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 morning, Happy Friday! 58 degrees and sunny with some high clouds. Going to be another nice early autumn day, followed by a nice fall weekend. Looking forward to MooseFest this weekend and hopefully some really colorful leaves. Usually by this point they are at or even beyond peak color at Moose River Plains but this year has relatively warm.
Porch light worked well with turning on automatically at dusk. A simple little thing, but it sure beats coming home in the dark.
Continuing to work on planning my October trip. I didn’t think it was going to happen but now that I figured out a reasonable route, I think I can make it happen. Still a long trip down to West Virginia but I will avoid city traffic and break it down to reasonable sized increments.
At this point we are down to 60 degrees with the bright moon. The frogs are singing their song on this second evening of fall. Expect a low around 49 degrees tonight.
Ordered a set of overview maps for Monongahela National Forest and the George Washington National Forests. I couldn’t find a version online so I ordered them. I think I have a strategy for getting down there via the Allegheny National Forest, which will break up the trip and make it easier then heading diagonal across Pennsylvania and hitting the metropolitan traffic. Probably go down I-99 or maybe US 219 both of which avoid Pennsylvania’s major cities. Probably start in the Northern part of Monongahela NF and work my way south. On the way back I could go diagonally across Pennsylvania but then I risk hitting a lot of city traffic. Thinking of leaving for this trip the second week of October but I don’t have it off yet and still have a lot left to plan.
Happy Autumn! 43 degrees and clear. As they say, It ain’t over till it’s over. It’s going to be more summer like than autumn with temperatures expected around 77 degrees. Partly sunny. The normal high for today is 70. Sunset at 6:50 PM for 12:10 of daylight.
And remember, If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else. RIP, Yogi Berra.
51 degrees and clear this evening. Half moon tonight, setting at 12:30. Getting down to 47. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, 77 degrees. Not a half bad day for the first day autumn.
Today became a nice day for the last day of summer but the morning was so dreary. After a nice weekend it was tough going back to work. But at least the short cold I got on Sunday is mostly over at this point. Hiked around the trails at Swift Wetland Preserve than hiked, then down to the library, and the evening walk around the superblock that makes up the school for a combined total of 5 miles. Felt good after my ankle sprain.
At the 5 o’clock commute hour, we are at 69 degrees and partly sunny. Nice evening, look for sunset around 6:50 PM.
There is 11:50 of night tonight and 12:10 of daylight tomorrow. While on paper the first day of fall the length of day should be 12 hours, the way the sun interacts with the atmosphere makes the sun rise and set later a little earlier and later than one would expect. September 26th will be the first night that is longer than day.
Traffic is moving slowly heading out of Albany. It’s Rush Hour but nobody seems to be in a rush getting out of the city, either heading northbound or southbound on 787. If you’re stuck in traffic, just be glad you’re out of work for the day on this last day of summer. It’s the daily grind. Can’t do anything about it.
At this point it’s tough to get down to the park after work, but I still might go down to the park. I can stay for a while after dark and it’s a nice walk. I don’t necessarily want to go to the library tonight. One of these days I need to go to Glenmont Car Wash and clean the mud off my truck. I also need to vacuum out my truck and clean off the interior of the windshield.
Good morning. On this Tuesday morning we are up to 54 degrees with gloomy, cloudy skies that are often seen in the fall months around here. It was dark enough that at 8 AM the porch light now controlled by a darkness activated switch had turned on. By the 9 o’clock hour the switch had turned off the light.
Today is the last day of summer. Summer ended before beginning, as that trippy lyric from the 1960s used to say. Fall is a nice season but at times it can be so depressing with the grey skies and cooler weather. On nice days, fall is the nicest time of the year. At least I prefer the icky weather on days when I have to work. The good news is today is pay day is today, as I need the money to pay the rent and the bills.
