Good morning! Happy Tea Party Day 🐍! I should wear my Don’t Tread on Me shirt 👚, that is after work. I’ve always kind of admired them a bit for giving the Finger 👆to the British. Yeah, many of the original tea partiers were puritanical religious bigots ✝ against the Quakers who would be eventually run off to the Quaker State, besides being angry about the excessive taxes and regulations on the American frontier. 🐺 Next Monday is Festivus 🍖. The holiday for the rest of us, including those who prefer coffee ☕ to tea on the morning. I like it good and strong 💪 in my perculator pot. 💭 That said I recommend separating out your coffee grounds and tea bags and composting the source separated organic waste 🐽, the S-SOW as the guberment likes to say. Plus if you burn it 🔥 coffee grounds don’t burn well — better to fertilize the fields and the garden.

This morning mostly cloudy and 26 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a west-northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. There are 0.5 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ But we are getting a few more inches on Tuesday of nuisance snow ⛄. ️Things will start to thaw out at around noontime. 🌡️

It looks like I am going to be into work late today. 🚌 It just was a few too minutes late to make the walk down to the express bus, and I missed the earlier local. The normal local I would take is running about 15 minutes late, so I’ll have to clock in late, ⏲ and then maybe stay a few minutes later in the evening — but I think I should still be able to catch the express bus as it normally isn’t to State and Swan until 5:14 PM.

The one neat thing is I guess I won some of the paintings at the Save the Pine Bush Raffle 🦋, so I’ll have some Christmas presents to give away. 🖼 I didn’t think much of it — I just bought a bunch of raffle tickets to support Save the Pine Bush. Honestly, I ended up spending less money then I expected at the Save the Pine Bush benefit, but maybe I’ll give a bigger check at the dinner on Wednesday night. Or send them in a check. Tonight I have another Save the Pine Bush meeting to go to.👪

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 33 degrees at 1pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 23rd. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light drizzle by afternoon. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 55 was set in 1971. 9.5 inches of snow fell back in 1981.❄

The sun will set at 4:22 pm with dusk around 4:54 pm, which is 16 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 31 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 26 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will snow likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy 🌨, with a low of 23 degrees at 3am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 12th. Maximum wind chill around 23 at 6pm; Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 30 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1942.

So yeah, the Boston Tea Party 🍵 happened today in Boston 1773 and would lead to the Intolerable Acts and ultimately the American Revolution. 🐍 They dumped a bunch of over taxed nasty Indian Tea into the Boston Harbor ⚓ and said to the world 🌍 we are going to grow our own. 🌽🍎🍄🐷🐮 I have a lot of respect for their individualistic spirit. And it’s not like pig shit 💩 is going to ruin our environment.

Honestly, I do agree strongly with the tea partierers that jack-booted thugs 🐍 are the greatest threat to our liberty, and we spend too much money on the war department and the police — and we worship them like they’re God and not government bureaucrats enforcing often unjust and bigoted laws. 👮 If we had fewer laws, we’d all be better off. When I own my own land, I want the government to stay off it, let me burn whatever I want, shoot my guns, farm and slaughter my own animals. 🐔🐖🐐🔫 You do your thing, I’ll do mine.

Today in 1965, the Vietnam War would escalate. General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966. 💣And in Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression in 1977 💰with Mayor Kunich at the helm. He was quite the flash in the pan when he ran for president a few times as a peace ✌ candidate by the you haven’t heard much from him lately. I think I might have even voted for him one or two times. ❎ A time for peace, I swear it’s not too late.

Cloudy oh so cloudy weekend ahead before Christmas. ☁ Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Typical average high for the weekend is 34 degrees. My hopes off getting up to the Adirondacks after the Pine Bush Hike seem increasingly dashed. 🗻 But the forecast could change by then and if it doesn’t happen I am still going to the Finger Lakes National Forest in two weeks. ⛺

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until 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.

