Good evening! Moon lit fog and 47 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌫 Calm wind. Another nice moon lit night for my evening walk 🚶🏻 🌖 with temperatures starting to cool off a bit.

It was nice hiking up at Partridge Run 🦆 although while I saw some common field birds and a few Ruffled Grouse not a lot of wildlife but it may have been the time of day. 🐿 So many chipmunks but the woods is so full of rodents lately.

Had a really nice Sunday dinner with the folks 🍲 and brought home some leftovers for later in the week. I had to tap my brakes when I saw a deer 🦌 and it fell off the seat but it was fine. Also mom made a good apple 🍏 pie 🥧.

Tonight will have patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌫 with a low of 43 degrees at 4am. Typical for tonight. Calm wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 34 degrees. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1965.

I decided to close the windows tonight, ⬛ because the past few mornings have been very cold for waking up. While I doubt I’ll turn the heat on for at least another month or so ♨ it’s cold enough at night now that I think 🤔 I’ll be closing the windows before bed at least a few times a week.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 90% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the east (89°) at an altitude of 20° from the horizon, some 251,380 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by April 13^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The New 🌚 Moon is on Tuesday, October 20. The darkest hour is at 12:45 am, followed by dawn at 6:29 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:57 am in the east (95°) and last for 2 minutes and 54 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:35 am with sun in the east-southeast (102°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 26 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 66 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 1st. Maximum dew point of 48 at 12pm. Light south wind. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 59 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1941.

Should be a nice Monday to get down to work. 💼 Probably work down at the library parking lot 🅿 for a while and then out back. With the sun setting early not a lot of time to get down to the park 🏞 after work these days.

My boots 👢 are in rough shape so I need to order tomorrow replacements. Probably just the same type I have and get them online to ensure they have my size without having to make a special trip to the store 🏬 to buy them.

In four weeks on November 1 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (251°) at 4:47 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 43 minutes and 14 seconds earlier then tonight. Standard time starts that day. In 2019 on that day, we had cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 70 and 42 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 54 and 35 degrees. The record high of 78 degrees was set back in 1950.

Looking ahead, November 🥧 is in 4 weeks, Day After Election Day 🛀 is a month away, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 9 weeks, Average High is 40 🌨 is in 2 months, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 9 weeks, Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ is in 13 weeks and Valentines Day ❤️ is in 19 weeks.

Good evening! Mostly clear under the Harvest Moon and 48 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌕 Calm wind. A bit cool sitting out back but the moonlight is nice and it won’t be long before the evenings are too cold to sit out back.

It’s been a busy and crazy week 🤪 with so many changes to the world and work that seems non stop, sometimes going into the wee hours of the morning. 💤 Between retiring to bed early last night 🛏 and sleeping in on the dark rainy morning I did get well caught up on my sleep.

The whole thing about the president getting Coronavirus 👾 is both totally crazy and predictable. 😷 Nobody likes wearing a mask or having to social distance but it seems that it makes a big difference. Virus math is tough to beat. That said with the president’s advanced age and less than physically fit body 💪🏻 I can’t imagine he will survive it without serious health consequences.

I already really like my new blog theme 📝 which is probably one of the most minimalist themes I’ve ever used but I think it does a really nice job of displaying my photos 📸 and sharing my world. 👤 I like telling my story and then from time to time flipping on back. Fixed a few things in the mobile 📱 version but there is still more to fix.

Tonight will have patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy 🌃, with a low of 41 degrees at 6am. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 10th. Light northwest wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 46 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1945.

Going to be another cool night but I like the fresh air 🍃 so I think I’ll leave the windows open and snuggle under the cover. 🛏 Going to be sixty tomorrow and with the sun will be plenty warm.

Tonight will have a Full 🌝 Moon with 98% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the east-southeast (111°) at an altitude of 28° from the horizon, some 252,227 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by April 12^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The New Moon is on Sunday, October 18. The darkest hour is at 12:45 am, followed by dawn at 6:27 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:55 am in the east (94°) and last for 2 minutes and 54 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 6 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:32 am with sun in the east (101°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 20 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 60 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 15th. Maximum dew point of 47 at 10am. Light and variable wind. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 52 degrees. The record high of 83 was set in 1967. There was a dusting of snow in 1974.❄

I need to get contact solution and butter 🏪 so I probably need to go to the grocery store tomorrow. I might just also walk 🚶🏻 out to Five Rivers 🐦 and do some bird watching. Plus I want to trim my hair 💈 with the cutting tools I have and take a shower 🚿 – the last time I bathed was Tuesday because I’ve been remote working and I don’t need to be really clean for Zoom although I have been shaving and washing my face.

I want to get out camping 🏕 and traveling again soon but it’s tough being so busy with work these days. I’m hoping to do one trip out to Madison County on a few weeks – although probably not Columbus Day Weekend ⛵ as I want to avoid the crowds. 👪

In four weeks on October 30 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (251°) at 5:50 pm,🌄 which is 44 minutes and 5 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, warm, rain showers and temperatures between 63 and 57 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 54 and 36 degrees. The record high of 80 degrees was set back in 1946.

