Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! Five weeks to Arbor Day 🌳. Partly cloudy and 27 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Breezy, ️22 mph breeze from the west-northwest 🌬 with gusts up to 36 mph 💨💨💨. The current wind chill is 13. There is a inch of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 11 am. 🌡️

That wind was really whipping around last night and it was pretty damn cold with some rain and snow showers. 🍃 I probably should have turned the heat back up. Needless to say, I decided to stay home, ride the excerise bike 🚲 while catching up on the latest YouTube videos I’ve downloaded 🎬and then work on some various internal bugs in my blog that I’ve long wanted to fix. I figure now is the time to do it before it warms up again and I’m spending my evenings in the wilderness. 🌃

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 38 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around February 28th. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 80 was set in 1938. 2.7 inches of snow fell back in 2005.❄ We typically don’t get much snow this time of year but there are a few exceptions in the historical record. Still a lot of snow up north.

Today I’m thinking about going to the grocery store, or maybe Walmart as I could use a bunch of supplies 👜and then to JC Penny and the Maul to look for dress shirts. After that I’ll head over to the Pine Bush 🌲to do some hiking until after dark. Supposedly it will clear out later on this afternoon.

The sun will set at 7:11 pm with dusk around 7:39 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 34 degrees. The wind chill around sunset will be 23. ☃️ Breezy, 17 mph breeze ⛅ from the west-northwest with gusts up to 29mph. Today will have 12 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be clear 🌃, with a low of 25 degrees at 1am. Four degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around March 15th. West wind 6 to 15 mph. In 2018, we had light drizzle in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 29 degrees. The record low of 0 occurred back in 1875.

Tomorrow will have increasing clouds ☁, with a high of 53 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 3rd. West wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 69 was set in 1976. 5.5 inches of snow fell back in 1956.❄

I think tomorrow if I make plans, I’ll have to think about doing them early before it clouds up. ☁ At least it’s expected to be relatively mild for a change but not particularly nice come the afternoon. As I mentioned yesterday, I do want to spend some time unpacking and inventorying my camping gear.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Arbor Day 🌳 when the sun will be setting at 7:51 pm with dusk at 8:21 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, and it was cold with temperatures between 50 and 36 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 63 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1962.

In four weeks on April 20 the sun will be setting at 7:43 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 56 seconds later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had cold, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 47 and 31 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 61 and 39 degrees. The record high of 93 degrees was set back in 1941.

Looking ahead, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 5 weeks, 8 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 6 weeks, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 8 weeks, June 🍹 is in 10 weeks, Average High is 80 🏖 is in 13 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year 😅 is in 16 weeks, Ugly Truck Day 🚚 is in 17 weeks, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 22 weeks and Average High 70 🎑 is in 26 weeks.

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.

Good morning! Happy Spring 🌷! Well in about nine more hours, although today will feel very spring like for sure. Six weeks to May 🕊. Black flies would approve of this message. Partly sunny and 34 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Calm wind.Temperatures will drop below freezing at Friday around 10 pm. ☃️

Definitely enjoying the sun this morning. ☀ Going to be a modestly mild and sunny last day of winter into spring. 🌷 Colder Friday into Saturday though, I heard lake effect snow ❄ squalls in Central New York then. But even if we get some here I’m not expecting any real accumulation, and even the relative cold isn’t stressing the heating system much or jacking up the bills.

Winter officially bites the dust according to the calendar 📅 two minutes before the Save the Pine Bush Dinner starts at six o’clock in the evening. 🍲 Should be an interesting dinner on the bomb trains 💣 with a leading author coming to speak 🔊 about the horrific train 🚉 explosion in Quebec. 🔥 For once in March I think I will be able to make it to the dinner. Doesn’t happen often. I broke out some of the Pine Bush February dinner lasagna left overs for lunch on Monday and it was so delicious. The whole office was talking about the wonderful smell. 👃

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 53 degrees at 4pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 3rd. Awesome way to kick off spring. Light south wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 2012. 7.0 inches of snow fell back in 1944.❄

The sun will set at 7:07 pm with dusk around 7:36 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 48 degrees. Talk about a nice spring evening. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 10 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have increasing clouds ☁, with a low of 34 degrees at 4am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around April 6th. South wind 8 to 11 mph. In 2018, we had partly cloudy in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 25 degrees. The record low of negative one occurred back in 1956.