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🎑 Breezy, ️17 mph breeze from the west-northwest 🌬 with gusts up to 28 mph 💨💨💨. The current wind chill is 17. There are 1.5 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around noontime. 🌡️

For a while this evening it was pretty bitterly cold with the wind. 🍃 It seems like the wind has died down a bit. I went to the Save the Pine Bush Benefit, 🦋 had a Butterfly Lager that was well not the greatest lager ever 🍺 for $7 but Save the Pine Bush got $2 plus I put in the cover charge and I bought a bunch of raffle tickets. 🎫

Very packed event when I left at 9 pm as I have to work tomorrow, didn’t want to drink more than one beer 🍻 and then have to drive home on those narrow city streets. 🚨 Drunk driving laws are so strict these days, and the rare times when I go to the bar, I usually take the bus home 🚍 but not many run on Sunday.

Parking 🅿 wasn’t bad down there, as I parked down a block from the bar and walked 🚶 up there, and with some careful route planning 🌐I managed to avoid all of the red light camera. 🚦 It’s not that hard to avoid them if you take the side streets and plan appropriately to avoid those intersections.

Music 🎶 was kind of loud and not my style 🎸 with all the old folks pulling their hearing aids. 👵I was quite happy to leave and protect my ears 👂 as I do enough damage listening to the moldy oldies and country western with my headphones 🎧jacked up to loud. But the hipsters and others there really digged the act and hopefully will bring a lot of funds in for the battle against developing the Pine Bush.🦋

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers before midnight. I was worried 😯 about the roads as it started to snow around five but they were fine. Black ice in parking lots but with the wind they were dry. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 22 degrees at 6am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 14th. Maximum wind chill around 16 at 12am; West wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of -11 occurred back in 1917.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 72% illuminated. I always find those waning gibbous moons to look a bit creepy, like part of the moon is missing. The moon will set at 11:02 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Tuesday night with partly cloudy skies. The is on Wednesday night. The sun will rise at 7:18 am with the first light at 6:46 am, which is 44 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 56 minutes of darkness, an increase of 29 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 33 degrees at 1pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 23rd. West wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 36 degrees. The record high of 55 was set in 1971. 9.5 inches of snow fell back in 1981.❄

I decided to park on the driveway as I don’t think we are going to get enough snow for the landlord to plow ❄ but if he does he can plow around my truck. It’s possible we get a few inches on Tuesday but I don’t see it being a big snow event locally but it could cause delays on the commute.

I got grocery shopping so I should be good for the week. 🏪 I also have a half tank of gas in the truck ⛽ so I should be good for now but I’ll need more fuel if I decide to go to the Adirondacks after the Save the Pine Bush Hike on Saturday. We aren’t going to do the Reszin Adams filming 📹 on Saturday so I’ll have the afternoon free if the weather is nice enough for a night on the East Branch. Depends on how cold, icy and snowy it is up north. ❄ Otherwise I’ll just wait another weekend for my trip to the Finger Lakes National Forest. ⛺ I’m hoping that long weekend is nice and relatively snow free.

In four weeks on January 12 the sun will be setting at 4:43 pm,🌄 which is 20 minutes and 33 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 26 and 12 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 30 and 14 degrees. The record high of 63 degrees was set back in 2018.

Looking ahead, National Bird Day 🐦 is a month away, National Popcorn Day 🍿 is in 5 weeks, National Pie Day 🍰 is in 5 weeks, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 6 weeks, Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 7 weeks, Snow Moon 🌕 is in 8 weeks, March 🌨 is in 11 weeks, Daylight Savings Time 🌆 is in 12 weeks, Ides of March ✝ is in 3 months, Palm Sunday 🌴 is in 16 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is in 4 months, Easter 🐰 is in 17 weeks, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 21 weeks, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 22 weeks and Strawberry Moon 🌕 is in 25 weeks.

