Good afternoon on this Handwriting Day. Currently mostly cloudy and 25 degrees in Delmar. A few breaks of blue sky on and off. You’ll probably be able to see the Wolf Moon at times tonight through the clouds. Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low around 13. North wind 7 to 10 mph. Cold but good for looking at the moon.

Sunset will be at 4:57 pm with twilight at 5:27 pm which is one minute and 16 seconds later then yesterday. Tonight is January’s Full Wolf Moon.

Sunday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 29. Northwest wind around 8 mph. Should be great weather for the Save the Pine Bush hike which is meeting by the water tower at 1 PM on Sunday. We are going to be exploring some of the backwoods by the Kiakout Kill including the 40 Karner Road parcel that the county is acquiring. More about it can be found on the Save the Pine Bush website

The days are getting longer. Even though today was cloudy, the increase in daylight is noticeable. In two weeks the sun will be setting at 5:15 pm, which is 18 minutes later then today. The sunset in four weeks on Feb. 20 is at 5:33 pm. Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 13 is 1 month, 21 days away. Sunset on that day is at 7:00 pm. I sure look forward to going to the park after work, once we have enough daylight to make that a reasonable possibility — and warm enough too.

And, no I didn’t do the oil change today. It kind of was a lazy Saturday. Too cold to do the oil change. I might do it tomorrow or sometime in the future. I got to get the oil, after all. I might go out the mall tonight to do some walking, as it’s kind of cold to be walking outside, especially as I still don’t own a functional, true winter coat. We’ll see. It was kind of fun walking in the mall last weekend, and it might be fun to look at Dick’s Sporting Goods for more toys that can’t afford because I’m broke. Someday I’ll have enough money in my checking account to buy a stupid winter coat. That or it will get very cold out and I’ll freeze to death, which is the more likely thing to happen.