Tomorrow will rain likely, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 47 degrees at 4pm. March showers 🚿 bring mud. One degree above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around March 22nd. South wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny 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.❄

Last night 🌃 was pretty with the full moon 🌕 but too cool ❄ to sit out back and enjoy the moonlight. Definitely very bright 🔆 out with the moonlight 🎑 last night. I went for a nice walk around the super block past the high school 🚸 which was nice. Almost never see anybody out walking 🚶around the nine o’clock hour. I did see a bunch of deer. I do think that the winter weather has finally moderated a bit – and certainly tonight will be really nice – although I’ll be done with Pine Bush Dinner too late for my evening walk 🚶.

Queens 👑 night was good but I thought the Fooe 🍲 and drink 🍻 at Brooklyn Night was better. A lot more people there tonight but I was careful to moderate my drinking and drank lots of water 💦 when I home 🏡. It wasn’t too bad of a day at work.

I am enjoying my respite from Facebook. 💻 I think I might use 👤 the site again in the future 🔮 but I think my use will be greatly reduced. 📴 I want to give it a bit of time. I could see using my Facebook page going forward to supplement and promote my blog rather than syndicating everything there. Fewer really good posts might drive more traffic. 🚥

Maybe post occasional articles on social media about my blog, kind of the best of type thing. 📝 I still think though I’m moving away from the proprietary social media platforms to focus more on the blog where I have full control 🎮 over content, layout and formatting. I can even use the blink tag if I want. I’m also experimenting with doing more embedding of social media I like into the blog, as that might avoid the nasty comments that I get from my liberal friends every time I post something in support of the second amendment. 🔫

Finally finished and submitted my taxes. I did okay, I should be able to cover my state taxes with the federal refund in getting 💲 and it looks like when it’s all said and done I won’t have to pay a state fine for underwitholding. I’m considering doing maybe $50 quarterly payments to state tax and finance to avoid problems in 2020 tax filing, although honestly I may be okay 👌 next year as I’m doing an increased deferred comp. I might even have enough money left over this years tax return from the federal refund to pay for a small part of the car insurance 🚙 bill. The Trump tax cuts did save me some money which was nice. Of course I’m not in debt, have a mortgage or pay property tax so I don’t get those big deductions the SALT folks complain about.

Ultimately I think a lot about money and investing these days because I really want to own my own land and live off grid,🏡 hobby farm, get out of the city and to a state where there is a lot more freedom. 🐮 The problem is all those things cost a lot of money and opportunities for good work 👷 in outlying areas is pretty limited. Cheaper land prices and cheaper living though are the upsides. I want to enjoy my life today but minimize waste and excess to the greatest extent possible and devote as much of my effort towards a better tomorrow. While I’m still young and making decent money at work 💰 I should be doing everything I can to make it work for a better tomorrow for me.

I do really like the big jacked up truck my neighbor has. I don’t know if it’s his or a friend but I keep seeing it parked outside. It’s an F-250 on 40 inch wheels and a high lifter kit I believe. 🚚 Gorgeous truck I must say, but not a pretty boy mall toy.😍 Makes Big Red look tiny. I doubt I would lift my truck again because I’m so future oriented again but I could see eventually going for a 3/4 ton truck like that for hauling materials and getting too and from my off grid cabin. 🏡

Lots of sun but cold on Saturday. 😎 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 38. Breezy. Much better on Sunday. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 56. Typical average high for the weekend is 47 degrees. Saturday doesn’t look all that great, but Sunday looks much more spring like. I am thinking I want to spend most of the day on Sunday in the woods hiking and exploring, maybe after unpacking my camping gear from my truck, and starting to go through that. If not, I guess I could do that later in the week.

Looking ahead, there are 6 weeks until May 🕊 when the sun will be setting at 7:55 pm with dusk at 8:26 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 74 and 43 degrees. By May, I definitely plan to be getting out a lot of weekends on road trips and camping more.🏕 Black flies aren’t an issue in the Adirondacks until late May. Usually around then the stock the Sacanadaga River,🎣 which could make some good fishing, especially if I decide to camp up off of that Pumpkin Hollow Road.🎃 Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees (at least in Albany). We hit a record high of 86 back in 2001.