Good evening! Snow flurries and 27 degrees in Delmar, NY. ❄ Breezy, ️16 mph breeze from the west 🌬 with gusts up to 28 mph 💨💨💨. The current wind chill is 15. It’s a fairly decent evening outside with the moonlight until the wind picks up. There are 3.5 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at Friday around 9 am. 🌡️

I went over to John Wolcott house 🏡 for a while 🔎and then I went for my evening walk. Beautiful moonlight tonight but a bit cold with the wind. Got milk 🐮 for breakfast in the morning. Fixed the handle on my waffle maker with glue. I keep loosing screws out of the handle and I don’t have any screws the right size. 🔧

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 15 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical Maximum wind chill around 13 at 6am; West wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 19 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1988.

Tonight is the Cold Moon 🌕. Very cold but bright outside. The sun will rise at 7:15 am with the first light at 6:43 am, which is 51 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 53 minutes of darkness, an increase of 46 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 30 degrees at 1pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical Light and variable wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 39 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1979. 6.6 inches of snow fell back in 1970.❄

In four weeks on January 8 the sun will be setting at 4:38 pm,🌄 which is 16 minutes and 54 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had another cloudy but rainy day with and temperatures between 41 and 29 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 30 and 15 degrees. The record high of 60 degrees was set back in 2008.

Looking ahead, Christmas is in two weeks, 🎄 New Years Day 2019 🎉 is in 3 weeks, Bubble Bath Day 🧼 is in 4 weeks, National Bird Day 🐦 is in 5 weeks, 37th Birthday 🎉 is in 7 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 2 months, Average High is 40 ☀️ is in 12 weeks, April Fools Day 🤡 is in 16 weeks, Pink Moon 🌕 is in 17 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is in 18 weeks, Earth Day 🌎 is in 19 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 58 weeks.

Good evening! Snow flurries, damp and 33 degrees in Delmar, NY. ❄ There is a northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. There are 5 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Warm weather and rain has been tough on the snow. But I’m glad it’s quickly disappearing. I did see the plow come through and lay down some salt. That said I’m not planning on going anywhere until Saturday or Sunday in my truck.

I had dinner, 🍲 which was sausage and peppers reheat from my parents house two weeks ago, and then I got on the exercise bike 🚲 and rode for about an hour. Played with the CSS stylesheet on the blog a bit, watched more of Imagine Acre Woods YouTube. His off grid homestead looks a lot like the neighborhood up the road with his hobby farm and cabin.

Tonight will have a chance of snow, mainly before 4am. Cloudy 🌨, with a low of 25 degrees at 6am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 7th. Northwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2018, we had clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 13 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1988.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 99% illuminated. The moon will set at 6:26 am. The Cold Moon 🌕 will be tomorrow with a chance of snow. The sun will rise at 7:14 am with the first light at 6:42 am, which is 53 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 53 minutes of darkness, an increase of 49 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of snow before 9am. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 32 degrees at 1pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 27th. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Kind of chilly. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 31 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1952. 4.3 inches of snow fell back in 1970.❄

Took care of renewing my phone – 25 gigabytes of data a month or 800 mb a day is great – and now I’m paid up through December 2020. 📱 It saves a little money to buy it as a block and then I don’t have to budget it the rest of the year as it’s paid up.

At this point in my life a year is a minor time commitment, they go by so quickly but I’m getting closer to my goals each year that passes by. Not tomorrow but paycheck by paycheck. 💵 I tell you it seems like with my yearly certificate of deposit I’m constantly rolling it over but with yield curve where it is and my desire to have flexibility it makes little sense to buy for more than a year.

Everything seems to be working well with my bus pass now. 💳 If I ever run out or fare on the card again I’ll definitely just run to the Albany Library to refill it. They have the special machine to do it right there.

I am really excited about having that Monday off before New Years Eve ⛺ so I can hopefully do a road trip and camp. I really like the idea of doing another Finger Lakes trip but it depends a lot on the weather. ⛄ Winter can be tricky with camping, especially with bad weather and the roads.

In four weeks on January 7 the sun will be setting at 4:37 pm,🌄 which is 15 minutes and 56 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny skies, snow showers and temperatures between 29 and 14 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 31 and 15 degrees. The record high of 56 degrees was set back in 1915.

