With some clearing this evening, especially heading into the early morning hours it might be a good night to look for the northern lights, particularly as they are expected to be fairly strong due to geomagnetic storm underway.
From Henry Hudson Town Park to Hollyhock 🐦️💮
I decided once again not to do any driving on Saturday and stay closer to home, as the weather looked uncertain for the weekend. I decided instead to ride down to the Henry Hudson Town Park and it by the river for a while reading some e-Books then ride over to Hollyhock Preserve outside of South Bethlehem. It was a bit of a hill but not too bad as my mountain bike has low gears, and it was a blast riding down Collenbeck Hill and the way back home. Spent a lot of time observing wildflowers at Hollyhock and doing a bit more reading. Left a little after 11 AM and got home at about 6:45 PM.
It’s tough not having my food processor running 🧅
Apparently on Friday the blades got stripped out of my food processor. Friday evening I re-ordered the blades — $15 plus $9 shipping and handling as I didn’t have a $35 order but whatever — but it will be a few days before they arrive. I would have ordered a set of blades to get the free shipping but I wanted to ensure these blades fix the problem before I stick $45 in the tank.
Not having working food processor, I tried hand grating onions but boy oh boy did that make my eyes bleed. The johnnycakes were fine but not as good as they could have been if I could have had the onions completely shredded along with well shredded spinach and broccoli in the mix. I hope those blades arrive soon — and fix my food processor, as if there is one kitchen tool I use daily it’s the food processor.
Riding in early to hopefully avoid the rain 🚵
I think there is a good chance I’ll be able to ride to work today, five days in a row. Not too bad. I was on the fence about the weekend, but evidently it seems unlikely I’ll head ot to Schoharie for just an overnight. I’d prefer to do two or three nights camping, after all the work to set up and take down camp. Maybe next weekend, or Memorial Day Weekend. That’s coming quickly.
Good morning! Cloudy, the rain has stopped briefly and 52 degrees in Delmar. ☁ There is a southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 7 mph 💨💨💨. The dew point is 44 degrees.
To ride in or not to ride in. 🚵 That’s the question on my mind. I really don’t feel like busing it to work, 🚍️ it’s such a pain with the transfer to the shuttle ↔️ and I enjoy the ride and not paying the $2.60 in bus fare for the day. Plus I like the exercise and how I feel getting all pumped up 🦾 but I also don’t want to get soaked. 💦 It’s a risk to ride in this morning as there is showers all around.
Didn’t get a real early start this morning, 🛌 as I’ve been staying up a bit later with the additional daylight in the evening, and it was a kind of dark morning and I don’t want to become too sleep deprived and cranky. 🥹 I was having trouble with the food processor chopping up the carrots and bananas for the pancakes, but it turns out things were just kind of plugged up and when I cleaned it out things were good again. 🥕 Carrot pancakes again this morning, pretty good. Only one cup of coffee ☕️ not because I was being good but because I didn’t have milk and coffee with plain Kefier isn’t the same as real coffee.
Today will have a chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 62 degrees at 2pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 21st. East wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 77 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1970. 5.0 inches of snow fell back in 1945.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 65.2° from the due south horizon (-5.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:26 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (289°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (296°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:06 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 12 seconds with dusk around 8:37 pm, which is one minute and 5 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-northwest (283°) at an altitude of 29° from the horizon, 238,831 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:18 pm. At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 62 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 31 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 14 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 44 degrees at 9pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 4th. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 40 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 2010.
Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 64 degrees at 9am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 26th. Maximum dew point of 56 at 9am. Southeast wind 3 to 7 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 82 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 1911. 0.5 inches of snow fell back in 1907.❄
Looking ahead to Sunday, showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 43 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees.
As previously noted, next Friday is Pack Rat Day 🐀 when the sun will be setting at 8:14 pm with dusk at 8:45 pm. On that day in 2023, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 67 and 50 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 72 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 2017.
I Love Oil
You know, I really love oil. Not in it’s crudest form, or even gasoline — that nasty stuff you put in your truck, or even in it’s form of energy — that powers my truck. I love it because oil is such a beautiful thing — it takes one to beautiful places, it gives one the most wonderful experiences.
It’s oil that takes me up to the woods. It’s oil that takes me down rough state truck trails and smooth superhighways, the fly high above beautiful valleys. It’s oil that take me to the mountains, it’s oil that takes me out on the town to meet interesting people. It’s oil that goes in the bus that takes me to work. It’s oil (and it’s cousin natural gas) that keeps lights on, the beer cold, and good times rolling on.
I love oil, despite my
sometimes troubled relationship with it.
It never rains in Upstate NY 🐮
Tell that to the people trying to turn winter wheat and early spring grasses into cow chow. Maybe it will grow intensely when it finally turns hot after all this rain as is most certain to happen the second half of the month.
Good morning! Happy Thursday. It’s not raining this morning, but the heavy rain returns for Friday. That might actually be the only day I don’t ride to work – – and that was the day I was planning to take off to head out to Schoharie. Mostly cloudy around 56 degrees here in Delmar. 🌥 Light breeze from the west.
