John Boyd Thacher State Park, is situated along the Helderberg Escarpment, one of the richest fossil-bearing formations in the world. Even as it safeguards six miles of limestone cliff-face, rock-strewn slopes, woodland and open fields, the park provides a marvelous panorama of the Hudson-Mohawk Valleys and the Adirondack and Green Mountains. The park has volleyball courts, playgrounds, ball fields and numerous picnic areas with nine reservable shelters. Interpretive programs are offered year-round, including guided tours of the famous Indian Ladder Trail. There are over 25 additional miles of trails for summer hiking and mountain biking, and winter cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, and snowmobiling.
Out walking this morning right at six o’clock and then there are more Committee Agendas and legislation to review forwork while eatingbreakfast and sipping coffee out back before tabling a good portion of the day the Lupine Festival for Save the Pine Bush. Going to try to find time to walk 8 miles today in between the rain drops, though I doubt I’ll melt.
Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! But the work never stops until some time after June 10th or so I tell myself. Cloudy and 54 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. Not so cold this morning for the walk 🚶. The dew point is 49 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 3 am.
I was up pretty early this morning 🌅 but then again this time of year the sun rise is early. Stumbled around a bit but now I’m going again and out walking 🚶. I figured walk first then breakfast 🍳 which will be eggs, a shit ton of spinach along with orange and red peppers and onions and probably tomatoes 🍅 as you can’t forget them.
Today will have showers likely, mainly after 5pm. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 69 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 9th. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6pm. South wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Okay, New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth 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 79 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1962.
So yes a busy Saturday ahead. 😃 Lots of things to do. One thing I can 🥫 check off my list ☑ is I ended up grocery shopping 🛒 last night rather than Sunday. I wanted to get some more apples 🍏 and I noticed the store was freshly stocked so I figured get it done. That way I’ll be down by the end of the week next week and can go shopping again if I decide to head out of town to camp ⛺. I don’t know though with the best campsites likely taken and the black flies. 🐜 Plus I told John whose wife is sick this weekend I would probably come up next weekend. Still waiting on parts for my bicycle 🚲, I don’t see myself wrenching it this weekend.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 67.3° from the due south horizon (-3.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:35 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (292°). 📸
I got cranberry beans soaking in the refrigerator today, 🍲I plan to cook them either tonight or tomorrow to add to meals throughout the week. Salmon with rice, kale, onions and peppers for dinner tonight. 🐠
The sunset is in the west-northwest (299°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:16 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 17 seconds with dusk around 8:48 pm, which is one minute later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-northwest (296°) at an altitude of 10° from the horizon, 245,175 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:30 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 65 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 50 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 53 seconds over yesterday.
Last night twice the expressbus 🚍had to pull over on the shoulder of the road because the battery box door kept opening up. Both on Interstate 787 and the Delmar bypass. Poor driver had to get out on the shoulder with racing traffic going by and try to secure it. The second time, a CDTA supervisor in his personal vehicle saw the breakdown and stopped by. One of the passengers joked with only three passengers he could have just given us a ride home 🏡. Friday usually is very light on the bus, a lot of people work from home or like me often head out of town.
I think the Voorheesville bus hasn’t rebuilt it’s ridership enough, I bet come mid June it will be back to starting and ending at the Park and Ride. 🚏 It’s tough in the era of hybrid work and work from home. I’m okay with that, as I like the walk especially on non session days and it will be more timely ⌚ as the driver for the 7:30 run will dead head back and do the 8:30 run downtown and the same with me 4 pm and 5 pm route. While drivers can always hit traffic on Southern Boulevard or 787, with that dead head the layover is long enough to avoid most delays unlike running a city route before. ☺
Tonight will have showers, mainly before 2am. 🌧 Low of 50 degrees at 5am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 19th. South wind around 7 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 65 degrees. The record low of 32 occurred back in 1949.
I keep watching as the forecast for Memorial Day Weekend 🇺🇸 gets warmer and sunnier but I’m afraid I’ll have to work. Maybe my best plan remains to hammock camp ⛺ a night or two quite primatively locally. I’ll figure it out as those days get closer. I’m just really hoping for a nice Juneteenth Weekend at the Potholers and House Pond Campsite. It could rain though. Summer is not done yet! Though only 105 days remain until the Labor Day Weekend.
One month 📅 from now will be Primary Day 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 8:38 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm. I’m not sure whose on the ballot locally but I could check at the county board of elections website. I will want to Early Vote because they moved my Election Day site to the Town Park which isn’t convenient for me when I’m busy on Election Day.
It’s now just coasting to the weekend, or so I tell myself. The hill has been climbed, now it’s just coasting to five o’clock. And next weekend is Memorial Day Weekend, which the black flies want you to know is a three day weekend.
Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Mostly sunny and 48 degrees ☀ in Delmar for the morning walk. There is a south breeze at 11 mph. 🍃.