Looking ahead, New Years Eve 🎆 is in 3 weeks, Wolf Moon 🌕 is a month away, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 5 weeks, Martin Luther King Day 🖤 is in 6 weeks, Clean Your Computer Day 🧹 is in 2 months, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 9 weeks, National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 10 weeks, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is in 14 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 17 weeks, Good Friday ✝️ is in 4 months, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 21 weeks and Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 5 months.

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 25 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a west-northwest breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. The current wind chill is 14.  At times, there is a definite breeze, but it’s helping to melt away the snow. There are 17 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 2 pm. 🌡️ Some melting but they’re is still a lot of snow and more expected tomorrow into Saturday.

When I first got home, I looked out the window and saw the reflection of what appeared to be a massive fire 🔥 reflected in the window. I was a little concerned but as soon as I saw it, within a few seconds the flames disappeared. I wasn’t sure what it is, it turned out to be a barbecue grill they had just lit with a lot of lighter fluid, plus the reflection off the snow. I obviously, if I was in the country, I wouldn’t have thought twice — or even looking out back where they have a fire pit. Heck, some day when I live out in the country, I’ll have lots of fires from heating to bonfires to waste disposal.♻

This evening I went to Tom Ellis presentation over hydroelectric dams and the proposed Champlain Valley power line that would run under the Hudson River. 🔌 If built it would bring a lot more Quebec hydroelectric to New York City but also encourage construction 🚧 of many mega dams in New York City. Very problematic. Attendance was light as the County Legislature was having their public hearing on the straws only on request law (one of the silly anti-plastic laws that gives the greenies 💚 a boner 🍆) and also a presentation on the towns road diet for Delaware Avenue 🚧.

I fixed the code and will post the updated weather tables to the blog tomorrow. ☀🌦 Some of the data now is a year old and when I went to run the update script it didn’t work due to changes in the NOAA data report format. But I updated the fields names and its working again.

Finished off the last of the Thanksgiving dinner left overs today 🍗 after reading a post on Facebook reminding me that Thanksgiving was a week ago. I know in a few days even if I left it in the fridge things would start to mold up. Refrigeration doesn’t stop mold or bacteria growth, it only slows it. See I’m learning something from the book I’m reading on butchering livestock. 🔪

Road the exercise bike 🚲 some more, watched some of Imagine Acre Woods YouTube, another one of those North Idaho off grid pig farmers 🐽 who happens to know North Country Off Grid too. Quite the handlebar mustache he has but I guess if you live off grid by oil lamp, raise hogs and yaks – hairy tough cows 🐮 – you can do what you want. He does a lot of trout fishing and camping too on his channel but that’s what you do in North Idaho I guess. Looks like fun.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 20 degrees at 5am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 18th. Maximum wind chill around 14 at 11pm; Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. In 2017, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 29 degrees. The record low of -5 occurred back in 1901.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 75% illuminated. The moon will set at 1:13 am. The Cold Moon🌕 is on Wednesday night with partly cloudy skies. The sun will rise at 7:09 am with the first light at 6:38 am, which is one minute later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 48 minutes of darkness, an increase of one minute and 10 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will snow likely, mainly between 11am and 3pm. Mostly cloudy 🌨, with a high of 33 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 23rd. South wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. It’s a clipper storm but it could be impactful midday. Two years ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 53 degrees. The record high of 68 was set in 2001. 12.5 inches of snow fell back in 2003.❄

In four weeks on January 2 the sun will be setting at 4:33 pm,🌄 which is 10 minutes and 54 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had cold, partly sunny, snow showers and temperatures between 20 and -4 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 31 and 16 degrees. The record high of 61 degrees was set back in 1890.

Looking ahead, Boxing Day 🥊 is in 3 weeks, National Bird Day 🐧 is a month away, Static Electric Shock Day 🧼 is in 5 weeks, National Cheese Lovers Day 🧀 is in 7 weeks, 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 11 weeks, Palm Sunday 🌴 is in 4 months, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 5 months, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 22 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 6 months.

Good night I’m tired!