Good morning. Happy Mother’s Day. May 8th is the earliest Mother’s Day can fall on the calendar. Rainy start to Mother’s Day but already the rain has stopped with rapid clearing expected midday. 52 degrees now, heading up to 60 degrees and blustery later. But ample sun from this afternoon through at least Thursday.

Today will feel cool, especially with the wind. Average temperature for Mother’s Day is 67 degrees. Sunset tonight at 8:04 pm with dusk around 8:34. At 8 pm expect temperatures to be around 55 degrees but with a breeze to make it feel cooler. We are rapidly approaching the longest days of the year in Albany which is the first day of summer. After sunset look for a slender Waxing Crescent Moon in the west, setting around 10 pm.

Happy Birthday to Harry Truman. It’s a state holiday in the State of Missouri. For the Traveling Man, wish the late Ricky Nelson a Happy Birthday. I hear Missouri is a nice state to travel to.

Today in 1973 the 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants.

Going to make breakfast, shower, make some maps up and run to the grocery store. Then I may go out hiking locally somewhere in the afternoon then out to Mom and Dad’s house for Sunday dinner.