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May 24, 2021 Morning

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. 💼 Working from home today and it should be a nice one. Six weeks to Hottest Time of the Year 😅. Mostly sunny and 51 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 44 degrees.

This morning I’m heading over to John Wolcott’s house with a few others and the fire inspector 👨🏾‍🚒to see what historic artifacts can be salvaged. Never did find that Fort Orange letter we were looking for and unfortunately the fire burned up the room with the archives the most. Then heading home to remote work 💻. Probably though want to shower 🚿 first after I get home.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 71 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 16th. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 79 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1964.

Wednesday and Thursday I’ll be in the office 🏢 downtown and maybe Friday depending on the weather 🌨. I cut my hot spot data plan in half so internet at home is just going to be for work when I need it. Library is open for in person masked use so I can also work down there too. The desks 🖥 and computers are open now, although I always just use my own laptop. 🔋 Really need to address that battery life issues I’m having.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 68.2° from the due south horizon (-2.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.4 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:39 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (293°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (300°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:20 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 19 seconds with dusk around 8:53 pm, which is 56 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the southeast (137°) at an altitude of 22° from the horizon, 226,419 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:36 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 64 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 55 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 41 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 50 degrees at 4am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 23rd. South wind 8 to 10 mph. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 30 occurred back in 1956.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 🌦️ Saturday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 42 at 7pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Maximum dew point of 45 at 7pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 75 degrees.

The Memorial Day Weekend forecast is improving but I’m not sure if I will stay closer to home or not. 🏡 I kind of want to spend a few nights in the woods but if I wait another week and it’s warm and sunny I might do Piseco Powley Road. Soon the black flies 🐜 won’t be quite so bad.

As previously noted, next Monday is Memorial Day 🇺🇸 when the sun will be setting at 8:25 pm with dusk at 8:59 pm. On that day in 2020, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 65 and 46 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 75 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 2013.

May 14, 2021 Morning

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Nice to be up north on a Friday, doing remote work, although it seems like the fun is coming to the end with a new CDC guidance and the desire for normalcy. 👨‍💻 Back to old ways on the bus and in the office. But for the past year, I’ve been able to spend a lot of summer up in the woods with my hotspot and phone. Two weeks to Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ . Sunny and 49 degrees in Speculator, NY. 🌞 There is a west breeze at 5 mph. 🍃.

A beautiful morning to start out the day, 😎 and with the sun and clear skies. I am going to work from the screen tent this morning and my hotspot, but will probably head in mid-day to town to get some lunch and ice cream, and the my afternoon zoom meeting I’ll do at the Spectulator Library wi-fi. Maybe sit down by the lake in the afternoon 💻 with the laptop. I got to say it’s fun while it lasted, although it seems like there is a lot of discussion what the future is — people like remote work, and if the work is getting done, who really cares if it’s happening in a cubicle downtown or up in the wilderness. 🌲 The world of smartphones and laptops isn’t the world of 1970 any more. 📱 Things are changing.

Had a nice fire last night, 🔥 and sat out and looked at the stars for a while ✨ although I didn’t stay up super late as it was an early start yesterday, as I had to make it to Speculator by 9 AM to clock in and get started for work — although admittedly I started my day in Wells, because I was running late. Kind of a busy day at work, lot of meetings and emails, but I got to spend a little time down at Lake Pleasant with a book in the evening before heading back to camp to get things set up. 🍳 Eggs and sausage for breakfast today, it was nice to sit outside for a while before the black flies got to bad. 🐜

Today will have increasing clouds ☁, with a high of 68 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 6th. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 70 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1900.

I may have to be a bit careful about managing my energy resources by the end of the day 🔋 but for now things should be well charged. The important thing is having enough power for the laptop, 💻 I can live with having reduced power tonight, as tomorrow will be sunny and I’m planning to head somewhere else in the Adirondacks and the alternator can top things off so I should be good for the rest of the weekend. I want to camp somewhere tomorrow where I don’t have cell reception, so I can have some time off the grid where I’m not constantly bombarded by news and happenings. 🤫 I want to do some reading this weekend 📚 and not be constantly playing on the Facebook or TikTok.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:55 pm with sun having an altitude of 65.2° from the due south horizon (-4.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:34 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (290°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (297°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:15 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 18 seconds with dusk around 8:47 pm, which is one minute and 5 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-northwest (283°) at an altitude of 24° from the horizon, 249,065 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:29 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 57 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 41 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 10 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 37 degrees at 4am. 11 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 16th. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph. In 2020, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 57 degrees. The record low of 31 occurred back in 1977.

This evening I will be participating in the Zoom between John Wolcott and Don Rittner. 🎙Yes, remotely from the Adirondacks. It should be a real interesting one for sure, although I doubt I’ll be doing much of the talking. But if I have questions, all I ask them. 📹 It should be a very interesting discussion. My new phone has good service where I am camping, which is good both for this interview and remote work.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 68 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 6th. West wind 5 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 84 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1900.

I haven’t totally decided where I will hike tomorrow, 🏃‍♀️ but I have some ideas, mostly around Spectulator. I wouldn’t mind a hike up Watch Hill again but I don’t think the road past Mason Lake is open yet for the summer. 😞 Otherwise, that would be a nice hike and place to camp. I thought about Hope Falls Road, but I want to stay up through Monday, that’s pretty far south if I am coming back north to work on Monday. 💭 So I don’t really know — but I want to spend much of the weekend off the grid.

