Good evening! Partly clear and 73 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌃 There is a west-northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 59 degrees. Pretty nice summer evening for sure.

I decided rather than go down to the park with a book tonight 📖 I would just sit out back. It turned out to be a pretty nice evening and I got a lot of reading done from that FDR book I posted earlier in the evening. I’ve been very fascinated with FDR ever since reading Richard Hofstadter essay, well chapter called “The Patrician as Opportunist”, from his book The American Political Tradition. FDR wasn’t only a support president, he was a ruthless politician, and much of what he did was centered around his own political advancement. By no means was he an ideologue. It’s clear that his polio only made him stronger. ✊

I went for my evening walk 🚶 and then sat out back for a while and read a bit more. Got more moo juice 🐮 at the store so I’ll have it with coffee ☕ tomorrow. I have to pick up my dry cleaning tomorrow although I forgot to get cash today but I think they take cards 💳 and that’s an option with a $37 dry cleaning bill. I did two sportscoats and my overcoat so shit adds up. Dry cleaning is expensive, as all the mitigation and clean up from the spilled PERC they use in dry cleaning is expensive. Most dry cleaners when they close become superfund sites, although most newer dry cleaners are switching to frozen carbon dioxide or other chemicals to replace the PERC. 👔

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 61 degrees at 5am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around July 3rd. Maximum dew point of 59 at 10pm. West wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It was very sticky. It got down to 77 degrees. The record low of 40 occurred back in 1978.

Tonight will have a New Moon with 0% illuminated. The moon will rise at 5:07 am. The New Moon will be tonight with partly cloudy skies. The Buck Moon 🌝 is in 2 weeks. The sun will rise at 5:21 am with the first light at 4:47 am, which is 32 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 8 hours and 45 minutes of darkness, an increase of 41 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers before 10am. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 84 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 4pm. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was very sticky. The high last year was 97 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1966.

After work tomorrow I’ll pack for Moose River Plains. ⛺ It should be a nice quiet weekend once I’m up there and get things set up, although I’ll probably camp on the east end on Wednesday night and then camp farther west the final three nights. I also need to go shopping for food as once I’m up north the options are limited and expensive. Beautiful wild country. I’m hoping by the second day to have camp set up and be able to walk everywhere I need from there. 😴

I shared that article earlier in the day on why one person chose to leave Upstate New York. ✋ While liberals will dismiss it as republican propaganda, and I agree it focuses to much on the incumbent governor ignoring the long standing practices of the republicans that once dominated the legislature and the governorship for many years, I do see why many people would choose lower cost, freer states to live in compared to New York. Our state is great if you live in the metropolitan areas or benefits from the many services offered by state for the disabled, elderly, young or poor but for many others it’s kind of a raw deal. It’s a wonderful state to live in – for example – if you child has cebral pausy or you have a wheelchair to get around – compared to red states. 👶 Rural life in New York is basically one work around after another with laws that kind of fit badly for upstate. 🚜 I know upstate legislators try but New York City lies large over the rest of the state.

In four weeks on July 29 the sun will be setting at 8:18 pm,🌄 which is 18 minutes and 9 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 81 and 61 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 62 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1894.

Looking ahead, Cow Appreciation Day 🐂 is in 2 weeks, August 🌻 is a month away, Work Like a Dog Day 🐩 is in 5 weeks, Last Sunset After 8 PM 🌆 is in 6 weeks, National Dog Day 🐩 is in 8 weeks, Sunset Before 7:30 PM 🌆 is in 2 months, Labor Day 👨‍🏭 is in 9 weeks, October 🛥 is in 3 months and Columbus Day 🛥️ is in 14 weeks.