It seems funny to be thinking about the second half of May already, 🗓 but I actually rain the label job for work for the second half of the month on Tuesday and sent it along to the print shop. I am trying to plan out the second half of the month now for weekends – – the first half as been shit with the rain each weekend, but things might improve come next weekend. Hell of it is Saturdays have been quite nice, ☀ it’s just by Sunday it turns to rain. Same thing this upcoming weekend.
Today will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 67 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 3rd. North wind 9 to 11 mph. Not much rain expected though, which is good for a break before the rain comes back on Friday. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with sunny skies in the afternoon. The high last year was 75 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1979. 1.6 inches of snow fell back in 1977.❄
Breakfast this morning was home fries 🥔 with eggs 🥚 and lots of veggies. Including a big sweet onion, 🧅some garlic, broccoli 🥦 and spinach. I know that yellow potatoes are mostly a starch but they’re good for a treat. Plus I might ride in the long way to work to burn off some extra energy, 🚲 as it’s not a terrible morning and last night it poured and then rained on and and off so I didn’t get out after the Save the Pine Bush conference call.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 64.9° from the due south horizon (-5.9° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:25 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (289°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (295°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:05 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 11 seconds with dusk around 8:36 pm, which is one minute and 5 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-northwest (290°) at an altitude of 18° from the horizon, 235,905 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:16 pm. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 29 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 15 seconds over yesterday.
Last night broke my record of getting out to Five Rivers each night 🐸 but I had that conference call, 📞 and despite the weather man’s promises of better weather for the evening, it actually started to rain shortly after I got home – – I had to run out during the conference call and grab my bike, lest it get soaked with my backpack and junk mail sitting into the back. 🔥 Now if the weather could only get nice enough to have a fire to burn that all up, lol. 😂
Tonight will have showers likely, mainly after 2am. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 48 degrees at 6am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 14th. North wind around 9 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 39 degrees. The record low of 28 occurred back in 1958.
Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, a chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Southeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of at 6am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees.
Doesn’t seem like a complete wash out – – much like last weekend, ☔ but both ends of the weekend look like they will be touched by clouds, cold and rain. I think I will stay in town, I have some coding and other projects to work on at home. 🖥 Bike is running well, I could go out to Voorheesville and or Altamont on Saturday, especially if they are still banging at the unit next door. 🚪
One month 📅 from now will be the start of the Gas Up 🚜 when the sun will be setting at 8:33 pm with dusk at 9:06 pm. I will probably go one weekend with Dad, and possibly the other weekend hammock camp up in Schoharie and spend the day myself, when I can spend more time exploring and enjoying the festival myself. 🥕 Maybe stop by the Carrot Barn and get some fresh produce and carrots too.
Happy Hump Day! ⛈
This morning started out pretty wet, with some good crashes of thunder and pouring rain but the rain stopped before it was time to ride into work, and it wasn’t bad bad a few sprinkles and clouds. By evening the sun will return and it should be a nice evening.
Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Cloudy ☁️ and 57 degrees in Delmar, NY. 5 mph north-west breeze.
This morning started out with Johnny cakes 🥞 and cottage cheese. You know the usual base of a sweet onion 🧅, shredded broccoli 🥦 and spinach. This time added some garlic. A fairly healthy and tasty breakfast.
Today will have showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 11am and 1pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high of 79 degrees at 3pm. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 12th. Southeast wind 9 to 16 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1936. There was a dusting of snow in 2020.❄
The past few evenings have been nice at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🐸, I stay there until dusk then ride back home 🏡 after dark with my bike lights, sometimes taking the long way home through the suburban neighborhoods. 🚲 It’s been nice at Five Rivers the past few days. Only day since Thursday I didn’t get there was Sunday.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 64.6° from the due south horizon (-6.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:24 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (288°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (295°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:04 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 10 seconds with dusk around 8:35 pm, which is one minute and 6 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-northwest (296°) at an altitude of 7° from the horizon, 233,154 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:15 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 26 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 19 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 52 degrees. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 27th. West wind 9 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 35 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1956.
I have a Pine Bush Zoom Meeting tonight, 📹 but maybe or during the meeting I’ll get down to the Town Park 🏞 for a while and read 📖 until it’s really dark. The past few nights I’ve been going to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center on my bike to watch nature and read 📖 e-books.
Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of at 9am. Sunday, showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees.
I think this weekend I’ll be staying in town 🏡 just because I have a bunch of projects to around the apartment and I want to write 📝 some code for the blog. ☔ I was hoping this would be the weekend to get out to Schoharie and ride the Catskill Scenic Trail but it looks like shit. 💩 I can’t believe how much rain is in the forecast. I guess it’s good I’m riding in today, I think it’s the last time of the week.
Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ with dusk at 9:04 pm. On that day in 2023, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 77 and 47 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 77 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1925.
