Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! My gawd, that was a long work week. Three weeks to Arbor Day 🌳. I like trees, they produce wood that is a lot of fun to burn. You know these days I spend a lot of time thinking about fire 🔥 much like Blake Shelton. Be safe out there. It’s funny not listening to commercial radio 📻 much lately I kind of missed out that song until I spotted it the YouTube. See I’m not a complete luddite even if I spend too many hours listening to Phil Ochs.

This morning is oh so clawdy, dreary and 37 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. There are some patches of snow on the ground but don’t wait, it won’t last. ☃ ️The skies will clear around 1 pm. Hopefully sooner as I want to take a walk out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🌲 before I go over to my niece’s birthday party 🎉.

Last night was pretty cold and dreary, I ended up staying home, first working on some mapping stuff then working an electronics project, namely hooking back up the LED strip I had that broke last fall and needed reassembly. 💡 I didn’t ride the exercise bike as my neighbor was home and I didn’t want to bother him. I thought seriously about turning on the heat but a expect shortly that won’t be necessary.♨

Now while I wait for things clear out, I’m riding the exercise bike 🚲 while I work on this blog post. My neighbor is at work now so I don’t have to worry about making too much noise. 🔕 At some point I’ll make breakfast 🍳 up, I’m leaning towards pancakes. I haven’t had them much lately because I usually don’t like baby sitting 👶 the stove while having breakfast. I do fancier meals while I’m at camp. Eggs cooked on charcoal are always good. Plus it’s another opportunity to have a fire. I guess I really have spring fever. 😁

Today will start out much too cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 60 degrees at 5pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 18th. South wind 6 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 40 degrees. The record high of 82 was set in 1921. 17.3 inches of snow fell back in 1982.❄

Today I’m off to Five Rivers in a bit once it warms up 🌲🌳🐸🐦 then I’m going up to my niece’s birthday party 🎉. I’m hoping the sun will be out soon and then I’ll leave for Five Rivers. ⛅ I have to head home around 12:30 pm so I have time to shower 🚿 and get ready for the party.

The sun will set at 7:27 pm with dusk around 7:56 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 54 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 11 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 59 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

The sign on my wall says one month until the 8 pm sunset. I can wait until it’s nice enough to go to the park after work. 📙 I’m actually hoping it warms up enough later to open up the windows, it seems like we really haven’t had our first real spring thaw of the year.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 37 degrees at 6am. Three degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around April 13th. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west after midnight. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly sunny by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 25 degrees. The record low of 13 occurred back in 1982.

That’s a lot more reasonable for a change. 🐸That said, probably still too cold to sit out back tonight with the dampness in the air from yesterdays rain. ☔ At least the fire danger is lower.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 68 degrees at 4pm. 13 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around May 10th. I’ll take mid May weather in April. Maybe I’ll finally be able to open up the windows. South wind 3 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 40 degrees. The record high of 87 was set in 2010. 3.2 inches of snow fell back in 1896.❄

Different forecasts call for different weather tomorrow. 😕 I really not sure what it all means. I’m still thinking about 💭 hiking Platte Clove Road but only if it’s reasonably nice. 🚶

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Arbor Day 🌳 when the sun will be setting at 7:51 pm with dusk at 8:21 pm. I was watching a video 📹 of a farm tractor 🚜 PTO driven wood splitter the other day. Or was it hydraulic driven? Regardless…. Cool toy. There are a lot neat machinery driven by tractor PTOs. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, cold, partly cloudy and temperatures between 50 and 36 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 63 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1962.

I tell you there are a lot of neat toys out there for landowners. 🚜 Machinery that has a lot of important purposes around the farm and rural homestead and makes life easier for those who work outside. 💵 I keep saving and investing, working hard to get ahead at work and towards a better tomorrow. It’s tuff to get ahead but I try to save everyday and note the benefits of compound interest and market growth. Urban New York doesn’t have to be my home forever.

In four weeks on May 4 the sun will be setting at 7:59 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 45 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny, warm, rain showers and temperatures between 84 and 58 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 66 and 44 degrees. The record high of 91 degrees was set back in 1944.

I am very glad that May is less than four weeks away and that the weather rapidly moderates come spring. ⛺ I so look forward to night’s in the wilderness next to the campfire and also nights with the windows open. I really miss spending time in the wilderness. 🌲🌲🌲

Looking ahead, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 3 weeks, 8 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 4 weeks, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 6 weeks, June 🍹 is in 8 weeks, Average High is 80 🏖 is in 11 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year 😅 is in 14 weeks, Ugly Truck Day 🚚 is in 15 weeks, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 20 weeks and Average High 70 🎑 is in 24 weeks.