Good morning! Happy Pack Rat Day 🐀! I was looking around my apartment at some of the junk I have. A lot of it is scrap metal, I should see if I could take it somewhere and get a few bucks or at least recycle it. It’s just so easy to accumulate stuff, often broken stuff and parts you might use someday. Next Friday is Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️. Hoping for nice weather next week, I probably will leave right from work from the Adirondacks. Maybe I’ll even get to leave before five — that would be nice, it happened last year, but this year might be too busy.

Drizzle, then heavy rain, then mist heading down to the Park and Ride and 54 degrees ☔ in Delmar. There is a south breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 45 degrees. The skies will clear around 4 pm.

Today will have showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 72 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 23rd. Maximum dew point of 57 at 3pm. South wind around 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 2017.

The sun will set at 8:13 pm with dusk around 8:45 pm, which is one minute and 2 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 65 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 13 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 42 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌃, with a low of 48 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 51 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1981.

I don’t know about you, but I am sure tired of the rain.🌧 I was noticing this morning that the bathroom has gotten quite musty. I thing a good cleaning with lots of bleach is an order for the bathroom this weekend. Also some work on the kitchen. Before the heat kicks in on Sunday.🛀 I really didn’t do much cleaning last weekend, because I was quickly running out to head up to the Adirondacks, and next week I’ll be heading out of town. I also need to get the bottles and cans out, because they haven’t gotten out last week. Maybe I should return them

At least I’ve been feeling better, during the second half of the week.😷 I don’t know why I had the headaches and achyness in the first half of the week on and off and the same thing last week, but it seems like it was going around the office. Kind of a cold without a full cold.

I’m hopefully now that I’m past this, and with the better weather, I’ll be feeling better, getting out, doing more walking 🚶and exercise and getting ready for the summer that’s coming. I did walk down to the bus stop and to the library, but I’ve not done my evening walks in a while. My big thing this summer is going to be more day hikes, and once the black flies are gone, more overnighters with the hammock (probably going to need an inexpensive, lightweight bug net).

I think I am set for the Lupine Festival, 🦋 I just have to pick up the printed material from the print shop and just reorganize the bag to make sure I only have the supplies I need. I will run to the store, get some crayons 🖍 and food to eat tonight and while I”m there, because I’m pretty low at home, unless I get creative.🍞 I got figure out my lunch tomorrow — I guess I will get a ticket for food there but I’d rather pack my own and avoid the waste and unhealthy options. Need lots of water too, because it often is hot sitting out at the event.

As previously noted, next Friday is Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ when the sun will be setting at 8:19 pm with dusk at 8:53 pm. On that day in 2018, we had sunny and temperatures between 80 and 52 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 72 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 1964.

Good morning! Happy Average High is 70 🐮! Now if the sun were ever to come out — as it did for a few hours yesterday, and is trying to today — the we’d have a shit-ton of green grass.  🌾Five weeks to Summer ️⛱️. Looking forward to finally having some nice weather, laying down at the beach, going for a swim, or fishing in the evening. Partly cloudy and 51 degrees ⛅ at the Elm Avenue Park and Ride, waiting for 8:26 and heading downtown. There is a west-northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees. It’s actually a pretty nice morning for once.

Decided to make up blueberry pancakes for breakfast 🍒and pasta for lunch. 🍲 Definitely a pleasant spring morning for a change, I enjoyed my walk down to the Park and Ride. Taking one of the now old CDTA hybrid buses 🚍 to work, the hybrid motor is making some odd noises for sure. The turbo is whistling too. I wonder if it’s blowing black smoke 💨 out its tailpipe as we go downtown. Smells like cleaner as they can’t open the windows on these older buses. Nothing gets older faster then the future. Listening to Me and Bobby McGee as I look at the increasingly green landscape around.🎶

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 67 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 9th. Maximum dew point of 46 at 8am. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph. Definite improvement. That there, is more to go before summer is here. But I’m okay without the real hot weather for a while, especially before the pools open and the black flies  🐜are out. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1991.

The sun will set at 8:12 pm with dusk around 8:44 pm, which is one minute and 2 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 60 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 40 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and one second over yesterday.

I’d love to get down to the park tonight, but I really have to work on the Pine Bush booth. 🎨 I probably will end up walking down to the library to select and order the photos for updating the booth, 🖼 and then tomorrow pick them up with some crayons.🖍 I am hoping I can do all of the ordering of printed material online. Lynne normally uses Kinkos on Wolf Road but I’d rather do it at Staples if possible to avoid the trip up there. I just got figure out how to order online.🖨

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 48 degrees at 5am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 18th. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 59 degrees. The record low of 30 occurred back in 1959. Farmers are planting some crops 🌾 now as the risk of freezing is rarer, at least when it’s not raining.

One month 📅 from now will be Fathers Day 👨 when the sun will be setting at 8:35 pm with dusk at 9:10 pm. Gas Up day, putt, putt, bang! 🚜 I haven’t totally decided if I will go to it this year, but I might go and then camp up on Cotton Hill, maybe back-country hammock camp or up in the lean-to. It could be a fun weekend.⛺ I haven’t been out to Schoharie County since last September and some time out there might be fun.