Good evening! Clear and 20 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 8. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ Things will start to thaw out at Friday around 11 am. 🌡️

It was pretty bitterly cold ❄ after going out with some of my colleagues after work and having some drinks and wings 🍻 and then waiting for the bus to go home. 🚍 The 49 cent wings – ten for $4.90 are a great deal 🍗 and are really good tasting at Public House 42. Plus my colleagues picked up the tab for my birthday 🎂 which was really nice of them to do. I offered to pay but they were really nice. I don’t go out much but it was nice especially at the new Pinto and Hobbs where it was pretty quiet. I hate drinking beer where the crowds and noise are so loud you can’t hear a person five feet away. Even Public House 42 was pretty quiet, they were playing Peter Paul and Mary for a walk.

Tonight will be clear 🌃, with a low of 6 degrees at 4am. Nine degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around -1 at 5am; North wind 3 to 8 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 1 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1965.

There was at least one if not two homeless people on the street last night at the bus stop. 🚏Seemed like an awful cold night to be on the street. I’ve spent a few single digit nights in the wilderness in the single digits but that’s with warm clothes, a rip roaring fire 🔥 and my propane heater in a hot tent 🎪. The homeless action network was giving out blankets and tarps to the people and probably asking them if they wanted to go to the shelter. One was asking if anybody had keys 🔑 or a knife🔪 to open 🔓 the bag that they were blanket they got came in. I said no because I didn’t know if my key would be sharp enough and I didn’t want to have it stolen and not be able to get in my own house. 🏡 The guy flagged down the homeless van and got in any they helped him open it.

Just reminds me how privileged I am even if it seems like I have very little money 💵 in my bank account at the end of the month. My rent check was withdrawn yesterday. That’s good, I hopefully won’t get evicted for at least another month. 🏡 Done so much damage to my landlords building 🏢 although not all of it is my fault – it’s had moisture problems since I moved in and things were old and thread bare ready to wear through. Plus my muddy boots and gear didn’t help. That said, over the past 12 1/2 years I’ve paid like $80k in rent, always on time and only called the landlord over a handful of times. 💰The rent check cleared while I was drinking to remind me how poor I truly am.💸 At least it was my birthday.

The Snow ❄ Moon is on Sunday, February 9. The darkest hour is at 12:09 am, followed by dawn at 6:44 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:14 am in the east-southeast (114°) and last for 3 minutes and 10 seconds. Sunrise is 57 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:56 am with sun in the east-southeast (121°). Tonight will have 14 hours and 7 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 16 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 32 degrees at 3pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around January 31st. Light and variable wind. With the sun it will feel even warmer. Next week might be closer to 50 on Monday. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 28 degrees. The record high of 56 was set in 2013. 11 inches of snow fell back in 1966.❄

Tooth cleaning appointment in the morning. 🦷 I should have done a better job at flossing over the past six months but I’ve been busy and I’m sure I’ll get yelled out gently by my dental hygienist. He’s actually a good guy and very friendly and just tries to nudge me to better dental health. Figuring I didn’t take care of my teeth for a long time it’s good I’m at least getting regular cleanings now.

In four weeks on February 26 the sun will be setting in the west (259°) at 5:40 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 19 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny, snow showers and temperatures between 24 and 15 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 38 and 20 degrees. The record high of 63 degrees was set back in 1976.

After I got home I researched the Rensselaer Biotech facility that is supposed to be one of those mechanical biological treatment facilities 🚮that shreds mixed garbage and supposedly breaks it down into compostable materials and recoverable metals. I think the biggest concern is it will process mixed waste rather than source separated organics. I’d rather see much higher prices on mixed waste and that sent to landfills with a priority on source separated organics recovery and dual stream recycling. ♻ Having more bins is a pain but it may be necessary for clean waste recovery.

Looking ahead, February Save the Pine Dinner 🦋 is in 3 weeks, Average High is 40 ☀️ is in 5 weeks, April Fools Day 🤡 is in 9 weeks, Pink Moon 🌕 is in 10 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is in 11 weeks, Earth Day 🌎 is in 12 weeks, Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 21 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 51 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 113 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Final full day I’m 36 years old. Tomorrow at 5:28 am or something like that according to my birth certificate, which is handwritten but not fake, I’ll be 37. Two weeks to Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛. I don’t know, rancid milk can be pretty pungent 👃, says the dirty hick that I am. 👨‍🌾 Cloudy in Trump’s America and 35 degrees in Delmar, NY, as I take the old hybrid bus from 2010 downtown. ☁ There is a northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 6 pm. ☃️

Yes, I learned my lesson from yesterday and took the earlier bus 🚍 downtown. Its a bit annoying because this bus gets me to work much earlier than necessary but at least I won’t clock in late 🕒 and then have to stay late to get my seven and a half in. It’s tough with the 20 minute headway on the bus 🚏, I preferred it when they had the 15 minute headway but they’re wasn’t enough ridership to justify that level of service during the morning rush hour.