I hear that summer is coming 🏖 though lately there has been very little evidence of that lately. That said, things may get warmer for the Memorial Day Weekend though not by much. When summer finally arrives though I’m betting it will get hot.
I was thinking 💭 about eggs this morning 🥚 as I had too many carbs yesterday but I think with time limitations 🥣 and because I want eggs tomorrow I’m going to reheat the remaining barley and quinoa I have cooked in the refrigerator and serve with blackberries and cherries 🍒 this morning. 🥣 May add a little honey 🍯 just because otherwise the quiona is too bitter. Then some carrots 🥕. Tomorrow eggs 🍳 I’m thinking. I’ll make sure to limit carbs at lunch and dinner. Maybe I’ll crack open that other can of mackerel 🐠 or tuna with dinner and serve with kale to boost my omega 3 levels and vitamin absorption. Also need to use up more of the peppers 🫑🌶️ in the refrigerator they’re getting dried out a bit. I do make frozen spinach and especially kale 🥗 too big of a portion of my diet but it’s easy and cheap source of healthy fiber though I do need to mix it up more. Overdoing kale is better than overdosing on sugars and fats I tell myself.
Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 72 degrees at 4pm. Typical for today. Maximum dew point of 48 at 12pm. South wind 11 to 17 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 63 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1989. There was a dusting of snow in 1976.❄
Yesterday was busy and I was tired 😴 by the end of the day but I still got 9.2 miles in by the end of the day. Caught the express bus 🚍 both ways, made up and eat too much brown rice 🍚 and red lentils, as its super dense but tried to make up for it by having lots of kale, tomato 🍅 and onions with the small slice of chicken 🐔 breast I had for dinner. I’ll cut back further on the carbs today. It’s about averages.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 67.1° from the due south horizon (-3.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:34 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (292°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (298°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:15 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 17 seconds with dusk around 8:47 pm, which is one minute and one second later than yesterday. 🌇
The best time to look at the stars is after 9:29 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 65 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 14 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 48 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 57 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 51 degrees at 2am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 24th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 6am. South wind 11 to 14 mph. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 46 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 2002.
I would like to walk 🚶 ten miles today but it’s going to be difficult as I have to probably do work this evening and pick up the Save the Pine Bush display from Lynne Jackson in the city after work. 🗒 Those committee agendas keep coming later and later into the weekend. 🤯 It’s fine, I need the comp time for summer but still it will lead to a very busy evening.
Tomorrow will have showers likely, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 66 degrees at 12pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 1st. Maximum dew point of 57 at 2pm. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Not the nicest day possible for the Lupine Festival 🦋 but not a total washout. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 79 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1962.
Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly sunny, ☀ with a high near 73. Northwest wind around 11 mph. Maximum dew point of 50 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 73 degrees. That should be a nicer day. Looking at minimum at Bennett Hill before seeing the folks, might also do an early morning hike to Five Rivers 🐦 – and I mean early like 5 AM – and maybe an evening hike up Blodgett Hill then get groceries for the week at Wally World.🛒
I wasn’t going to head out of town for the holiday weekend ⛺ but with the warming trend and potentially sunny hot weather, I could be persuaded elsewise. 🤷♂️ Hammock Camping is more likely but I could consider the Spectulator area especially if I have to spend part of the week remote working. 💻 That said I don’t like the black flies and summer isn’t that far away. I’d still almost prefer though to wait for the following week when work is less and the woods is quieter. 🌲🌲But sometimes plans change.
I’m back to thinking 💭 about the Finger Lakes National Forest for summer vacation 🏊♂️ mostly because I’m thinking of all the trails and flat land up on the hump between the lakes for bicycle 🚲 riding. Plus lots of opportunities to fish 🎣 and the ease of setting up camp ⛺ for the week and nearby groceries at Watkins Glen. 🍏 It was fun paddling Seneca Lake on calmer days. 🛶 And doing the Black River Valley to camp and hunt come the autumn rather than West Virginia.
One month 📅 from now the Average High is 80 when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm. Basically almost summer at that point, I should spend it at the House Pond campsite. ⛺
Waking up in the wilderness is truly a blessing. ⛺Listening to the sound of the birds chirping and the rivers flowing, the sun flowing into the truck cap.😎 Watching the coffee in the percolator heat up breakfast cook up.☕ Listening to the news from a transistor radio talking about the horrors of a distant land. 📻And knowing it is so far from the quiet of the wilderness. 🔕
It’s literally freezing out this Thursday morning, though no wind and it’s more like a heavy dew rather than a frost this morning. Still it’s the second half of May and not October.
Mostly sunny and a freezing 32 degrees for the morning walk in Delmar, NY. ☀ Calm wind. It looks like there is a pretty good temperature inversion around. Probably warmer in higher elevations. Happens in the Albany area sometimes trapping in all the pollution. There was this one house that looked like an oil burner was malfunctioning, and it almost looked like a house fire from all the black smoke. But I think it was just a bad injector, putting in too much fuel into the furnace. But they might want to get that fixed before they have an actual house fire.
