Delmar is a hamlet in the Town of Bethlehem, in Albany County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of the neighboring city of Albany. The community is bisected by NY Route 443 (Delaware Avenue), a major thoroughfare, main street, and route to Albany.
A census-designated place (CDP) has been established since 1980 by the U.S. Census Bureau for tabulating the population of what the census has defined as the boundaries of the urbanized area in and around Delmar. The population was 8,292 at the 2000 census, but it was not included as a CDP in the 2010 census.
In 2005, CNN/Money Magazine named the Delmar ZIP Code (an area larger than the Delmar hamlet or CDP) as one of the “Best Places to Live” in America, rating it the 22nd best place to live among what it called “Great American Towns.
Good evening. It was a pretty nice day but the mercury is dropping fast on its way down to what is now expected to be 29 degrees by daybreak. But as fast as it goes down under clear skies, it will climb back up come morning. First quarter moon sets at 3 AM and sunrise at 6:11. Blue skies and lots of light to get you up and going tomorrow.
I walked down to the park this evening and played on my laptop until after dark. I really should have just brought my book, as I don’t really need to waste more time on the Internet. Regardless, I like how I have until well after 8 PM now before it gets dark out. Tomorrow I might bring a book down to the river and go fishing. I know if I want something I can clean and eat, I should go out to Lawson Lake which is equidistant but I like sitting down by the river with a book, watching the boats go by, and be able to stop on in Glenmont and buy beer and supplies on the way home. If it’s warm out during the weekend evenings I want to get some Corona and drink it out back. None of that cheap Budweiser stuff now that it’s getting truly nice out. Maybe my neighbors will have a fire out back tomorrow night and I can join them.
Still totally psyched about that MMQGIS plug in that lets you export KML data with basic styling data attached. I tweaked a few lines in the code of the plug-in to improve th output, but I’m pretty happy with the result. Good stuff. Lots more KML maps coming soon. I should also update the county /regional KML maps with the latest data I got from the DEC and I have ideas for further improvements to my blog’s KML viewer.
I hate all the politics stuff in Facebook lately. I tend to think that the national Democratic Party has really gone off the rails lately, with their extreme liberal positions and their mostly pro-urban poor agenda. Most Americans live in the suburbs, most are not colored or poor. I respect people of all races, but our political dialog can’t solely be about a small sector of the electorate. Donald Trump is a buffoon and Ted Cruz is nuts. But this whole hyperpartisan national debate does nothing for any of us. I just want a boring government that provides a quality education to our kids, invests in our parks, libraries and cultural institutions. I want a government that stays out of my business but keeps my community safe from drugs and crime. I just really hate politics these days. I don’t know if in November I will vote for Trump or Clinton. Well see.
That red light bulb helps a lot with the sleep. It’s sounds stupid but killing the lights in my apartment except for that one red bulb is so much easier on my eyes, very calming, and makes sleep come a lot easier for more restful nights. Ever since I got my Smartphone and started blogging before bed, I’ve had trouble sleeping. Now with the red light every night, I always wake up well rested. Stupid but it works for me. I also avoid my computer an hour before bed, so I have as little blue light as possible.
For Look High in the Sky Day we have nothing but blue skies and 32 degrees on the mercury. 54 degrees for the high and 31 degrees for the low tonight. First quarter moon under brilliantly clear skies tonight.
Going to be a nice Thursday. And actually looking through next Wednesday – as far as NOAA predicts – no clouds or rain are predicted with seasonable or even somewhat above temperatures predicted.
Get out and enjoy this beautiful weather. We all deserve it, been a tough winter.
Nice evening. Maybe about 10-15 degrees too cool to be truly nice. Now at 11 o’clock we are at 39 degrees under clear skies. Will be a cool but clear night with a low around 30. Not bad for walking with a sweater but too cool for sitting out back.
Tomorrow is the first quarter moon. Tonight about 40% of the moon is visible. The moon will be setting shortly in the west. Sunrise is at 6:14 AM. Sunny tomorrow. 55 degrees and pleasant. Warm up comes for the weekend. Spring may finally be here. Cool nights remain for the next few days.
