Probably by tomorrow or the day after the air pollution will move on, my eyes and throat will stop burning. At least for a while. The hell of it is we are electrifying things and switching to renewables which will clean the air about the time climate change is polluting the air.

Good morning! Where did June go? The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, or at least is lost in the smoke. I’m getting used to the sore throat when I go outside. It’s kind of like after a hard night drinking and smoking back in the day minus the hang over. Haze and smoke 🌫 and 60 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 59 degrees. The air quality index is 114, unhealthy for sensitive individuals due to Cannuks burning their forests. I’m sure the Trumpster would say that.

Lately I’ve been starting my morning with a hard boiled egg 🥚 and a cup of black coffee ☕ before my morning walk 🚶. I appreciating the power of protein in eggs to get me going in the morning. 11 ½ miles walked yesterday. 36 floors climbed up and down. I’m really getting to prefer the stairs to the elevator at work. I got to bed 🛏 before nine o’clock last night and got a good night’s sleep and feel great. After the morning walk it’s pancakes 🥞 and strawberries, the pancakes made out of bananas 🍌, whole grain oatmeal and water run through the food processor. It’s good.

You’d think you’d need flour and sugar to make good pancakes 🥞 but truth be told, since I’ve been milling the whole grain oatmeal and bananas into a slurry in the food processor to make pancake mix I can’t imagine going back as it’s so much better tasting and filling. I’ve been thinking 💭 maybe I can tweak the recipe adding raisins and possibly honey 🍯 for more stickiness to make oatmeal raisin cookies in the oven minus all unhealthy crap. 🍪

Today will be widespread haze. Patchy dense fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny 🌇, with a high of 86 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 10am. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the morning. It would be hotter if not for the smoke. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1964.

Yesterday I was noticing how thin I actually look when wearing clothes at actually for myself. 🍏 It’s actually amazing what eating good food plus a little exercise can do. I wonder if I’m actually a healthy weight but I don’t know, I don’t own a scale. Now just to figure out the bicycle 🚲 thing and start riding to work, saving bus fares 🚍 and getting more exercise doing what is otherwise wasted time on the bus.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.6° from the due south horizon (-0.3° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:55 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:38 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 27 seconds with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 6 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the south-southeast (160°) at an altitude of 20° from the horizon, 234,231 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:58 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 80 degrees. The dew point will be 63 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 35 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌃, with a low of 62 degrees at 6am. One degree above normal. Maximum dew point of 63 at 8pm. South wind around 7 mph. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 68 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1978.

On this day in 1971, Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, reducing the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect. Also in 1934, 🗳 The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler’s violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. Fortunately, we only have obnoxious rhetoric to that impact in our country today. 🗡 That said, I like my big knifes for chopping vegetables. 🥕

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny ☀ 👉 🌦, with a high of 85 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 10am. South wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 95 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1913.

Tomorrow’s goals are quite simple but important steps forward. 🥅 It is to first and foremost either get a bicycle 🚲 or at least have one ordered and paid for at a bicycle store either new or preferably used. Something good and reliable. Drop off my worn out clothes and boots 👢 for recycling ♻. Get sparklers 🎇 and ground fireworks either in Greene or Rennselear County. Go grocery shopping 🛒 for a few supplies. Decide if I want to go out to Schoharie for camping 🏕 Saturday evening through independence Day. 🇺🇸

Looking ahead to Sunday, a chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, 🌥 with a high near 80. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 69 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.

Frankly, Sunday doesn’t look great. 🌦️ I am inclined to stay in town, maybe get some books at the library 📚 as I’m not crazy about the books I have remaining tonight. But WRGB keeps swearing this weekend won’t be a wash out 📺 but based on statistical analysis of Nate Silver 🔢 I’m not sure I believe television metrologist over the National Weather Service. But I will keep Schoharie County in my back pocket, for a potential trip with Monday spent fishing 🎣 and swimming at Mine Kill Pool and camping at Burnt Rossman State Forest, hitting up farm stands 🍓 on Saturday afternoon.

For Monday a chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 60%. 🌦️ Doesn’t sound wonderful. And Independence Day, 🎇 hot and very humid with a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. ☀ Dewpoints pushing seventy. Sticky. 😰 Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Maybe independence Day I’ll head to an undisclosed location with a flashlight 🔦 to watch July 4th fireworks. 🎇 And then save the sparklers 🌟 and ground fireworks I get for the following weekend potentially for a trip to the Potholers spent floating on the tube ⭕. Assuming it’s hot and sunny. Or a future 🔮 July weekend. I’m planning the last two weekends of July at Finger Lakes National Forest where fireworks are mostly prohibited so I don’t think I’ll bring many there. I actually kind of want sweet corn 🌽 to be out first so I can enjoy that with clams 🦪 at the Potholers though.

Looking forward, there are 2 weeks until National Nude Day 👱 when the sun will be setting at 8:33 pm with dusk at 9:06 pm. What can I say, skinny dipping is fun especially after dark in an Adirondack swimming 🏊 hole. On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 85 and 65 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 84 degrees. We hit a record high of 99 back in 1995.