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September 22, 2018 Night

Good evening! Happy Autumn. Partly cloudy and 50 degrees in Fayetteville. ⛅ Calm wind. Definitely feels like an autumn evening with a good chill in the air.🍂

Definitely a fantastic sunset tonight here in the Syracuse area. 🌄 Loads of color for sure and I had a great view from Green Lakes State Park overlooking Minoa and Fayetteville. The hills hide most of the development and the bird conservation area is fantastic for viewing wildlife without the crowds. 🐸

Tonight will be partly cloudy ☁, with a low of 42 degrees at 5am. Seven degrees below normal. Light and variable wind. Definitely an autumn night. In 2017, we had partly cloudy skies, clearing in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 53 degrees. The record low of 32 occurred back in 1963.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 96% illuminated. The moon will set at 4:59 am. The Harvest Moon 🌕 will be tomorrow with a chance of showers. Shine on harvest moon! The sun will rise at 6:52 am with the first light at 6:23 am, which is one minute and 6 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 11 hours and 52 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over last night. Sometime next week we will start having more night than day time. Winter is coming! ❄

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 66 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 48 at 4pm. Light and variable wind. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 85 degrees. Pretty warm for sure that day when I was camping up at Moose River Plains. The record high of 97 was set in 1895.

Looks like a a nice day to do some hiking and enjoying of the day. 😎 It’s no going to be long before sunny days in the mid 60s are a rarity. I have stuff to do tomorrow so I can’t venture out too far but maybe I’ll follow up my evening hike today with a hike along the Erie Canal tomorrow. I also want to spend some time hiking along Onondaga Lake at the county park but I think I’ll hold off for later in the month. Syracuse downtown is pretty overlooking the lake especially when there is some fog on it during a nice crisp morning. 🏃

Yesterday when I was out hiking my digital camera battery went dead, so I don’t have much video and I couldn’t use my telephoto lens. 📷 Still it was a nice evening for a walk. The camera battery is charging now. I should have left it charging all day as the accessory battery in my truck remains really well charged even with the short trips for work due to the ample sun over the past few days hitting the solar panel.

I do miss being home and even more so camping ⛺ but I’m well paid for my work and enjoy the travel. Lots of nice people you meet along the way and it’s providing me with extra money to put away towards my long term savings goals of owning land and an off-grid cabin where I can finally have my own space that is more than just a temporary residence in the wilderness. 🌲 I do have some camping gear in my truck so I might be able to get away for a night but honestly I’m looking forward to those long November nights next to the campfire, using my camp oven and making delicious meals. 🍝 Right now where I’m working I lack a stove, oven and freezer, so while I can cook some things or get take out it’s nothing like a good meal cooked in the wilderness.

I have been working on uploading📤 some of the essays and other interactive content of developed for my blog over the summer and plan to be featuring more of it over the coming weeks. 💻 Last week moving to the new office and attending that wake back in Albany meant I didn’t have a lot of free time to post to the blog but I am good with stuff going forward – it’s more just a matter of getting the final tweaks done before it goes live. 📝

In four weeks on October 20 the sun will be setting at 6:12 pm,🌄 which is 47 minutes and 57 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had sunny skies and temperatures between 71 and 46 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 58 and 38 degrees. The record high of 80 degrees was set back in 1965.

Looking ahead, Average High is 60 🍂 is in 3 weeks, Northern Zone Regular Season 🦌 is in 4 weeks, Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone 🦌 is in 8 weeks and Thanksgiving 🦃 is in 2 months.