First visited the library to work on some maps with the Internet. Then Went out for my evening walk. Very pleasant evening for the walk. Now watching the PBS Newshour, but will turn off soon because it’s time for bed.
Really happy about discovering that MMQGIS plug in although I’m actively improving the KML export options. I think I will make some more Google Maps over the next few weeks.
Good evening. Seeing that blue sky tonight is nice, but it is chilly with that breeze. It’s 49 degrees and party cloudy with a stiff northwest breeze going 16 miles per hour with gusts pushing 30. Windchill is at 43 degrees but it feels cold then that, even with the sun. The blue skies and green grass are pleasing to the eye, even if it’s chilly this evening. Waxing Crescent Moon tonight with about 40% illuminated. The moon will be setting around 11:30 PM tonight. So if you bundle up, plenty of time to enjoy the moon.
Tonight will be partly cloudy and blustery with a low of 30 degrees. Sunset at 7:35 PM tonight. Probably too cold to go down to the park tonight, especially with that bone chilling weather. But the cold won’t last, and the wind is expected to die down around 2 AM. Tomorrow, sunny and 55 degrees, about 2 degrees below normal. The long range shows only sunny skies, with temperatures on Thursday in the upper 50s, then 60s and 70s through at least Tuesday. That’s pretty typical for the second half of April, which will be upon us starting Friday. It seems like time goes by quickly.
Five Weeks from now is Pack Rat Day. With an average high of 70 degrees on that day, it’s perfect weather for a good bonfire. Clean out your closet and enjoy a nice roaring fire. You can’t go wrong with that if you live out in the sticks. Things should green up well by then so the fire risk will be low.
Speaking of fire, I’m a bit undecided about my weekend plans. I have the 40 Karner Road clean up on Saturday morning. I’m wavering on going camping out at a local state forest. A nice campfire would be nice. It’s going to be warm for sure. But still it’s a lot of work to pack and unpack for one nights camping. I might just be better off going down to the park with a book and put off camping until it becomes even more summer like.
Two weeks I’ll be leaving for vacation. I am thinking about leaving from work for vacation and just buying firewood so I have it for the first night. I’m increasingly looking at the Finger Lakes for the vacation, and maybe one night down at the Pine Creek Gorge, depending on when spring comes. I might consider taking US 20 along the northern Finger Lakes and heading south, but that still to be decided. I like Wellsboro and the gorge is probably pretty in spring time. I wonder what kind of cold water fishing opportunities for trout exist in northern Tioga County, it’s something that I need to research.
Tomorrow I got to drop off my sportscoat off for dry cleaning, something that should have happened a month ago. But at least no dressing up for work until May 3rd, so I ain’t complaining. It’s remarkable to think May isn’t that far away.
Heading into the 9 o’clock hour, temperatures have dropped to 41 degrees over cloudy skies that are somewhat brightening. We are now looking at 67 degrees on Saturday and 72 on Sunday, both days under bright blue skies. Every day things are getting greener in the city.
Listening to Tim McGraw’s Cowboy in Me on this damp and dark bus ride downtown. Like it was 2001 once again, the urge to roam, the urge to ride, I guess that’s just the cowboy in me.
44 degrees and mostly clear this evening around sunset at 7:35 pm. Darkness tonight at 8:04 pm. Those long spring evenings are rapidly returning. But I still wish it was a bit warmer for going down to the park. Later in the week the mercury will creep up quite a bit.
Today in 1945, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; Vice President Harry Truman, becomes President upon Roosevelt’s death.
Ten years later to the day, the polio vaccine, developed by Dr.Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective. This horrific disease is mostly something for the history books.
Get your motors running, as it’s John Kay of Steppenwolf’s birthday. As we are all born to be wild. That’s still a great song, a half century later.
Good morning on this National Grilled Cheese Day. An important holiday to celebrate for sure with a good sharp cheddar. 47 degrees with a 14 mph wind from west-northwest. Right now the wind is roaring, forget about the umbrella. Rain for a few more minutes this morning then gradual clearing throughout the day, a high around 50 degrees later but breezy.
At the noontime hour look for partly cloudy skies with 60% cloudy cover and 48 degrees.