Looking ahead, May 🕊 is in 6 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 11 weeks, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 14 weeks, Altamont Fair Opens 🎡 is in 21 weeks, State Fair Opens 🎡 is in 22 weeks, September 11th 🇸 is in 25 weeks, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 27 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 22 months.

Good morning! Happy Tuesday on this final day of calendar 📅 winter. Sunny and 29 degrees in here at CDTA Bus Stop #10595. 🌞 There is a west-northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️

“Cause he gets up in the morning,
And he goes to work at nine,
And he comes back home at five-thirty,
Gets the same train every time.
Cause his world is built round punctuality,
It never fails.”

-The Kinks, A Well Respected Man

Another cold ❄ morning when I first awoke. Frost or a dusting of snow on the ground, the heat was on and it was 54 degrees in my bedroom. That said today is the last full day of winter. Already warming up quickly with the sun. ☀ Before you know it my windows will be open and I’ll be enjoying the fresh air when I awake each morning. Even on a chilly summers morning, the fresh air is delightful. 🍃 Plus I hate spending all that money on fossil fuels and warming the climate to avoid freezing the pipes.

It seems like the snow piles are continuing to melt away and all the signs point to spring. 🌷 Tomorrow is the first day of calendar spring 📅 and we now have more daylight then night every night. Still a ton of snow up north but I expect a lot of that to melt over the next month although ice will be in the mountains 🗻 until mid May.

Today will have increasing clouds ☁, with a high of 44 degrees at 4pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around March 16th. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny in the morning, which became sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 35 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 2012. 9.6 inches of snow fell back in 1971.❄

I am quite happy to say to that my shirts weren’t so wrinkled this morning, being hung in the bathroom overnight where there is more humidity. I did spend some time though still ironing, but that’s just the nature of dressing up for work.👔 I did make sure not to be wear the blazer that I need to bring to the dry cleaner to work today, and I did

The sun will set at 7:06 pm with dusk around 7:34 pm, which is one minute and 10 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 36 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 7 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 22 degrees at 6am. Five degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around March 7th. Light and variable wind. In 2018, we had clear in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 15 degrees. The record low of 2 occurred back in 1967.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 53 degrees at 4pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 3rd. South wind 5 to 10 mph. That will be a pleasant start to first day of spring. A year ago, we had mostly sunny in the morning, which became sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 2012. 7.0 inches of snow fell back in 1944.❄

Yesterday wasn’t too bad of a day at work. Left work around 6:45 pm although I didn’t get home until a little before 7:30 pm. I was tired 😴 but I rode the exercise bike for a while, and then I went for a walk around the super block past the high school. I cooked up pasta and with some canned potatoes and sausage. 🍲 Not a half bad evening, almost the full moon. 🌕 Hoping by the next full moon it will be warm enough I can sit outside and bathe in the moonlight.

I find quiting social media I save a lot of bandwidth on my phone 📱 . I will check Facebook occasionally for work but with the new blog code I am planning to roll 🍥 out on Wednesday, the first day of spring I will no longer be updating my Facebook page and I’ve decided to no longer post on my personal profile. I also removed the Flickr code which I don’t know if it works any more but kept the Twitter posts but I’ve deleted most of old tweets. 🔣

Said and done, I’m essentially quitting social media. It’s not worth the psychological games it has become. I’m not going to disable but not delete my Facebook page, making it invisible to the world 🌍 for now, so if I want it again I can reactivate it but all the old pictures and posts on Facebook will disappear when I kill off my Facebook app. I’m content with my decision. I’ve always liked my blog better than the angry 😡 nest known as social media.

You can say my quitting of social media is like my quitting of drinking. 🍻 I might go out and have a beer or two occasionally, probably getting a buzz quickly. But it’s not the have 2-3 beers every night or a thirty rack over a long weekend. It’s about moderation. Social media may on paper 📄 be free for the user 👤 unlike beer but I think it’s just as costly to one’s health.

Tonight is another Borough Night at the Egg, this time Queens Night. 🌆 Should be fun after work, although I plan to a stay away from the shots as I don’t want to have Wednesday morning be too painful. It should be fun sampling all the foods and stuff, having some social time with my colleagues. Plus it will be one less meal 🍴 I’ll have to cook out of the remaining foods that I have at home.