July 11, 2018 9 AM Update

Upcoming Moon Phases:

New Moon – Thursday, July 12
First Quarter – Thursday, July 19 – Rise: 11:07am, Set: 11:00pm
Buck Moon – Friday, July 27
Last Quarter – Saturday, August 4 – Rise: 11:00pm, Set: 12:32pm

New Moon – Saturday, August 11
First Quarter – Saturday, August 18 – Rise: 12:06pm, Set: 10:58pm
Sturgeon Moon – Sunday, August 26
Last Quarter – Sunday, September 2 – Rise: 10:25pm, Set: 12:35pm

New Moon – Sunday, September 9
First Quarter – Sunday, September 16 – Rise: 11:53am, Set: 10:21pm
Harvest Moon – Monday, September 24
Last Quarter – Tuesday, October 2 – Rise: 11:00pm, Set: 1:27pm

Moonlight on Cedar River Flow

June 2, 2018 Night

Good evening! Mostly clear and 65 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌌 There is a north breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. But chilly this evening with the breeze. The dew point is 54 degrees. I guess it’s better than a really muggy night.

Definitely a fairly starry evening although I wish my neighbor would turn off his pointless flood lights 💡so I could enjoy my flickering lights on the trees. At least the coal tar on the driveway is less stinky at this point. More fireflies continue to pop up around. 🐝

Today I got my hair cut and went up to visit my niece in Saratoga County with the parents. 👦 I had gotten so shaggy, and really needed a hair cut. Not a half bad day, I thought about going to the river to go fishing this evening but I was afraid it would be buggy and I don’t like driving home after dark. 🎣I just do catch and release in the river, it’s more about losing tackle and enjoying sitting by the river with a beer as the sunsets than actual food to eat. I also don’t really like having to drive around the city more than necessary. Bad for my truck and it causes air pollution. 📱Instead I walked down to the park with my laptop and uploaded some photos and videos.

Stayed down at the park until nine. Sat on the uncomfortable park bench rather than laying on the grass because I’m tired of having deer and dog tickets climb all over my bare skin, especially with shorts on. Maybe that’s why I feel so achy tonight, not because I was with my germy niece. Little kids touch everything. I’m not much better with rubbing my nose and eyes, to say nothing of putting pens in my mouth. I do try to wash my hands more often and carefully now though.

Tonight will be partly cloudy ☁, with a low of 56 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 54 at 10pm. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east after midnight. In 2017, we had partly cloudy skies. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 36 occurred back in 1986.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 82% illuminated. The moon will set at 9:35 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday night with mostly cloudy skies. The Strawberry Moon 🌝 is on Wednesday, June 27th. The sun will rise at 5:19 am with the first light at 4:45 am, which is 26 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 8 hours and 51 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 9 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞 , with a high of 73 degrees at 3pm. One degree below normal. Maximum dew point of 50 at 1pm. A bit cool but clear. Southeast wind around 9 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1925.

Not sure what my plans are for tomorrow, maybe hiking Bennett Hill. Not too far away, and it’s been a while since I’ve been up it. The new clearings up top makes for interesting views. 🗻I thought about loading the kayak on my truck and going for a paddle but I don’t know. Going to be kind of cold. But I do need to adjust the racks on my kayak. Maybe also do some shore fishing at Lawson Lake. 🎣

Once again fixed the display I built in my bedroom after breaking it with some other changes. I cut the data transfer speed to it which was problematic I think with the long lines. 💻It works really well now, provides a great time waster in my bedroom. I just another set of those modules in green from China, I’m going to build a second one for use either in my kitchen or maybe the office. The small display I built in my office is no longer cutting it I must admit. It’s just something fun to duck around with when the weather is crappy.

In four weeks on June 30 the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm,🌄 which is 9 minutes and 24 seconds later then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had thunderstorm, thunderstorm rain, rain, patches of fog, mist, partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 84 and 70 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 81 and 60 degrees. The record high of 98 degrees was set back in 1964. Amazing to think how fast July will be upon us. Monday will mark one month until the Fourth of July which really ain’t a holiday because it falls mid week. Ducking horseshit that the fourth is on a Wednesday. I’m blaming Trump, just because this my blog and I can do that.

I am thinking of taking off the last week of July for my vacation but I really need to talk to my supervisor about what is the best week. I usually like that last week but we will see. 🏖️ That last week of July is now seven weeks away per the display in my bedroom.

