The day when they dump source separated organic waste in the Boston Harbor, obviously pissing off the marine fisheries bureau and the Brits before that famous call in Revere.

Good morning! Partly sunny and 47 degrees in Delmar. Not bad for Delmar at all in December. There is a north breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Tuesday around 4 pm. ☃️

Got up at five o’clock to start cooking black beans and pancakes 🥞. The pancakes were good the black beans are still cooking. 🧑🏻‍🍳 After getting up early 🛏 I’m now moving slowly, continuing to study machine learning videos on Udemy while I wait for the beans to cook. Also need to get the hub caps back on my truck and check the lug nuts for tightness. 🛠

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 51 degrees at 2pm. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 12th. North wind around 6 mph. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 35 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 2021. 9.5 inches of snow fell back in 1981.❄

Today’s plan is to ride down to French Mills which I’ve seen photographed many times 🏞 but never visited. If time allows I might go to the Albany Pine Bush Preserve to ride trail there. 🚲 I’m just looking for new places close enough I can safely ride to and don’t have to necessarily drive to.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:52 am with sun having an altitude of 24.1° from the due south horizon (-46.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 13.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:38 pm with the sun in the southwest (231°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (239°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:24 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 25 seconds with dusk around 4:54 pm, which is 16 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the south-southwest (202°) at an altitude of 24° from the horizon, 227,145 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:31 pm. At sunset, look for partly sunny skies 🌃 and temperatures around 44 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 7 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 26 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 34 degrees at 9pm. 12 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 9th. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the evening. In 2022, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 31 degrees. The record low of 8 occurred back in 1942.

Today in 1965, the Vietnam War would escalate. 🪖General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966. And in Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.

Looking ahead, next Saturday is Festivus 🍖 when the sun will be setting at 4:27 pm with dusk at 4:57 pm. On that day in 2022, we had rain and temperatures between 53 and 9 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 36 degrees. We hit a record high of 64 back in 1990.