Good evening. Currently overcast and 40 degrees in Delmar. Warm mercury wise but feels colder with the wind. Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind 10 to 13 mph.

Tonight we have a Waining Gibbous Moon with 80% illuminated. Tomorrow’s sunrise will be at 7:13 am with first light at 6:43 am, which is one minute and 54 seconds earlier then today.

Spent too much time fiddling with PyQGIS trying to figure out the ins and outs of the API. Pretty much got the plug-in for automation purposes done, although I already have ideas on how to further automate and improve things. Certainly frees me from the routine of making maps in favor of the stuff that can’t be automated like styling of icons, zoom perspective, and custom text. But the fewer times I have to spell a state forest or mountain name, the less chances for mistake. Let the computer do the boring stuff.

The evening walk and trip to the library didn’t happen. Oh well. I guess it wasn’t to be. Sometimes when you discover a new toy it can be self consuming . At any rate, this coding project can’t last much longer, as there is only so much I can automate and still make interesting, unique looking maps. It’s winter and cold out, so I’m not missing much.

I hope you had a good Australia Day. Sleep well!