I was a bit worried I was getting a cold again 😷 after hearing John Wolcott was feeling sick again but I’m okay this morning. I sure hope I don’t get sick any time soon. I try to be a lot better washing my hands, but it can be difficult to do good handwashing practices.

Today will have isolated snow showers before 11am. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 38 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 26th. Northwest wind 8 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 22 degrees. The record high of 56 was set in 1916. 9.6 inches of snow fell back in 1897.❄

This morning I realized that I forgot to get pan spray 🍳 the last time I was at the store but I have my dentist appointment on Thursday so I’ll get it then. Kind of essential for making waffles. I think I will drive to the dentist just based on the timing of things. I also wanted to get another set of Bluetooth headphones 🎧 and more drain solvent so I had plenty in stock the last time I went to Wally World but they didn’t have it in stock..

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:09 pm with sun having an altitude of 29.1° from the due south horizon (-41.7° vs. 6/21). Adding sun angle quickly at this point, so when we get a bright sunny day it’s bound not to be quite as cold out as only a few weeks ago. You saw the February average high chart 📊 I posted yesterday – it’s a steady climb through March.

The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:21 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (238°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (246°) starting at 5:00 pm and lasts for 3 minutes and 11 seconds with dusk around 5:33 pm, which is one minute and 18 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the southwest (222°) at an altitude of 31° from the horizon, 252,182 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:07 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 35 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 14 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 49 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 12 seconds over yesterday. Definitely getting longer.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 22 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 4th. Maximum wind chill around 12 at 6am; Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 5 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1925.

While Wednesday and Thursday are expected to be quite nice, clouds and some rain or snow showers for the weekend. ☔ Saturday, a chance of snow showers before 1pm, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees. At least another mild weekend is on tap, good for the heating bills. The woods might be super sloppy again this weekend after the rain but maybe I can road hike at Partridge Run or maybe in the Albany Pine Bush where the sand rarely gets muddy.

🌹🌻🌼Only 51 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

In other words, tomorrow marks 50 days until calendar spring. 📅 As that song by Godspell Soundtrack says, Day by Day.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 when the sun will be setting at 5:21 pm with dusk at 5:50 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 33 and 18 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 34 degrees. We hit a record high of 59 back in 1981.

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Gotta make that money 💵 although not a pay week this week but I have great faith I’ll be paid next week. Two weeks to Clean Your Computer Day 🧹. With there being so much hard drive space these days, does anybody really have to clean their computer? 💻

Snow flurries, cloudy, gray, damp and 36 degrees at the Valero just waiting for the bus to take me to work. ❄ Calm wind. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around noontime. ☃️

Catching the later bus 🚍 to work because I never know with this bus and having to punch 👊 the clock 🕒 on time each morning. The truth is with manually filled in time cards you could get away with being a few minutes late and nobody would ever know. 💁 I did set my alarm for 6:30 but I reset it a few times. I’m bad I know and I had to iron my shirt 👚. But I did have a nice pan of eggs 🍳 for breakfast, one of the last of the fresh ones from my parents, as some kind of varmint finished off their chickens 🐔 and they don’t want to have chickens now as they’re planning on spending the summer traveling. 🚢

Today will be scattered snow showers, mixing with rain after 9am, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 42 degrees at 2pm. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 10th. Light and variable wind becoming west 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 40 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1974. 9.3 inches of snow fell back in 1963.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:09 pm with sun having an altitude of 28.8° from the due south horizon (-42° vs. 6/21). Gain is accelerating now. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:20 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (238°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (245°) starting at 4:59 pm and lasts for 3 minutes and 12 seconds with dusk around 5:31 pm, which is one minute and 17 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the southwest (229°) at an altitude of 22° from the horizon, 251,502 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:06 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 40 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 14 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 47 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 9 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 29 degrees at 6am. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 24th. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph. In 2019, we had snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 8 degrees. The record low of -16 occurred back in 2005.

Another kind of dreary weekend on tap but mild. ☁ Saves on the heating bills. More chance to work on projects and ride the exercise bike 🚲. Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees.

