Good morning! Happy Thursday. Today is the first full day of spring. Next Thursday the Average High is 50 󞀮 Mostly cloudy skies and 38 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Nice morning walking down to the Park and Ride. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 11 pm. ☃️

Definitely seems like the weather has moderated a bit and the walk to the express bus was pleasant. 🚏The bus was on time. Hit some traffic going into city on the old 787 but I really don’t have that many complaints. I’m not driving. Kind of gray though for sure. I thought the news on NPR 📰 was kind of depressing 😔 but what bleeds leads. I guess. I think the democratic party 🎉 is shooting itself in the foot 👣for 2020 but that’s to be seen.

Lately I’ve had very few complaints about the bus service 🚍, the buses are nearly always on time ⌚ it close to it. The real time bus info has gotten better in recent years as drivers properly key 🔑 in the block numbers 🔢 into the buses and the radio GPS units work better. Transit information ℹ in Google Maps 🌐 has gotten better in recent years.

Definitely nice not having to wear a suit and tie to work today. 👔I could walk down to the express bus 🚶 and it’s a lot more comfortable and more myself than the alternative. It just makes for a much more relaxing day and easier to walk during my lunch hour.

Today will rain likely, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 46 degrees at 2pm. Typical for today. South wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 1921. 6.0 inches of snow fell back in 1905.❄

The sun will set at 7:09 pm with dusk around 7:37 pm, which is one minute and 10 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 43 degrees. There will be a southeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 13 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain. 🌧 Low of 35 degrees at 6am. Five degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around April 3rd. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. In 2018, we had cloudy. It got down to 27 degrees. The record low of 2 occurred back in 1875.

Tomorrow will rain and snow, becoming all rain after 9am. 🌧 High of 42 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around March 16th. West wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became partly cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 45 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 2012. 7.0 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄

I thought 💭 about turning off the heat 🔥 in my apartment but it still gets fairly cold at night and the start of the weekend is expected to be pretty cold. But soon I should be able kill it for the year, well until November most likely. Looking forward to the fresh air in the morning and also getting out, camping, traveling and exploring again.

As I noted yesterday, the Pine Bush Dinner was fascinating but depressing last night. 💥There are so many dangers out there in the world 🌍, especially impacting people of color and the poor. And there are no good solutions but to do everything you can to avoid getting into those situations – social class isn’t as guaranteed as one might imagine.😩 Maybe I should live more of a high consumption life for today but I see so many scary storm clouds in the distance tomorrow. ☁ At least the lasagna was really good and I could take a bunch home to reheat for lunch. 🍲

I sat out back for a while when I got home last night. 🌕 The full worm moon was nice although I didn’t stay out back for long as with the breeze it wasn’t that warm. It’s still March. By the pink moon next month I’ll probably be able to sit out back for longer and enjoy the night 🌃. Inside it was a very comfortable 62 degrees for sleeping. I just wish it was a bit warmer to enjoy the fresh air with the windows open.

Ever since I retired my Facebook account more and more people are talking about missing it. 💻 I don’t know if I’m now popping up in people’s feeds more now that I’ve stopped posting there or people are just noticing my absence. That said I really enjoy not being bombarded with so much news 📰 and memes, and so much divisiveness. I like the solitude that is my blog. If I see something worth sharing on Facebook I can always embed it in the blog – a venue that is free of advertising – and I control the placement of content.

The bathroom sink was plugged again yesterday but I poured in some drain cleaner and it’s moving again. 🚿 Plumbing has always been problematic in my apartment, I always keep a plunger handy for the bath tub and drain cleaner for the sink. Part of living in an affordable apartment is not everything is perfect.

It looks like like Sunday will be the best weather for the weekend. 😎 Saturday, a chance of snow before 8am, then a chance of snow showers between 8am and 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a northwest wind 22 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 54. Typical average high for the weekend is 47 degrees.

People where asking if I was thinking about going camping this weekend ⛺, which would be more of a possibility now that my niece’s birthday party is postponed 🎂, as she has a cold. But I’ll think I’ll wait and save the money until it’s a bit warmer. I might go to John’s house on Saturday 📃 or maybe a hike out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🌲and Sunday do a bigger hike somewhere there isn’t much snow. I’d like to get up to the Adirondacks to camp but I’m waiting for the snow to go up along NY 8 East Branch before I head up that way. 🗻

This autumn I’m still considering my options for a fall trip.🍁West Virginia sounds appealing as does the national forest in Southern Ohio, although the later is a lot longer trip. 🌎I do like the Monongahela National Forest a lot, and I could see spending more time around Dolly Sods and the Cannan Mountain. 🗻 On the other hand I kind of want to spend some time poking around Western NY, it’s been a while since I’ve spent much time out there.

Looking ahead, Pink Moon 🌕 is in 4 weeks, Easter 🐰 is a month away, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 8 weeks, Independence Day 🇺🇸 is in 15 weeks, August 🌻 is in 19 weeks, State Fair Opens 🎡 is in 5 months, Average High 70 🎑 is in 6 months and Last Sunset After 7 PM 🌆 is in 28 weeks.