It's a pretty good climb heading up Cedar Hill, especially Beaver Dam Rd and then up through South Bethlehem and Spawn Hollow to the Hollyhock Preserve but it made for a delightful day riding and exploring the woods without using any gasoline.
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.
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.
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.
Looking for the call of the wild? This list of lakes from the NYS Rare and Endangered Species dataset lists the lakes that have been known to have loons during the summer months that you can sit down and listen to in evening making their calls.
Adirondack Lake, Amber Lake, Ampersand Lake, Arbutus Pond, Ayers Lake, Bay Pond, Bear Pond, Bear Pond Santa Clara, Beaver Lake Morehouse, Beaver Lake Watson, Beaverdam Pond Webb, Big Deer Pond, Big Moose Lake, Big Otter Lake, Black Pond Brighton, Black Pond Santa Clara, Boreas Ponds, Brandreth Lake, Bridge Brook Pond, Bubb Lake, Buckhorn Lake, Bug Lake, Canachagala Lake, Canada Lake, Cascade Lake, Cat Pond, Catlin Lake, Cedar Lakes Arietta, Cedar River Flow, Charley Pond, Chazy Lake, Chub Pond, Clear Pond Duane, Clear Pond North Hudson, Cook Pond, Copper Lake, County Line Flow, Cranberry Lake, Cranberry Pond, Crystal Lake Watson, Debar Pond, Deer Pond Minerva, Deer River Flow, Dexter Lake, Diamond Lake, Dodge Flow, Dry Channel Pond, Duck Lake, Duck Pond Franklin, Eagle Lake Hamilton, East Pond Webb, Elk Lake, Falls Lake, Ferris Lake, Flatfish Pond, Floodwood Pond Santa Clara, Follensby Clear Pond, Forked Lake, Four Brothers Islands, Francis Lake, Fulton Chain Lakes, G Lake, Garnet Lake, Gibbs Lake, Good Luck Lake, Goodnow Pond, Grampus Lake, Gray Lake, Green Pond Santa Clara, Gull Lake, Gull Pond, Handsome Pond, Henderson Lake, Hewitt Pond, Hitchins Pond, Hoel Pond, Honnedaga Lake, Horn Lake, Hornet Ponds, Horseshoe Lake Piercefield, Horseshoe Pond Santa Clara, Hunt Lake, Huntley Pond, Independence Lake, Indian Lake Indian Lake, Indian Lake Morehouse, Jabe Pond, Jenkins Pond, Jocks Pond, Jones Pond Brighton, Jordan Lake, Kennels Pond, Lake Abanakee, Lake Champlain Plattsburgh, Lake Champlain Westport, Lake Clear, Lake Clear Outlet, Lake Colby, Lake Durant, Lake Kora, Lake Kushaqua, Lake Lila, Lake Rondaxe, Limekiln Lake, Little Clear Pond, Little Green Pond, Little Long Pond Santa Clara, Little Moose Lake, Little Moose Lake Webb, Little Pond Thurman, Little Rock Pond, Little Rock Pond Webb, Little Safford Lake, Little Tupper Lake, Long Lake, Long Lake Morehouse, Long Pond Colton, Long Pond Long Lake, Long Pond Piercefield, Long Pond Santa Clara, Loon Lake, Loon Lake Franklin, Lows Lake Bog River Flow, Madawaska Pond, Mason Lake, Massawepie Lake, Mckenzie Pond, Mcrorie Lake, Middle Pond, Middle Saranac Lake, Middle Settlement Lake, Mink Pond, Minnow Pond, Moosehead Pond, Morehouse Lake, Moshier Reservoir, Moss Lake, Mount Arab Lake, Muskrat Pond, Negro Lake, Nehasane Lake, New Pond, Newcomb Lake, Nicks Lake, Nine Corner Lake, North Branch Lake, North Lake, Oliver Pond, Olmstead Pond, Oswegatchie River Reservoir, Oxbow Lake, Panther Lake Webb, Paradox Lake, Peck Lake, Pharaoh Lake, Pickwacket Pond, Piercefield Flow, Pine Lake Caroga, Pine Lake Morehouse, Plumadore Pond, Polliwog Pond Santa Clara, Putnam Pond, Pyramid Lake, Queer Lake, Ragged Lake, Rainbow Falls Reservoir, Raquette Lake, Rice Lake, Rich Lake, Rock Lake, Rock Lake Mullins Flow, Rock Pond Altamont, Round Lake, Round Lake Fine, Round Pond Indian Lake, Round Pond Long Lake, Sand Lake, Sand Lake Webb, Sand Pond North Hudson, Sand Pond Watson, Shallow Lake, Sheriff Lake, Shingle Shanty Pond, Silver Lake Clifton, Simon Pond, South Lake, South Lake Ohio, South Pond Deerland, South Pond Webb, Spectacle Lake, Spectacle Ponds Brighton, Sperry Pond, Spitfire Lake, Sprague Pond, Springhill Ponds, Spy Lake, Square Pond, Squaw Lake, St. Regis Pond, Star Lake Fine, Stark Falls Reservoir, Stephens Pond, Stillwater Reservoir, Stony Creek Ponds, Stony Pond Minerva, Sunshine Pond, Tamarack Lake, Taylor Pond Black Brook, Tenant Lake, Thayer Lake, Third Lake Essex Chain, Thirteenth Lake, Thurman Pond, Trout Pond, Trout Pond Colton, Turtle Pond Santa Clara, Twin Pond Webb, Twitchell Lake, Upper and Lower Sister Lakes, Upper Chateaugay Lake, Upper Saranac Lake, Upper Sargent Pond, Upper St. Regis Lake, Utowana Lake, Weller Pond, West Pond, Whey Pond, Whitney Lake, Wilcox Lake, Wilmurt Lake, Windover Lake, Wintergreen Lake, Witchhopple Lake, Wolf Pond Belmont, Wolf Pond Newcomb, Wolf Pond North Hudson, Woodhull Lake
Last year …
On Thursday 05/11/23 we had sunny weather 🌞 with high of 82 and a low of 40, which is 12 degrees above normal.
On Friday 05/12/23 we had a hot day and mostly sunny 🌞 with high of 87 and a low of 44, which is 17 degrees above normal.
On Saturday 05/13/23 we had partly sunny 🌞 and warm 🌞 with high of 84 and a low of 62, which is 13 degrees above normal.
On Sunday 05/14/23 we had partly cloudy 🌤 skies with some and rain showers after noon 🌦 with high of 84 and a low of 66, which is 13 degrees above normal.
On Monday 05/15/23 we had partly cloudy 🌤 skies, and rain showers in the afternoon 🌦 with high of 82 and a low of 64, which is 11 degrees above normal.
On Tuesday 05/16/23 we had mist and some clearing 🌦 with high of 82 and a low of 57, which is 11 degrees above normal.
On Wednesday 05/17/23 we had partly cloudy skies 🌤 with high of 67 and a low of 50, which is five degrees below normal. The warm weather of last year couldn’t last forever.