Looking ahead, Average Night Below Freezing 🌌 is in 6 weeks, Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ is in 8 weeks, Average High is 40 🌨 is in 9 weeks, Bake Cookies Day 🍪 is in 11 weeks, Christmas 🎅 is in 12 weeks, New Years Day 2020 🎉 is in 13 weeks, Bubble Bath Day 🧼 is in 14 weeks, 37th Birthday 🎉 is in 17 weeks and Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 4 months.

Good evening! Partly clear and 58 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌕 Calm wind. Sitting out back, although a few clouds are pushing in. Nice evening not super cold. Bright out with the Harvest Moon 🎑 but already the clouds are pushing in. 🌬️

First day of October 🎃 came and went quickly. Busy but rather uneventful and it was nice enough I could sit outside and work for a while. 💻 Remote work has its benefits when the weather is nice for sure. I was looking at the back of my truck thinking it would be nice to get out camping soon ⛺ but not this weekend, I have too much going on and I don’t think it will be that nice of a weekend.

Finally got shopping 🛒 this evening but I came close to getting into a crash on my way home. 💥 Never saw the car coming 🚘 until both of us slammed on our brakes. It was a busy day and I hadn’t had dinner yet and I was tired 😴 and distracted. Such a busy day and my mind was wandering. I shouldn’t have been driving. 🏡 I am glad when I work downtown there is the bus 🚍 to take me home.

It’s been such a busy past few days at work. 💼 It doesn’t help that I’ve gotten into the naughty habit of staying up much too late so I’m not preforming my best and I’ve struggling to keep my eyes open 👀 between the emails. 📧 My phone 📱 first rang at 9:01 am and kept ringing except for a few minutes when my phone pinging from email. 🔢. Some of the stuff today was painfully difficult number crunching too. Tonight I’m in bed 🛏 and will be sleeping by 11 tonight. I’ve been making the excuse that I can sleep in the mornings as I don’t have a bus 🚍 to catch but that’s a lousey excuse because I still wake up early with the sun. 🌅

I went for my evening walk 🚶🏻 and that was non eventful except for a car I walked past that was pulled over with a headlight out. 👮🏼‍♂️ I wonder how many police officers will be without a job come Election Day. 🚨 While politicians can’t fire civil servants that endorse their opponents I think it’s obnoxious that so many of the units are going so strongly for Trump and the fear of crime thing. 😨 It’s stupid messaging when crime is so low and local government budgets are so tight. 💵

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds 🌧, with a low of 48 degrees at 4am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 25th. Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It was humid. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 30 occurred back in 1972.

Tonight is the Harvest Full 🌝 Moon. At 10 PM, the moon was in the east-southeast (123°) at an altitude of 31° from the horizon, some 251,648 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by April 10^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Hunter 🏹 Moon is on Saturday, October 17. The darkest hour is at 12:46 am, followed by dawn at 6:26 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:54 am in the east (94°) and last for 2 minutes and 54 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:31 am with sun in the east (100°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 18 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have showers likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny 🌦, with a high of 60 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 15th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 11am. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. It became humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 75 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1927. There was a dusting of snow in 1899.❄

I have a Zoom Meeting tomorrow so I’ll probably work from the library. 📙 It’s pleasant now that the weather is cooler. I also have an updated theme and look and feel for the blog that I will make live tomorrow. I’ve been testing it for a week now. 💣 It’s mostly just CSS style sheet changes but I think you’ll like it.

Think I heard the first mouse in my apartment this year. 🐁 Nights are getting cold. With the mice as bad as they are in the woods maybe I should try a drowning bucket trap this year to see how many I can catch. Or get a cat. 🙀 My last neighbor had a cat, never had any mice then. I don’t like pets but when I have a hobby farm I could see having a cat to control rodents in the barnyard 🐐 but I do worry about the impact on the birds 🐦.

In four weeks on October 29 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (252°) at 5:51 pm,🌄 which is 44 minutes and 29 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, warm, rain showers and temperatures between 64 and 53 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 55 and 36 degrees. The record high of 77 degrees was set back in 1946.

And only 13 weeks until we say goodbye to 2020. It’s been a fun year, as John Lindsey would say.

Looking ahead, Average High is 60 🍂 is in 2 weeks, November 🥧 is a month away, Thanksgiving 🦃 is in 8 weeks, December 🎄 is in 2 months, 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️ is in 10 weeks, Christmas Eve 🎅 is in 12 weeks, New Years Eve 🎆 is in 13 weeks, New Years Day 2020 🎉 is in 3 months, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 15 weeks, Wolf Moon 🌕 is in 17 weeks, February 🌧 is in 4 months, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 19 weeks and National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 20 weeks.