Today is pay day for me which sounds good but I’m really cutting it close this month so almost all the money (after savings and retirement) will go to bills. 💸 March into April with taxes and car insurance 🚙 is always tough on my budget. But I continue to save for a better tomorrow. 🏡 Eventually I’ll have enough money to own land and live in a freer state out in the country.

I’ve been thinking about buying some inexpensive farm muck boots 👢 to wear in the woods during the mud season. My regular boots aren’t great in the deep mud that is common in spring and much too warm to boot. Not my expensive insulated hunting boots in case they get too close to the fire and melt a bit. But I want to hold off until closer to camping season in April, after a few more paychecks when money 💸 is less tight. My focus over the two pay periods just has to be remaining financially afloat.

I have a Go Pro knock off waterproof camera that I plan to use to start making videos when I’m out on the lake kayaking. 📷 Should be some fun videos to post this summer. I started looking on Ali Express at camera clamp mounts for my kayak. I ended up looking at reviews on Amazon and I’ll either order there or on ebay probably in late April when I have a little more money. They’re not that expensive – under $20 and there is little savings by ordering from China compared to the United States.

I fixed several bugs to the VMS display in my bedroom 📟 last night but I plan to continue to work on it come later in the week to rearrange the order of the messages.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 55. Typical average high for the weekend is 47 degrees.

Sound like a pretty nice weekend to kick off the spring season. 🌸 It looked like from my office window yesterday that there is still quite a bit of snow left in the mountains 🗻 so I could go cross country skiing 🎿 although the snow may not be great. Might still be a good day to enjoy some fresh air outside though. Three weeks until trout season 🐠 opens.

In four weeks on April 16 the sun will be setting at 7:38 pm,🌄 which is 32 minutes later then today. In 2018 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 49 and 32 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 59 and 38 degrees. The record high of 91 degrees was set back in 2012.

Looking ahead, Constitution Day 📜 is in 26 weeks, October 🛥 is in 28 weeks and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 85 weeks.

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Two weeks to April Fools Day 🤡. Partly sunny and 30 degrees in Elsmere. NY. There is a west breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️ Snow is mostly gone here in the city except for some piles around. ⛄

Cold start this morning but it warmed relatively quickly. Lots of sun which is helping things warm up quickly. ☀ The spring sun is much stronger than the winter sun. I heard the heat 🔥 click on this morning. But all and all, relatively seasonal and dry for most of the week. ☔ Still quite a bit of salt on the roads but at least I have the worse of it washed off my truck. 👌

Eggs again this morning. 🍳 That cleaned up frying pan is fantastic. Nothing like a good omlet in the morning for a filling meal 🍴 that lasts a long time. The low humidity meant my shirt 👚 and pants 👖 was kind of wrinkled this morning which was a bit annoying. I tried to iron it the best I could. The air is just so dry. I probably should have folded the wash as soon as I pulled it out. But usually it’s fine to wait until I get home and put it on the hanger. I guess it’s fire weather once the snow melts away. 🔥 I also need to get my jacket to the dry cleaner.👔 I will have to wear my new jacket tomorrow. I was going to do it today, but I wanted to remove all the labels and stickers before I headed into work. But for today, I’ll look like a college professor. It’s a bad case of a Mondays.

The important thing is that I managed to catch the local bus 🚍 on time. ⌚ I expected a fairly busy day at work, maybe a long day as conference may extended into the evening 🌃 as they continue to discuss the budget.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 41 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 9th. I’ll take it. West wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny. The high last year was 32 degrees. The record high of 69 was set in 2012. 8.0 inches of snow fell back in 1977.❄ Not 1977 this year but fairly cold.

Today marks the second day with more daylight then night or somewhere around it depending where you are in New York State. 🌷🌱🌞 In a month the average high will be 60 degrees as the weather continues to moderate. I’m thinking a month from next Wednesday will be my road trip, camping ⛺ and exploring. More on that later.