For a while I’ve been thinking about taking off next Friday and making it a three day trip, ⛺ although lately the forecast has slid down hill at least for Friday. Might still be a nice weekend trip. Where to go is to be decided but Pisceo Powley Road and Madison County top the list. I like that Cherry Ridge Campground, especially as it has cell service but I don’t know I’d rather have more of a wilderness experience next weekend back on a dirt road where I can enjoy my music late into the night. I’m tired of the packed in city experience every day and night. I mean Cherry Ridge is larger than any commercial or state campground and half the sites will be empty but I still rather have a mile between me and the next group of campers. I’m going to monitor the weather some more before deciding. I need my space.

Looking ahead, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 6 months. Fantastic.

2018’s 2nd Blue Moon on March 31

2018’s 2nd Blue Moon on March 31

Don't forget Saturday is the second blue moon of the year!

"We had a Blue Moon on January 31, 2018. It was a supermoon, too, and underwent a total eclipse (photos here). But another Blue Moon is coming right up. They’re both Blue Moons by the monthly definition of the term: the second of two full moons to fall within a single calendar month. The second (and last) Blue Moon of 2018 will be on March 31. We haven’t had a year with two Blue Moons since 1999 and won’t have one again until January and March, 2037."

January 25, 2018 Evening

Good evening! Mostly clear and 24 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌌There is a northwest breeze at 14 mph. The current wind chill is 12. It was a somewhat chilly evening waiting out for the bus. It’s nice going home and it’s not already pitch black. 

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 11 degrees at 4am. 🌠Four degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 9 at 6pm; Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light west after midnight. In 2017, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 36 degrees. The record low of -17 occurred back in 1920.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌖with 64% illuminated. The moon will set tonight at 1:54 am. The Blue Moon is on Tuesday night with mostly cloudy skies. The sun will rise at 7:15 am with the first light at 6:44 am, which is 51 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 14 hours and 13 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 10 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny, with a high of 31 degrees at 2pm. ☀Typical for tomorrow. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had cloudy skies with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 48 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1950. 8.5 inches of snow fell back in 1949.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. Saturday, a slight chance of showers after 4pm. ⛅Partly sunny, with a high near 48. South wind 7 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers before 8am, then a chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 45⛅💧. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Typical average high for the weekend is 31 degrees.

I noticed that my Christmas Cactus is starting to bloom again. 🌺Last week I moved from a desk with less sunlight to one that has a lot more southernly and westerly exposure to the sun. Not only do I have a great view in my new office of the Catskill Mountains and the Heldebergs, my plant is really loving all the extra sunlight. My new desk is really nice, I get to see the sun set every night. 

Taking an old NOVA bus home tonight but it seems to be running fine. 🚌 Those NOVA busses are old mules, they keep on running pretty good for a long time. Traffic is light on the 787 at least southbound. Not so true going northbound. 

I think I’ve figured out how to move some of the strings in my Arduino display project into PROGRAM ROM flash, which should sufficent ample resources remain to finish my display project.📺 I want to add some code to blink a few LEDs on and off for ambience but I expect to be done shortly. Now it’s just off to building the case this weekend. Once I have a case, I’ll order the Arduino Nano which I plan to use to permanently run it which will be more efficient. I am looking forward to moving on to further projects. 

I haven’t decided whether I will walk down to the library or just go for a walk tonight, but I do want to stretch my legs after dinner.🏃 I may play around with cutting some of the plexiglass tonight. I should bring it in from my truck, it is probably really cold. 🚘

In four weeks on February 22 the sun will be setting at 5:37 pm, which is 36 minutes and 27 seconds later then today. In 2017 on that day, we had rain, partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 57 and 38 degrees. 😮Typically, you have temperatures between 36 and 19 degrees. The record high of 68 degrees was set back in 1997.

