Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. But so does the express bus 🚍 which makes for an easier commute. Partly clear and 27 degrees for the morning walk. 🌅 There is a northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at around 8 am. 🌡️.

I heard something about a football 🏈 game on the radio 📻 this morning while listening to the BBC report on climate change and the ocean 🌎 which I found more interesting. Then I got up, reheated the coffee and pancakes 🥞. Saves so much time. I have actually no idea how long the game went on, but Walmart wasn’t crowded last night at 6 PM and I was in bed by 9 PM.

Great morning for the walk. 🚶 Lots of fresh crisp air with a slight taste of barnyard 🐮 on it. No sunrise yet but it’s coming. Mostly clear skies which is nice. Shower 🚿 and catch the express at 8:15 right from by home which is great. I will probably get off at the Plaza and walk over to the SOB where I work for some extra steps though I don’t have to if it looks like there is a lot of protestors at the Plaza. 👣 Tomorrow I might do my walk at 6:15 rather than a as there is quite a bit of daylight now in the morning. Then so breakfast second.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 48 degrees at 3pm. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 22nd. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 21 degrees. The record high of 58 was set in 1900. 9.0 inches of snow fell back in 1893.❄

I’ve decided as part of my calorie reduction program 🍏 to focus on eating a minimum of 2-3 lb of fruits and vegetables a day. I’ve noticed already that with a more stable blood sugar levels and a full stomach that does more reduce calories than anything else. You look at the calories labels and you really can’t eat enough fruits and vegetables to get fat off them. 🤰🏼 Plus eating fruits and vegetables is far more fun than saying no, no matter what the puritans tell you. I am restocking the fruit bowl 🍊 today.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:11 pm with sun having an altitude of 34° from the due south horizon (-36.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 8.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:45 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (246°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (253°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:25 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 3 seconds with dusk around 5:53 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:27 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 45 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 5 mph. Tomorrow will have 10 hours and 34 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 39 seconds over today.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. 16 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 5th. Breezy, with a light and variable wind becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. In 2022, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 15 degrees. The record low of -13 occurred back in 2016.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 39. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 47. Typical average high for the weekend is 37 degrees.

Now the question 🙋 for the weekend is where to go. I know many people would like me to go to hell but I already live and work there so I’m thinking more likely Schoharie or Madison County would be good. The horse 🐴 trails in Madison County would likely thought be muddy. I did really enjoy that trip.

Looking ahead, next Monday is Presidents Day 👴 when the sun will be setting at 5:34 pm with dusk at 6:01 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 28 and 13 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 37 degrees. We hit a record high of 66 back in 1930. I think Martin Van Burean is my favorite president.