I am out walking this morning, 🚶♀️ and when I get home, I have rice soaking which I will cook with red lentils. Makes a bit more of pasty, softer rice mixture but I like to change things up then the green lentils. I did forget to get beans last night but I probably wouldn’t have had enough time to soak before morning. 👨🍳 I also have chicken 🐔 thawing in the refrigerator which I will cook up for dinner, along with the rice, spinach and those mini potatoes I got for camping a few weeks back. 🥞 I was thinking banana-oatmeal pancakes this morning, but they will have to wait for oatmeal and blackberries this morning, as I think my stove will be busy cooking the rice. But it’s fine, I haven’t had oatmeal since Monday, and true be told, it’s a pretty similar meal.
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 65 degrees at 4pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 28th. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Not quite as cold as yesterday. I just want endless summer. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 2017. 2.2 inches of snow fell back in 2002.❄
Yesterday I checked off a lot of things on my list. ☑ Walked 8.6 miles, got my dry cleaning and a few groceries 🥦 like more spinach, banana peppers and olives. Finally got skim milk 🥛 at Stewart’s, I’ve been putting it off as I don’t like drinking calories but I need for some recipes and it’s good for hot coffee. ☕ Soaking some brown rice 🍚 currently, going to cook that up this morning.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 66.9° from the due south horizon (-3.9° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:33 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (291°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (298°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:14 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 16 seconds with dusk around 8:46 pm, which is one minute and one second later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:28 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 58 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 46 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 58 seconds over yesterday.
I fixed some bugs in the style sheet for the blog 🖥 and uploaded that R script I developed for extracting up to date property tax data from the rolls. I’m working on some new ideas for content for the blog, I often monitor what people are searching for on the blog and use it for ideas for content. 💡
I was doing my monthly financial check up 🔎 💵 and discovered I’m taking in a lot of interest payments from my savings account which is at 4% now that the fed pushed up the rates. Combined with dividends, I’m making nearly a fifth of my monthly income from those quarterly taxable sources. That’s kind of bad as I’m going to owe a lot come July 15. Not sure what I’m going to do. I could move more into stocks and bonds but I want to keep cash on hand as I’m going to need a new truck at some point and if the market declines further I want to be able to buy stocks or bonds.
Not the greatestweather ever for the Lupine Festival but not ungodly hot. 🦋 Saturday, a chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 57 at 8pm. Sunday, a chance of showers before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 51 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 73 degrees.
Looking ahead l, there are 2 weeks until 9 PM Dusk 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:27 pm with dusk at 9:00 pm. On that day in 2022, we had rain and temperatures between 69 and 60 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 76 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1918.
Despite the arrival of green up weeks ago, with the very low humidity and breeze they are talking about Red Flag conditions today. So probably best for pack rats everywhere to keep their piles of debris for Friday night bonfires rather than lighting it off today with a shit ton of used motor oiland diesel. That said, probably the rednecks that do the most burning of things are the biggest pack rats as a lot of things like metal don’t burn well and you never know when you can use that piece of junk.
Cloudy and a chilly 43 degrees in Delmar for the morning walk. ☁ There is a north-northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃.
Talk about unmotivating weather to get yourself going this morning. I had to get out the jeans 👖 and flannel shirt and vest that I wore this weekend for camping before going out. My windows are closed upstairs. The rest of the week will be warmer but still cool.
I’m thinking this morning it will be quinoa and barley with cherries 🍒 for breakfast. Yesterday was reheated quiche with extra kale and tomatoes and Monday was oat meal. Always trying to keep things mixed up both for keeping it interesting and delicious 😋 but also to have a good mix of vitamins and minerals. With the growing season underway looking forward to adding more local foods soon too.
Today will start out mostly cloudy, 🌥 then gradually becoming sunny 🌞, with a high of 57 degrees at 5pm. 15 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 11th. Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 67 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 2017.
Got out from work at 6:10 pm last night, 🚍 then had dinner around seven, voted 🗳 and walked 8.2 miles for the day. It really helps the days are longer now. Sat out back for a while on the tailgate of my truck, as it was a mild evening before retiring to bed 🛏 a quarter after eight.
Heading to the dry cleaner this morning on my way into work, 🕴️I’ll have to put it on my card 💳 as I got busy again at work yesterday and forgot to get to the bank 🏦. It’s fine. Then I’ll get olives and chilli 🌶 peppers at the store after work.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 66.7° from the due south horizon (-4.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:32 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (291°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (298°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:13 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 15 seconds with dusk around 8:45 pm, which is one minute and 2 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:26 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 52 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 44 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 31 degrees at 6am. 18 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 1st. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light northwest after midnight. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 46 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1981.
LupineFestival looks to be at least somewhatwet. 🦋 Saturday, showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Maximum dew point of 54 at 12pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Maximum dew point of 50 at 7am. Typical average high for the weekend is 73 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Summer ️⛱️ when the sun will be setting at 8:38 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 70 and 51 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 81 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1938.