Looking ahead to Sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 43 at 8pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 71 degrees.

I could head home on Sunday, but Monday looks nice enough that I should try to get one more day in working from Spectulator. 👨‍💻 It going to be back to riding the bus and big office 👨‍💼 for the second half of the week, so you got to take advantage of what you can, when you can. I’m a little bummed out that panademic is ending but I really also understand the benefits of in-person work, the social interactions and emotions conveyed at are missing over email ✉️, phone 📞 and the Zoom. 📹 At least I feel good knowing that as a vaccinated person, 💉 I won’t have to worry about getting very sick from the COVID and mask wearing isn’t required 😷 except on buses, stores, and common places — mainly because the law, not because it will make me safer. Studies are pretty clear that the COVID vaccine is safe and very protective. ⚗ My hats off to the scientists that developed it.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ when the sun will be setting at 8:28 pm with dusk at 9:02 pm. On that day in 2020, we had hot and humid weather that was mostly cloudy and temperatures between 83 and 68 degrees. I remember it well, I was working in Spectulator. Typically, the high temperature is 75 degrees. We hit a record high of 93 back in 2016.

I don’t anticipate going back to the Adirondacks for Memorial Day Weekend ⛺ this year as I expect to be fairly busy with work and the bugs are bad and things are crowded. Maybe next weekend I’ll do Madison County or maybe that will wait until June. I thought about the Green Mountains but I’d have to camp where I have good reception 📶. I’ll have to think about it more.

Starting Some Trash on Fire

Taken on Saturday May 15, 2010 at Fire.

Roaring Fire

Friday night, when I got up there I really wanted to have a big fire. And indeed I did, between the scrap wood pile that was at the campsite and the big bag of burnables I brought from home.

Taken on Friday April 17, 2020 at East Branch Sacandaga River.

April 14, 2021 Morning

Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. 🐪 Six weeks to Flower Moon 🌻 . Partly sunny and 52 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind. The dew point is 42 degrees. Nice morning, although a bit groggy as I recover from COVID vaccine number 2 and because I had trouble sleeping again last night.

The morning walk was quite pleasant 🏃 with lots of sun, and nothing more then a t-shirt 👕 needed for my walk. Going to cloud up later but for now it’s pretty nice and I might drive down to the library to work this afternoon. 💻 I could work from home but on nice days like this I prefer to be outside where I can get some fresh air and relax. And maybe work on my tan some more.

The second COVID-shot went well yesterday, 💉 and I should be done and fully-vaccinated, with full-immunity in two weeks. My arm and shoulder blade 💪 feels like I have been doing a lot of shooting my 12-gauge shotgun, 🔫 or maybe like I got bit by a tick have Lyme disease in the shoulder 🐜 but I’m sure it’s just the vaccine kicking in. I am working from home, have no Zoom Meetings today, so nobody will know if I look or feel like a wreck today. Maybe less shooting this weekend if my arm is so sore. Or maybe I’ll have to use my .22 which doesn’t kick like a mule.

Today will have a slight chance of rain after 3pm. Mostly sunny to start out the day 🌞, with clouds pushing in later ☁️ and a high of 70 degrees at 4pm. 12 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 16th. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 52 degrees. The record high of 83 was set in 1968. 1.4 inches of snow fell back in 1950.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:56 pm with sun having an altitude of 56.9° from the due south horizon (-13.9° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:59 pm with the sun in the west (278°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (284°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:36 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 59 seconds with dusk around 8:05 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west (274°) at an altitude of 23° from the horizon, 252,119 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:41 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 64 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 21 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain late, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 47 degrees at 6am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 15th. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2020, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became light snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1940.

Last night was really nice for sitting out back ✨ although as the evening progressed, things got more cloudy. 🌽 The air had a sweet smell of corn silage, 👃 like they had just cut into some fresh silage that were feeding to cows at the farm down the way. 🐮 The smell really reminded me of summer, with the cows grazing on the grass at the Finger Lakes National Forest.

Some are calling for a nice spring weekend on tap at least in Albany-area. 😎 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 54. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 60. More clouds up north, or maybe not depending on the model you look up. 🌦 Folks don’t really agree. 99% percent of forecasts are imaginary, up to random chance. Typical average high for the weekend is 59 degrees.

I am not sure if I will head north on Friday or Saturday, 🏕 a lot depends on the weather. I’d rather not be setting up camp in the pouring rain. 🌧 At least it looks like there won’t be much of a fire risk this weekend, so that’s good if I want to have a little campfire to stay warm 🔥 but I’ll also bring my heater too for warming my hands.

The first session of therapy went well, 💭 although mostly it was just an overview for intake purposes, understanding and discussing my issues. Listening to all the possible concerns and issues, legal and else-wise, I think I am glad I just have a little bit of anxiety, 😮 sometimes negative thought processes 😡 and a bit of pyromania when it comes to burn barrels 🛢 and the alike. Things could be a lot worse. 😩 All things that are curable with a little work on my part. I don’t want anything to get in my way of making more money, saving, investing and eventually owning my land. 🚜 One thing that kind of sucks that my next appointment is a week from 4 PM Friday, 📅 which means getting out of town to go camping might not be a reality, so it’s more important to plan to get out out of town this week if possible.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Cinco de Mayo 🤠 when the sun will be setting at 8:00 pm with dusk at 8:31 pm. On that day in 2020, we had sunny skies and temperatures between 59 and 38 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 66 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1944.