Good evening! Partly cloudy and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 9 am. 🌡️ Not a half bad evening for January.

Rode the exercise bike 🚲 for about an hour, watching Keith Fink Farm’s latest video, catching up on NB88 off grid cabin in Maine and Andrew Camara tearing apart a pickup truck for the engine and the scrap metal. Got in an hour riding the exercise bike and then read 📖 for about a half hour the book on Rupert Murdock and his Fox News Empire 📰. Good book, I’m trying to devote more time to reading.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 28 degrees at 10pm. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 22nd. Maximum wind chill around 24 at 9pm; East wind 3 to 5 mph. 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 15 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1963.

Tonight will have a New Moon 🌚. The Snow ❄ Moon is on Sunday, February 9. The darkest hour is at 12:08 am, followed by dawn at 6:48 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:18 am in the east-southeast (116°) and last for 3 minutes and 13 seconds. Sunrise is 46 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:01 am with sun in the east-southeast (123°) at an altitude of 6°. Tonight will have 14 hours and 18 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 4 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet before noon, then rain. 🌧 High of 39 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 1st. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 35 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1938. 9.5 inches of snow fell back in 2000.❄

In four weeks on February 21 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (256°) at 5:34 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 29 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had cloudy, freezing rain showers and temperatures between 44 and 28 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 36 and 19 degrees. The record high of 73 degrees was set back in 2018.

Looking ahead, Valentines Day ❤️ is in 3 weeks, 7 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 7 weeks, Spring 🌷 is in 8 weeks, Good Friday ✝️ is in 11 weeks, May 🕊 is in 14 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 19 weeks and Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 5 months.

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 26 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Breezy, ️17 mph breeze from the northwest 🌬 with gusts up to 29 mph 💨💨💨. The current wind chill is 13. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at Sunday around noontime. 🌡️

I stayed home and rode the exercise bike 🚲 for over an hour or maybe an hour and a half until my knees were getting a bit sore and I was tired 😴. I then worked on typing up the catalogue 📇 for John Wolcotts files 📂. We have roughly 220 categories. I need to spell check and do some research and then print the labels 🔖. I don’t have a printer but I think John or Lynne can do it.

I was watching that Canadian trapper video 📹 and then one on Homesteady about first time calving, then an electronics teardown video on Big Clive electronics. Read for a while too. Eat the last of the pork roast 🐖 from the other week that I froze. That was good, pork roast is a treat for a change. As I tend to keep my bedroom cool, use red lighting only and screen filters, I’m already feeling really tired. Going to bed early and getting up early each day has really improved my sleep lately. 💤

I turned the gas heat up to 55 or 56 so it will probably run all night ♨ but at least things won’t get too cold with the gas heat. I haven’t cleaned off the electric radiator up stairs but I rarely ever use that. I’m fine with keeping things cold – saves energy ⚡ and I’m comfortable. My main concern is pipes freezing although it is not super cold like some years yet.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 11 degrees at 6am. Three degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around -5 at 6am; Northwest wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 9 degrees. The record low of -23 occurred back in 1971.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon Moon with 55% illuminated. The moon will rise at 11:51 pm. You should be able to see it tonight if you stay up late enough. The darkest hour is at 12:06 am, followed by dawn at 6:52 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:23 am in the east-southeast (118°) and last for 3 minutes and 18 seconds. Sunrise is 29 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:07 am with sun in the southeast (126°) at an altitude of 6°. Tonight will have 14 hours and 33 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 42 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 20 degrees at 2pm. 10 degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 6 at 3pm; Northwest wind 13 to 16 mph. That wind chill is going to be frigid. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 24 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1889. 10.9 inches of snow fell back in 1994.❄

I told John Wolcott I’d go to his house tomorrow after work 📂 but I’ll have my laptop and pack and I don’t want to carry it over there especially with the expected bitter cold ❄. Plus I’m thinking I might have a bit of a head cold. At least that’s what I can tell him assuming he doesn’t read 📖 the blog. Honestly I’d prefer to get the labels done and be working on the final sort before we do much more because the stuff we’ve been finding lately isn’t really all that historically important and interesting compared to previous stuff. I guess you never really know what a box has 🎁 until you open it. He saves too much paper 📄 in my opinion. Especially once I own my own place, I don’t need something it’s getting burnt or put in the scrap metal pile. There is just too much stuff in this world to keep with mass production – buy less and if your not using it, get some beer, get a big ol bonfire going and chuck it in it. 🔥 I can’t wait until I live in the country full time and have toys like four wheelers and tractors 🚜. I already have too much junk for sure and I always avoid buying stuff but it accumulates.

In four weeks on February 13 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (252°) at 5:23 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 3 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had snow showers, partly sunny and temperatures between 38 and 21 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 34 and 17 degrees. The record high of 58 degrees was set back in 1900. That was a long time ago for sure.

I tell you, that wind is really roaring around.