The sun will set at 7:05 pm with dusk around 7:33 pm, which is one minute and 10 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 35 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 22 degrees at 6am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 7th. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear in the evening, which became mostly sunny by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 15 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1967.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 43 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 14th. Not terribly cold, but not super warm either. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny. The high last year was 35 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 2012. 9.6 inches of snow fell back in 1971.❄

Sunday was sunny but cold. It was a nice walk down to the Normans Kill gorge and then I had a nice Sunday dinner at the folks house. 🍀 Saint Patricks Day corned beef, 🐂and all the fixings. Good to enjoy it while I still can. I know my parents won’t be around forever. I’m not a big cook myself and I doubt I’d ever make something like that for myself. Definitely felt cold after the seventy degrees weather on Friday and that wind was biting. ❄

After dinner the mercury quickly dropped but the wind stopped and I went for my evening walk. 🌃 Not a terrible not, actually it felt fairly mild with the wind slack and a nearly full moon 🎑 although clouds were crowding things out at times and there is a lot of light pollution locally. Honestly, despite the cold weather it seemed warmer than it was during the day.

Continuing to work on my VMS sign in my bedroom, adding more messages and almanac data. My most recent add involved 📝 adding dusk 🌆 and dawn data, legislative session day and bus schedule countdowns. I am continuing to debug but the bus countdown feature is very helpful. 👏 I still have a few bugs 🐞to fix and I want to change the order of the messages but I can just change that in the source code and ref-lash the memory.

I think on Wednesday, the first day of spring I’ll deactivate my Facebook page. I’m remarkably sad 😔 about leaving Facebook which is stupid although I’ll keep my account open for reading other people’s posts. 💻 I’ve already deleted most of the old posts on my personal Facebook which until August 1st Facebook api restrictions was linked to the the blog. I might occasionally post things to my personal Facebook but that’s not my focus going forward.

Mom 👪 was disapproving of me quitting Facebook as she was wondering how she could continue to keep up with my blog and photos 📷. Just have to do it the old fashioned way visiting the blog a few times a week. I’m fed up with the Facebook platform on so many levels, and rather than deal with stupid comments and the fight for likes and more prominence in the feed, I’d rather focus on my personal blog and keep the pictures and maps here. I have complete editorial control 🎮 over my blog, and I can change the format to however I like. I may pull back from Twitter too but I’m going to keep that link live for now.

It’s just become too much of a game 🎰 with Facebook and too much of a hassle to maintain the code and update Facebook. I don’t want to spend my time trolling for likes and clicks. I really want to focus on my own life and priorities and enjoy the greater freedom and self expression of the blog. I hate to loose the followers and the story I’m telling but I think I can do it better here than elsewhere. 📝

I’m glad that I’m using up the food 🍲 in the refrigerator and cabinets. I’m saving a fair amount of money by not going shopping 🛄 or driving. 🚘 I haven’t gassed up Red since mid February and I have a half tank left. It’s good as it will help me make it through April financially and save for my mid-April trip. I’m looking forward to camping ⛺, hiking 🗻, and fishing. 🎣 Still not sure how far I’ll end up going – maybe the North Country TBD – but it could still be a special trip.

I have the new battery 🔋 in my phone 📱. Seems to last quite a bit longer. It’s good because I’m hoping to get at least six months to a year more out of this phone. Not bad for a phone I use constantly but only spent $50 for it. I’m quite happy not having on of those fancy phones all the kids use nowadays. 😂

Finally we might get a nice early spring weekend. 😎 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 42. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 57. Typical average high for the weekend is 47 degrees. I will take it. I want to get out and enjoy the weather, while it’s nice.

If it’s in the fifties and sixties next weekend I want to unpack my truck and inventory the camping gear. ⛺ I like to get everything ready for the first trip of the year. Plus I’m running out of room in the outside trash cans and want to start loading bottles and cans into the back of my truck to eventually take to the transfer station. ♻Seems like all the lighting 💡 is working fine in the cap, but I still want to replace the upper led tape which has multiple sections failed with a brighter and more energy efficient model.

Saturday I am going up to Saratoga for my niece’s birthday party. On Sunday, I’m thinking of going hiking somewhere, ⛰ though maybe not the Catskills as I don’t feel like hiking in the snow at this point, and the snow will be crap for skiing if it’s near 60 degrees. Maybe Cole Hill State Forest or Partridge Run.