🌹🌻🌼Only 52 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Clean Your Computer Day 🧹 when the sun will be setting at 5:20 pm with dusk at 5:49 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 33 and 17 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 53 back in 1955.

Good evening! Partly clear and 23 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind.There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 11 am. 🌡️ Without the wind, not too bad of an evening.

Busy day at work, went to the Guilderland Planning Board meeting, 💼 picked up a few groceries and drain cleaner. I think the drain is fine now but I want to make sure it’s good before I dump more water 💦 down it. Flipped through Facebook for a while on my phone and going to sleep now. Another day is ahead tomorrow.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 15 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around January 28th. Maximum wind chill around 18 at 5am; Light south wind. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 9 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1970.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 2% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:07 am, followed by dawn at 6:49 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:20 am in the east-southeast (117°) and last for 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Sunrise is 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Starting to add more light in the morning. The golden hour ends at 8:03 am with sun in the southeast (124°) at an altitude of 6°. Tonight will have 14 hours and 22 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 59 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 40 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 4th. Light and variable wind. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 40 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 1906. 10.6 inches of snow fell back in 1963.❄

In four weeks on February 19 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (255°) at 5:31 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 28 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had cold, mostly sunny and temperatures between 24 and 4 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 36 and 18 degrees. The record high of 66 degrees was set back in 1981.

Looking ahead, 37th Birthday 🎉 is in 1 week, February Save the Pine Dinner 🦋 is in 4 weeks, Average High is 40 ☀️ is in 6 weeks, April Fools Day 🤡 is in 10 weeks, Pink Moon 🌕 is in 11 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is in 12 weeks, Earth Day 🌎 is in 3 months, Average High is 80 🏖 is in 5 months, Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 22 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 52 weeks.

Good evening! Partly clear and 19 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 1 pm. 🌡️

I decided to stay home tonight, ride the exercise bike 🚲 for a while, have some dinner and read 📖. There are other things that I could have done but I was tired 😴 and decided to call it a night early. Almost done reading that book on Storm Lake Iowa. 🌽 Reminds me a lot of the colorful people I knew growing up in a small town.

Sink seems to have freed itself up but I’m going to avoid using it and will go out tomorrow and get more drain solvent after the Guilderland Planning Board meeting I’m attending. No need to make multiple trips. 🛀 I got a little paranoid when I opened my mailbox 📬and saw an add for a plumber – they’re reading my blog – and marketing to me but the truth is I only mentioned it in the morning and it came as a large flat in the bulk mail. At any rate, if it was a serious problem I’d call my landlord 📞 and he’d have it fixed quickly. Nice thing about renting although the plumbing is constantly problematic here.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 12 degrees at 1am. Two degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 11 at 8pm; West wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. 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 0 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1984.

Tonight will have a Waning Crescent 🌒 Moon with 7% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:07 am, followed by dawn at 6:49 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:20 am in the east-southeast (117°) and last for 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Sunrise is 40 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:03 am with sun in the southeast (124°) at an altitude of 6°. Tonight will have 14 hours and 24 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 57 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 36 degrees at 4pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 19th. South wind 3 to 5 mph. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 18 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1906. 12.9 inches of snow fell back in 1987.❄

It really kills me how much paper garbage I get in my mailbox 📮 every day. Yeah, I have a milk crate where I toss all the non confidential paper trash into and I take it to the recycling dumpster at the park and ride ♻ every few weeks but by then the bin usually is already overflowing in my apartment and the paper recycle dumpster is pretty full most of the time too. And while they pulp and recycle the waste fiber a lot of it still ends as residue taken to the Colonie landfill. Recycling produces a lot of waste too. Even if I heat with wood when I eventually own my off grid property and use paper every night to start the fire I’ll always have an unlimited supply of waste paper for starting the wood stove just from the junk mail. 🔥 And half of that mail ✉ is the glossy stuff that is half clay and produces a ton of ash when burnt and is not good with the glossy coating to burn inside in a woodstove. I guess that the burn barrel can take care of it when I have my own land but it seems like such a waste to cut down all those trees just to burn off the carbon for no real reason. At least no Time Warner Cable ad today but I’m sure there will be one tomorrow.

In four weeks on February 18 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (255°) at 5:30 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 26 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had snow showers, partly cloudy and temperatures between 26 and 13 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 35 and 18 degrees. In another month, it definitely starts to warm up a bit. The record high of 63 degrees was set back in 1981.

Looking ahead, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 3 weeks, National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 4 weeks, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is in 8 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 11 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 15 weeks, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 22 weeks, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 41 weeks and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 41 weeks.