels like …
September 22nd.
Increasing clouds.
Calm wind.
and
50 degrees
,
7:16
sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like …
September 28th.
A slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny.
Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
69 degrees
,53 max dew point,
6:03
sunset.
Thursday Night. Feels like …
September 17th.
A chance of showers, mainly between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Not quite as dark this morning with clear skies but that’s mostly due to the time of year – late October. Cold start to the day.
Mostly sunny and 41 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☀ There is a west breeze at 5 mph. 🍃
It might be a cool start to the morning 🍂🍁 but it was a very pleasant walk 🚶 down to the express bus stop 🚏. Sun angle is much lower now in the morning. Even as the nine o’clock hour rolls around the Empire State Plaza is still heavily in shadow. I might be in denial but winter is coming. Today would have been a good vacation day.
I didn’t get to the store last night. 🥫🍳🥦. I checked my pantry and decided I had enough food 🍲 and was tired after a long day at work. 🚶 I did do my evening walk thought.
I am still chewing 🐮 over the weekend, the forecast doesn’t look great and gas is do expensive ⛽ but I also know it won’t be long before the snow 🌨 arrives in the high country and I won’t have as many options to travel. I do remember how great though the color was at Glimmerglass last year.
Been continuing to work with R and ggplot2, 🖥 most recently trying to plot electoral and demographic data. I want to do some comparisons between party enrollment over time but I’m still trying work out issues with the parsing the old BOE enrollment PDFs.