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Tax Day 💰 when the sun will be setting at 7:37 pm with dusk at 8:06 pm. On that day in 2018, we had freezing rain showers and mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 36 and 28 degrees. Pretty damn cold day last year to enjoy my government imposed poverty. 💸Typically, the high temperature is 58 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 2003.

According to the message board on my wall there are 100 days until Primary Day. ☑ I see a lot of local candidates are posting about it as they work to collect signatures. I’ve volunteered a few times to collect petitions and I’ve scrubbed and reviewed petitions 📜more than a few times at work. It’s hard work for sure. I often think holding elected office is kind of a madness, they’re are better ways to make money for a whole lot less work. 💵 I guess somebody has to do it. 👔

Looking ahead, Tax Day 💰 is in 4 weeks, Average High is 60 🌼 is a month away, Pink Moon 🌕 is a month away, Earth Day 🌎 is in 5 weeks, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 2 months, Memorial Day 🇺🇸 is in 10 weeks, July 🏊🏿 is in 15 weeks, Labor Day 👨‍🏭 is in 24 weeks and Columbus Day 🛥️ is in 29 weeks.

Good morning! Happy St. Patrick’s Day 🍀! I don’t think beer 🍻 much less cheap beer died green in a polystyrene cup but I do like the idea 💡 of people celebrating their heritage and community. Three weeks to 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇.Dusk at that point will be almost at eight. Mostly summy and 33 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. Going to be another fairly raw March day.

Kind of chilly waking up this morning. ❄ I’m thinking the heat 🔥 must have kicked on for a while last night but I can’t imagine it ran too much but it’s still a chilly 54 degrees in my bedroom. I can’t wait until winter is permanently done. At least with the sun ☀ I expect most of next week won’t push the heat too hard but I doubt I’ll be keeping the windows open at all. ⬛

Today will have a slight chance of snow showers before 11am. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 36 degrees at 4pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around February 22nd. It could be worse, but I’m tired of February weather. Get me some June weather. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 75 was set in 1990. 4.1 inches of snow fell back in 1982.❄ Getting to that time of year when snow records aren’t that big of deal.

With my frying 🍳 pan reseasoned, and no longer tasting like rotten eggs and mildew, I made up another delicious breakfast of blueberry pancakes. No more abuse of cast iron, I promise. I can’t tell if my frying pan is an authentic Griswold but if it is it actually is a fairly valuable collectable. I have my doubts – it’s a hand me down from my parents but after the bankruptcy of Griswold in 1950s many clones were made. It’s a good quality clone if it’s real. I don’t use Teflon as I always scratch it up so I just have to make sure the cast iron pots are well lubricated.

Heading out now for a walk 🚶 on the rail 🚈 trail. 👟 Cold but sunny with the wind 🍃. Fresh air is good. Then in the afternoon I might go for a short hike at Keleher Preserve then out to my parents house for Saint Patricks Day dinner. 🍀I want to be home by 7:30 so I don’t have to drive home in the dark if possible although tonight shouldn’t be too dark with the moon light. 🌔 Skipping shopping for the week as I have most the groceries I need and I’m trying to stretch my budget so I can make it through April.

The sun will set at 7:04 pm with dusk around 7:32 pm, which is one minute and 10 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 31 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 12 hours and one minute of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 21 degrees at 4am. Five degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around March 3rd. Maximum wind chill around 24 at 6pm; Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. In 2018, we had clear in the evening, which became mostly sunny by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 7 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1900.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 when the sun will be setting at 7:28 pm with dusk at 7:57 pm. On that day in 2018, we had a rather cold but sunny day with occasional snow showers and temperatures between 40 and 25 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 55 degrees. We hit a record high of 87 back in 2010. Anything can happen in early April.

Good evening! Cloudy and 32 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a west-northwest breeze at 13 mph. 🍃. Remarkably chilly out with the breeze. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 11 am. 🌡️

Today was kind of lazy day, working on some code and other projects 📙walked down to the library for a bit and watched some YouTube videos 🎥I had previously download. Turned my bedroom lights green for a bit but I enjoyed being out of the busyiness of the week that was. The upside of today is that it was warm enough that the heat remained off in my apartment for the bulk of the day. Kind of raw for going for a walk around the neighborhood, 🚶 it was sleeting pretty hard when I walked down to the library earlier. I really should have ridden the excerise bike 🚲 more or gone for a walk but I was kind of fried from the week that was. Since reseasoning my cast iron skillet and using ample oil at low temperatures I was able to make awesome omlets again at home without that awful off taste. 🍳 Good breakfast today for sure.

