Conventional is not bad

Conventional is not bad

It seems like nowadays everybody is quick to condemn conventional ways of thinking and doing things. But often old ways of doing things are based on generations of practical experience and proven results. Often conventional methods are efficient and sustainable – they’ve been tweaked and refined for a long time. You shouldn’t reject something because it’s not trendy and new.

Upcoming Sunrises

Upcoming Sunrises:

Latest Sunrise (Standard Time) – Wednesday, May 11 at 5:35 am
5:30 am sunrise – Monday, May 16
5:45 am sunrise – Friday, July 15
5:00 am sunrise – Saturday, July 30
5:15 am sunrise – Sunday, August 14
6:30 am sunrise – Sunday, August 28
6:45 am sunrise – Sunday, September 11
6:00 am sunrise – Sunday, September 25

Weather Update – May 11, 2022

Sunny warm and dry β˜€

Still not very green in the mountains so the fire risk remains high. Then rain showers for the weekend. But it will still look nice out my office window with things greening up and no need for the umbrella for work.

Today.
Feels like …
June 19th.

Sunny

Sunny.

Calm wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

and

80 degrees , 34 max dew point, 8:07
sunset.
Tonight.
Feels like …
May 19th.

Mostly Clear

Mostly clear.

Light and variable wind.

and

49 degrees , 5:34
sunrise.
Thursday.
Feels like …
July 15th.

Sunny

Sunny.

Light and variable wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.

and

84 degrees , 51 max dew point, 8:09
sunset.
Thursday Night.
Feels like …
June 18th.

Mostly Clear

Mostly clear.

South wind around 6 mph.

and

58 degrees , 5:33
sunrise.
Friday.
Feels like …
June 27th.

Mostly Sunny

Mostly sunny.

South wind 3 to 7 mph.

and

82 degrees , 57 max dew point, 8:10
sunset.
Friday Night.
Feels like …
July 10th.

Mostly Cloudy

Mostly cloudy.

and

62 degrees , 58 max dew point, 5:32
sunrise.
Saturday.
Feels like …
June 27th.

Partly Sunny then Chance of Showers

A chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny.

Chance of precipitation is 50%.

and

82 degrees , 60 max dew point, 8:11
sunset.
Saturday Night.
Feels like …
July 15th.

Chance of Showers then Mostly Cloudy

A chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

63 degrees , 59 max dew point, 5:31
sunrise.
Sunday.
Feels like …
June 23rd.

Chance of Showers then Showers is likely

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny.

Chance of precipitation is 70%.

and

81 degrees , 61 max dew point, 8:12
sunset.
Sunday Night.
Feels like …
July 2nd.

Showers is likely

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 60%.

and

61 degrees , 61 max dew point, 5:30
sunrise.
Monday.
Feels like …
June 4th.

Chance of Showers then Chance of T-storms

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny.

Chance of precipitation is 50%.

and

76 degrees , 57 max dew point, 8:13
sunset.
Monday Night.
Feels like …
June 1st.

Chance of T-storms then Partly Cloudy

A chance of thunderstorms. Partly cloudy.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

53 degrees , 5:29
sunrise.
Tuesday.
Feels like …
May 19th.

Mostly Sunny then Chance of Showers

A chance of showers. Mostly sunny.

Chance of precipitation is 30%.

and

72 degrees , 47 max dew point, 8:14
sunset.

Daily Update – May 11, 2022

Good morning! Happy Hump Day 🐫

I’m sure it will be another real busy day like so many are lately. It just feels like I’m drinking out of fire hose, then I come home, go to sleep and it starts all over again. That’s at least the story of yesterday.

Sunny and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind.

Another nice spring morning 🌷 out for the morning walk a little bit before 6:30 am breakfast. No evening walk 🚢 yesterday as it was basically nine o’clock when I got home and I was tired. 😴

The days lately have been long 🏒 and it seems at time that work is all consuming. The money πŸ’΅ is good but inflation is high. But it has allowed me to step up my investing and the down markets do mean my dollar is going further.

I thought about heading out of town β›Ί but with things being so hot and dry I’m not sure if I want a big raging fire plus I don’t have that much stuff to burn right now. Gas prices are so high β›½ for my big jacked up truck πŸ›» and I’ll probably spend half my weekend working if it’s anything like last weekend.

Finally fixed the minor glitches and got most of my libraries recompiled for working with R. πŸ–₯ Every package I use had to be recompiled for R 4 and then anything not in CRAN I had to manually reinstall like ggsflabel for map labels. Then I had issues with ggtext and gridtext which make those fancy formatting of text for graphs and map titles πŸ—Ί. More annoying than anything, everything is back up and running and I was able to install. Since getting into R last fall I really use it for everything.