Good morning! What day is it? With a clunk I’ll drop it into third gear and be on my way this Wednesday. Mostly cloudy and 33 degrees in Delmar for the morning walk. ☁ Calm wind. The skies will clear around noontime.

With the clouds some bright red skies. 🌅 Not so cold, I debated wearing the winter coat versus the vest. The winter coat won out but it’s a bit warm. My heat is off inside. Didn’t need the heated blanket last night, maybe it’s after seeing my electric bill earlier in the week. Reheat of the apple 🍏 pancakes topped with mixed berries 🥞 this morning.

So far the week has been going by quickly but maybe because it ordinary 🏢 and well planned. I’m fine with that as I’m ready for spring time and the green up 🌷 which is probably like a month away.

Today will be cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny ☁👉☀ , with a high of 59 degrees at 3pm. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 14th. Spring continues for a few more days before winter comes for the weekend. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 53 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 2012. 7 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄

Yesterday I got down to the park 🏞 for a while and walked the Nature Trail and sat for a bit but not long as it got dark quickly. But it’s still March and that’s to be expected. They hardened the trails last summer with road crumb which makes for better walking in mud season. 👢

Had to add some additional holes to my belt last night with a drill because it was getting loose. I think it stretched and I’ve lost some weight as my collars in my dress shirts seem looser too. Brown rice, lentils and tofu with lots of chilli 🌶 powder and garlic for dinner, my breath was garlicly by evening, no vampires 🧛‍♂️ near me. I wish I had eaten more fruit 🍏 with dinner though as by the evening I was feeling like my blood sugar was very low.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:03 pm with sun having an altitude of 48° from the due south horizon (-22.9° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:33 pm with the sun in the west (265°). 📸

Updated the blog theme with some new colors 🎨 with spring coming. Broke some things with the mobile 📱 version though I need to fix. The colors make it easier to pick out individual sections of the blog. I also fixed the aspect ratio on selected maps and videos and re-enabled photo titles. I’m trying to reduce clutter 🧹 while not hiding important information.

The sunset is in the west (272°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:10 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:37 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west (269°) at an altitude of 10° from the horizon, 233,893 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:11 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 54 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 20 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.

Almost light enough now in the morning 🚶 to walk before breakfast again. 🥣 This is the order I prefer as it makes my schedule more flexible. Plus it works out well with having to run to the rest room after walking 🚽 and having an empty stomach before breakfast though Id probably eat an apple 🍏 before walking to maintain a healthy blood sugar level.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 43 degrees at 5am. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 30th. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 24 degrees. The record low of -4 occurred back in 1875.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 I won’t mind if I have to work this weekend, I could use the comp time for nicer weather. Saturday, rain before 8am, then rain and snow between 8am and 11am, then rain after 11am. High near 40. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Sunday, a chance of rain before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Typical average high for the weekend is 49 degrees.

One month 📅 from now will be Earth Day 🌎 when the sun will be setting at 7:46 pm with dusk at 8:14 pm. Good to provide some advanced notice to the coal rollers.