Good evening! Mostly clear and 57 degrees. There is a north-northeast breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. With that breeze it’s kind of chilly this evening and it’s only going to be cooler come later tonight. I went down to the park for a while with a book 📙 but left relatively early as it was a bit cool there. Reading an interesting book about the history of Tammany Hall, the club house where many of the most powerful democrats of the twentieth century met. I’m not really into contemporary politics but history is fascinating.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 38 degrees at 5am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 18th. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight. I’m going to leave my windows open but I expect it to be cold when I awake. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 53 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1956.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent Moon 🌒 with 28% illuminated with the moon setting at 12:03 am. Kind of a pretty sliver tonight. The moon will rise at 9:30 am. The First Quarter Moon is on Friday night. The Flower Moon 🌝 is on Friday, May 17th. The sun will rise at 5:40 am with the first light at 5:08 am, which is one minute and 12 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and 35 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 17 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 63 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 27th. East wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south in the afternoon. That’s actually nicer than I expected. I’ll take it. Shitter weather for Friday but even that has improved a bit. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 82 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1979. 1.6 inches of snow fell back in 1977.❄

I’ve been watching a lot more videos on UTVs and tractors 🚜 lately. Utility tractors for landowners and small scale farming is a lot more affordable than you might think. If you’re not running a dairy operation, or something that requires pulling a big mothboard plow or a 30 ton manure spreader you don’t need a big John Deere 4050 (to say nothing of the real big machines some farmers run). Learning about the technology of farming and land management is fascinating, there are so many implents out there for folks who work the land. I live in the city 🌆 but I eventually hope to move out and have my own land. It’s tough though, life may be expensive in New York but my family is here 👪 and to make the money I currently make in a small town would be difficult. I try to invest as much as I can for tomorrow though, so I can make the world I see on YouTube farm, homestead, an off grid channels an eventual reality. 🐮

I re-read my insurance policy and glass is covered under comphrensive insurance. 📃 That said, it looks like from the quotes I’ve seen I could get better coverage for a lower price from competitors. I think I would want a better accessory coverage and maybe even higher liability if I can afford it. I could change mid term but I think I’d rather spend some more time researching and just stick with what I have now rather than pay for a different policy and wait for my existing insurance to be canceled and reimburse me. 💵 I have my defensive driving certificate now, so I can use it but I’m not sure if they will give me a discount on what I’ve already paid. I actually noticed my premium from last September dropped despite my certificate expiring as I turned 36 in January and have 18 years of no crashes or tickets that are my fault.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Sunday, a chance of rain after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 68 degrees.

I am on the fence about the weekend. Friday still looks pretty yucky but Saturday is improving again. ⛅ I just know things will be wet up north after all the rain and by now the black flies may be out. I need to decide by morning. I know if I don’t get out of town this weekend the next chance will be Memorial Day Weekend. I don’t know.

If I go up to Stewart Landing there is a darn good chance of there being nobody up at those campsites ⛺ but I wonder how soft the sites will be from all the rain. I don’t want to set up in the rain and honestly I’m not convinced there will be a lot of sun this weekend. Maybe it’s just better to wait for nicer, warmer weather.

In four weeks on June 5 the sun will be setting at 8:29 pm,🌄 which is 26 minutes and 4 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny skies, rain showers and temperatures between 64 and 48 degrees. Cold last year. Typically, you have temperatures between 75 and 53 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1925.

Looking ahead, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 4 weeks, Last Day of Session 🏛 is in 6 weeks, Altamont Fair Opens 🎡 is in 14 weeks, State Fair Opens 🎡 is in 15 weeks, September 11th 🇸 is in 18 weeks, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 20 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 89 weeks.