Looking ahead, National Cheese Lovers Day 🧀 is in 1 weeks, Save the Pine Bush Turns 42 🦋 is in 3 weeks, 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 5 weeks, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 16 weeks and Average High is 70 🐮 is in 4 months.

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. It’s a five day work week once again. Been a long time since I’ve worked a full five day week but it should be busy and go quickly. Next Monday is Make Your Dream Come True Day 🏡. Maybe that’s a bit too soon for he but I can continue to save and invest. Snow showers and 28 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ❄ Made for kind of a icy walk 🚶 to the express bus 🚍 this morning and I was running a little late but I made it in time. ⌚ And I did not slip and fall, even those a few times it was a slosh. There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. There are 0.2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️

Finished off the quiche that I made up on Sunday. 🥧 It was very good, and no I did not die or have any bad taste from cooking up the pie shell that had officially expired on November 16, 2016. 😋 It was pretty good and used up a bunch of eggs, with lots of broccoli, 🌱 cheese topping 🧀 and breadcrumbs 🍞 from some stale bread in the refrigerator. Except for the issue of the broiler not working well, it came out pretty good. You know it’s good if it only lasted for two breakfasts, and I was a hurry to have it both mornings. I got to make it again, but I need more broccoli and another pie shell mix, this time maybe with an expiration date six years newer or so.

Kind of a pretty day with the snow ❄ enough to glaze up the sidewalks and ramps. There was a wreck on one of circle stack ramps ⭕💢🚓🚕🚗🚙🚙🚚 and traffic is just generally moving slow today. Warm enough though with the salt that on the major roads, things are moving well if a bit slow. But thanks to Iran and Trump 🎺 there are delays on the bus turn around due to the gates being closed due to the supposed terrorist warnings. It’s annoying how sometimes the bus has to wait for the gates to open and close. I guess they are supposed to keep people safe, but we know it’s mostly to make the contractors rich with security theater.❎

Today will have a chance of snow, mainly before 4pm. Mostly cloudy 🌨, with a high of 37 degrees at 1pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 23rd. South wind 6 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. With the warmer temperatures I’m thinking the icy sidewalks won’t stick around. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 71 was set in 2007. 12.7 inches of snow fell back in 2002.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:02 pm with sun having an altitude of 24.9° from the due south horizon (-46° vs. 6/21). Almost to 25 degrees. Maybe tomorrow? The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:52 pm with the sun in the southwest (232°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (240°) starting at 4:34 pm and lasts for 3 minutes and 23 seconds with dusk around 5:08 pm, which is 58 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:44 pm. At sunset, look for snow 🌨 and temperatures around 36 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 15 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 11 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 4 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 25 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 14th. Maximum wind chill around 22 at 9pm; West wind 6 to 9 mph. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 14 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1878.

I really am enjoying the big tin of hot coca mix I got from the store. ☕ I wanted to have hot coca for my New Years Eve Camping Trip but I couldn’t find it at Price Chopper, not my normal store, and I was running late. It’s probably good, because those little packets of hot coca don’t always burn up completely when tossed in the fire with the thin layer of aluminum foil, and I was trying to camp in a “tread lightly” fashion, doing as little noticeable damage to the forest as possible. I’m not delusional enough to believe you can camp with zero impacts, but I like to keep my campsites as clean and tidy as possible, with anything that doesn’t full burn get packed out. 🌲 But at home, the big tin of hot coca is wonderful — especially in coffee or on a cold evening. I can always pack some in a ziplock bag for camping. Probably a lot cheaper that way too. I do wish the container it came in was recycable — but I can probably tear off the aluminum parts for recycling and burn the rest. ♻ I normally do not have snacks at home, 🍬 although maybe I’ll break that tradition as this week is $2.99 for all flavors at the Stewarts Ice Cream Special Week. Yum! 🍨 I already see myself falling off the wagon. Fortunately though, I don’t ever have alcohol at home for the most part.🍺

Another rainy but mild weekend on tap. ☔ Saturday, rain. High near 53. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 30 degrees.

At least the rain will keep the salt off the roads. 💦I have a lot of things to do in town next weekend including starting working on the Reszin Adam’s video – and possibly heading over to John Wolcott house to work on better labels 🔖 for his files 📂.

🌹🌻🌼Only 73 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

I am thinking about doing a camping trip over Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend in two weekends, 🏕 but a lot depends on the winter. This time if I do Cole Hill State Forest, I’ll make sure to leave a note on my truck where I am in case anybody reports it parked overnight. 🅿 Although, honestly if there isn’t too much snow I would truly prefer to camp up Moscow Hill Area in Brookfield — I just like seeing that beautiful farm country, 🐄 plus it’s nice having those hardened campsites with the gravel and the pavilion. Ideally, if there is no or little snow, I could drive right back there.

As previously noted, next Monday is Make Your Dream Come True Day 🏡 when the sun will be setting at 4:44 pm with dusk at 5:15 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 23 and 10 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 30 degrees. We hit a record high of 71 back in 1932.