Looking ahead, Memorial Day Weekend Starts is in 4 months.🌼🌻 We may be in the dark of winter but it won’t last. I’m looking forward to some nicer days as spring approaches, even if that means dealing with the Black Flies. 🐜

This afternoon I was looking at some of the photos on my screensaver and was thinking I really miss traveling and seeing places. This year if the weather is nice in mid-April I might take a trip to the North County. 🌄 Haven’t been up there in a while. 

January 15, 2018 Night

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 16 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌚☁🌠Calm wind. The skies will clear Wednesday around 2 pm. Kind of a chilly night, I just ran outside to grab my headphones from the truck. 🎧 I guess they are now talking about quite a fair amount of snow tomorrow, maybe 4-9 inches. ❄❄❄

It looks like we will have some snow tomorrow, but NOAA isn’t as optimistic as mom and some other sources. My truck is still parked in it’s special winter spot, assuming that plowable snow will be coming this week. Besides moving my truck before the snow, it doesn’t really impact me much because the buses run snow or no snow.🚍🚌 I’ll check the real-time bus info before I leave and if it’s bad wear my boots. 👢

Tonight will have a chance of snow, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 15 degrees at 11pm. One degree above normal. Maximum wind chill around 9 at 11pm; Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2017, we had clear skies. It got down to 14 degrees. The record low of -16 occurred back in 1971.

Tonight is the New Moon.🌑 The Blue  Moon is on Tuesday, January 30th. The sun will rise at 7:22 am with the first light at 6:51 am, which is 30 seconds earlier than yesterday. Still pretty dark in the morning but it’s getting lighter a bit earlier. Tonight will have 14 hours and 33 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 42 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will snow likely, mainly after 9am. ❄Cloudy, with a high of 30 degrees at 3pm. Typical for Tomorrow. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 39 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1995. 15.1 inches of snow fell back in 1945.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 43. ☀ Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. ⛅Typical average high for the weekend is 30 degrees. That’s a nice break from the cold every weekend lately. 😀

Hiking at Holt Preserve is always a treat, it’s on the way to my parents house. Hiked up to Upper Copeland Road for a bit to take in the views, along with the other overlooks. I’ve posted some photos, I’ll post more tomorrow. 📷🚶

Went out to my parents house for dinner.🍲 Mom still makes pretty good pork roast after all these years. Always a good dinner. 

Did my wash, cleaned up the kitchen, vacuumed, and are pretty much ready for the week ahead. 📝💼 Fortunately it’s only a four day week. It’s getting late, I should think about bed soon. 

Almost ordered a five pack of Arduino Nano microprocessor boards, but then I saw if I ordered three different products from the company I would get 10% off. I always like saving money. Almost bought some SD card readers for Arduino and a few more of the Max7219 modules but held off. I want to make more progress on my countdown clock before I build more things. 

Also spent more time researching plexiglass and acrylic sheet for building cases.  Dad suggested that I go to the hardware store to study what thickness I need and maybe buy some locally and then later on get colorized acrylic sheet. Acrylic sheet is fairly expensive but it looks like if I go with 3 mm or 0.08 inch it can be affordable assuming it’s durable enough for a case. I asked online and did some searching but I’m struggling with a good answer. I’m also worried that I can accurately enough cut the sheet at home and glue it with epoxy or hot glue. Well if the clear 3 mm appears acceptable at Lowe’s, I’ll buy it along with a scoring tool and try it out. The 3 mm sheets are only $12 for 20×25″ or something like that. 

In four weeks on February 12 the sun will be setting at 5:24 pm, which is 36 minutes and 5 seconds later then tonight. In 2017 on that day, we had snow, heavy fog, freezing fog, mist, skies and temperatures between 31 and 23 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 34 and 17 degrees. The record high of 55 degrees was set back in 1932.😨

Looking ahead, National Hot Sauce Day is in 1 weeks, 35th Birthday is in 2 weeks, Presidents Day is in 5 weeks, Memorial Day is in 19 weeks, Labor Day is in 33 weeks and Columbus Day is in 38 weeks.🍂

🐵🐸Only 129 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🌻🌳