Tonight will have a chance of snow showers, mainly before midnight. Mostly clear 🌧, with a low of 23 degrees at 6am. Three degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around March 10th. Maximum wind chill around 14 at 6am; West wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2018, we had light snow in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 15 degrees. The record low of -1 occurred back in 1916.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 87% illuminated. The moon will set at 5:03 am. The Worm Moon 🌕 is on Tuesday night with partly cloudy skies. The sun will rise at 7:04 am with the first light at 6:36 am, which is one minute and 44 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 11 hours and 59 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 37 degrees at 2pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around February 25th. Northwest wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Another cold day but at least fairly sunny. 🍃 It could be worse if was January though. I’m ready to shut the heat off for the winter but gawd is not conforming. A year ago, we had partly cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 75 was set in 1990. 4.1 inches of snow fell back in 1982.❄

Going to check the oil 🚗in the truck and fill the windshield washer reservior, bake some brownies and visit my parents house 🏡 tomorrow for Sunday dinner. They are making corn beef 🐃 and cabbage. 🍀Should be a good Saint Patricks Day. On the way out I’ll probably stop at Keheler Preserve and go for a walk there. I’m still trying to save gas and miles at least until the billing cycle closes on my credit card, so I don’t have to move money around to close out April and can make my April road trip a reality. Camp. ⛺

In four weeks on April 13 the sun will be setting at 7:35 pm,🌄 which is 32 minutes and 5 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 63 and 40 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 57 and 37 degrees. The record high of 87 degrees was set back in 1977.

It got pretty nice out in last evening, it was 70 degrees in my apartment when I got home. Very comfortable. 😊 It had cleared out mid afternoon so I had a quick dinner 🍲 and went down to the park.

I didn’t bring a book 📙 as I know the sun still sets pretty early and I had my phone 📱 to play with. I thought 💭 about walking 🚶 the nature trail but the park ⛲ was very soggy from the recently melted snow with still frost in the ground below the snow.

Sitting down at the park a man approached and asked if he could sit down on the bench next to me. 👮 He looked a bit like a police officer or maybe a park staff person, wearing a yellow construction 🚧 vest like some of the officers do on traffic duty. I honestly figured it was a new park manager 🎄 just reminding people that the park closes up at dusk 🌆 except for around the tennis courts 🎾.

He asked if I was from around here. I told him sure, I live down the street. He asked about where I worked, and told him about my job downtown. I told him I came down for a walk 🚶, some fresh air and to get the free Wi-Fi 📶. I said it was a nice sunset. I said I like waking because it’s healthy and driving is kind of expensive.

That’s when things got kind of weird. 😜 He started talking about walking around Troy then asked if I heard the voices talking to him. I said it was getting late and I needed to head home 🏡. He just continued on the bench, and I walked away. He said, God bless and make sure to keep yourself clean.🚭 I’m glad that I don’t smoke or drink much anymore. It’s so unhealthy.

The whole situation was really kind of odd, especially because he was dressed nicely and well groomed like a traffic officer or park personnel with the uniform vest on. Maybe he was a town employee who has some mental issues but does a good job as a maintenence guy working 👷 for the parks department. Not appearing somebody who was mentally ill or for that matter inarticulate. But the guy really creeped me out. I guess some people are just odd balls. ⚽ I’ve never had that happen before over the nearly 12 years I’ve lived in Delmar. He seemed harmless but you never know.

I walked home 🏡 and got milk 🐮 at Stewart’s. I sat out back and had a beer 🍺 that I brought home from Brooklyn Night. After the sun set the temperature rapidly dropped, especially with all the melting snow around. I went inside, watched some videos and retired to bed.

Looking ahead, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 6 weeks, 8 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 7 weeks, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 2 months, June 🍹 is in 11 weeks, Fathers Day 👨 is in 3 months, Average High is 80 🏖 is in 14 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year 😅 is in 17 weeks, Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 is in 4 months and Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 23 weeks.