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.
What a really dark and gray morning today. The heaviest rain has stopped for now, but I’m sure that we might get more rain later on.
Cloudy, humid and damp this morning around 70 degrees. ☁️ It was raining pretty hard earlier this morning but now is just cloudy, taking the local in both due to the rain and because I’m feeling sore from the Lyme disease.
Between the rain and busy with work, 👣 it’s been tough to get the steps in the past few days. Plus today I’m just achy and sore. I did walk down to the library as I had work to do, and 👨💻 some work until dark. 🌧 Sat outside at the picnic table with the umbrella which keep the rain showers off me. All and all a pretty nice night. Saw a opossum and rabbit run across the sidewalk. Much better then the skunks I normally see. 💀 You see a lot after dark just sitting outside working.
The weekend forecast looks fairly decent, 😀 I am thinking about heading out of town — maybe not too far like Schoharie or another State Forest. Maybe just hammock camp. 🏕 The bugs aren’t likely too bad this time of year. I don’t think the colors are changing that much up north yet. Weekend looks cool, especially Saturday but really clear. 😎 One idea would be to hike the Catskill Scenic Trail again or another is to hike part of Western Catskills like another part of Bearpen Mountain. 🐻 I would want to get out real early though to avoid the crowds.
One of the GIS projects I’ve been thinking about lately, ☁️ is how to remove clouds from aerial imagery such as captured from LANDSTAT or MODIS Terra/Aqua. The idea I have is you could take an multiple day captures, like over a week or two, overlay them and then make the areas that clouds and shadows fully transparent. I know there is a filter you can do this with SAGA and GRASS but I wonder if I can do this in R/terra with some raster math. It would be neat to have cloud-free images to see the changing the seasons.
We might see some sunshine for a few days. Going to be fairly warm, but not that much compared to recent years. Gets dark early now, but at least it looks like will have some Indian Summer for a bit longer before it gets cold for the year.
Today. Feels like … September 5th.
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny.
Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon.
and
78 degrees
,62 max dew point,
7:19 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … September 9th.
Mostly clear.
Calm wind.
and
55 degrees
,
6:27 sunrise.
Friday. Feels like … August 22nd.
Sunny.
Light and variable wind.
and
81 degrees
,61 max dew point,
7:17 sunset.
Friday Night. Feels like … September 12th.
Mostly clear.
South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Kind of a dark and dreary morning. I am not moving fast, despite waking up before 6 AM and barely catching the 8:30 AM local downtown. I don’t know why, I think it’s the darker mornings with September underway. Usually though I’m good at catching the express, as I really don’t want to take the local when I can avoid it.
Overcast, with fog and 60 degrees at the CDTA Bus Stop #10595. 🌫 Calm wind. The dew point is 59 degrees. They are talking about more sun later, but first we have to wait for the fog to burn off.
I am still wearing my muzzle on the bus 😷 even though the Governor dropped the mask mandate yesterday, in celebration of the upcoming election. But if the politicians tell you not to do something, then it’s probably best to do it otherwise. As politicians primary care about getting re-elected and patronage jobs and not public health. Especially with cold season upon us 😖 it just some prudent to wear a muzzle especially in tight spaces like a bus. 🚌
The weekend is rushing towards me again, 😀 I have made no real plans for the weekend. I thought about heading out of town but maybe not. It’s a Thacher Park weekend on the Nature Bus 🐸 so that’s always a fun and easy choice that doesn’t cost anything. I’ve been thinking about doing a Schoharie trip or maybe Rensslearville State Forest in a future weekend, when I can remote work on a Friday. 💻
Went to the library for 3 or 4 books 📚 left with seven. 7⃣ I guess I’ll be busy with my summer reading program. Maybe if I read all those books and ask the library nicely they’ll give me a free bookmark 🔖.
