Good evening! Partly clear and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌃 For a while it cleared out this evening after sunset and it was really nice. There is a north-northeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 2 am. ☃️

I sat out back for a while with a book 📖 and it was nice ✨ until it started to get cold. For a while the moon was out and the stars were shining. 🌗 Earlier on I walked down to the Elm Avenue Park ⛲ to get some podcasts to listen 🎧 to as I haven’t been on the internet since Sunday except for my phone 📱 and I guess you could say the Zoom session for work but that was on my work computer which is just for work.

Today I spent a lot of time playing with an experimental theme for the blog. 📝 I am trying to make the pictures more prominent, tell my story and experiences better. I figure while I’m home I should see how to better my blog before camping season starts. I am not sure if I will use the new design or only parts of it but I like experimenting with code.

Another pretty quiet day at work, it was fun setting up the lights and figuring out how to do Zoom 🎥 and make it look good on my end. I’ve done other training classes on Zoom but those have been mass trainings with the camera off. I just know when things finally start getting back to normal at work, things will be so busy to make up for lost time. At least by then hopefully the weather is nice enough that I can work outside most days. 🌳I don’t mind the idea of social distancing under a tree on a sixty five degree with a laptop, as long as I’m not stuck inside my moldy apartment.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 30 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 28th. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight. 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 26 degrees. The record low of 9 occurred back in 1923.

Tonight will have a First Quarter 🌓 Moon with 47% illuminated. At 8 PM, the moon was in the southwest (222°) at an altitude of 67° from the horizon, some 237,670 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by September 28^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Pink 🌸 Moon is on Tuesday, April 7. The darkest hour is at 1:00 am, followed by dawn at 6:11 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:39 am in the east (83°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:17 am with sun in the east (90°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 15 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 55 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 7th. Light north wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 42 degrees. The record high of 77 was set in 1986. 5 inches of snow fell back in 1924.❄

I decided against the Adirondacks for this weekend but maybe the long weekend next. ⛺ Not a lot of snow left along the East Branch but it looks like at this point it will be melting away. I assume I’ll have Good Friday off next week. 🐰As Easter dinner with the family seems unlikely at this point, I won’t have to rush back next Sunday and there will be virtually no traffic. But who knows what the weather will be like by next week. I could use some social distancing next to a fire 🔥 with some cold ones in the Adirondacks. If I do go up north, I’m not going to hike any mountains but I might hike back to a remote lake or waterfall when I’m up there where I’m not likely to run into many people.

My thought about you working from the Green Mountain National Forest come nicer weather in May ⛺ is probably not going to come to fruition with the state requiring out of state visitors to quarantine. It was a crazy idea, truth be told but with my phone 📱 and laptop 💻 and solar on my truck I probably could have made it work. After all you can stay in the Green Mountain National Forest for 14 days roadside camping without a permit. Having ice to keep the milk cold would have been a pain but I know the areas up there where I have decent phone service. I’d probably remove my front New York plate once I set up camp to be safe (Vermont has become a one plate state).

I am a little hesitant to get my truck worked on right away 🔧because I know the alignment issue isn’t essential but it ought to be addressed. I was going to wait until I got new tires but I want to try to get another year out of the existing tires to buy more time to decide what I want to do with Big Red – go carless for a few years? Not sure. The thing is I know it’s not an essential repair and every social contact is one more chance of picking up Coronavirus. 👾 While I’m relatively young and healthy, and I still have the good state health plan, I don’t want to be on a respirator at the hospital during the middle of a pandemic. 🏥Let’s be honest, cars are full of greasy and dirt and mechanics are driving different peoples cars all day and aren’t necessarily washing hands between cars. 🚘

In four weeks on April 28 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (291°) at 7:52 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 52 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 51 and 40 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 64 and 42 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 1990.

Looking ahead, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 1 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 5 weeks, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 12 weeks, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 31 weeks and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 31 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 51 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good morning! March is almost done. Tomorrow is April Fools Day and the start of trout season. I bet with all the people out of work it will be difficult to social distance at all the good trout pools. 🎣 A sign of the times. At least the days are getting longer. Next Tuesday is 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇. Clouds and 38 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 4 am. ☃️

Today will have a slight chance of rain and snow showers before 9am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 9am and noon. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 48 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 25th. Light north wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. I’m actually hoping for some sun later, as I want to go to the library or Five Rivers to get some podcasts and upload content that I can’t easily do with my phone. 📱 A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 60 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1998. 14.6 inches of snow fell back in 1997.❄ That’s one of the later snow fall records although back in the early 1980s we had a couple big ones in April.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 51.8° from the due south horizon (-19° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 4.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:44 pm with the sun in the west (271°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (277°) starting at 7:18 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 7:49 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the southwest (217°) at an altitude of 68° from the horizon, 237,690 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:23 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 45 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 12 hours and 42 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 32 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Calm wind becoming north around 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 26 degrees. The record low of 9 occurred back in 1923.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 57. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 59. Typical average high for the weekend is 53 degrees.

I am going to take a wait and see approach to the weekend. ⛺ As I noted last night I don’t want to go out to Schoharie with all the mud, rough roads and car washes closed but I’ll decide later on about the Southern Adirondacks if it looks very nice. Next weekend might be even better. I would like to go fishing but not in the crowds. 🎣

Likewise I’m going to hold off calling the shop 🚘 about the alignment on the truck. It should get done to preserve the tires ⚫ and I should have done it a long time ago but so he it. I’ll decide tomorrow, I think they’re open but you know I always am trying to social distance more as people say.

As previously noted, next Tuesday is 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 when the sun will be setting at 7:28 pm with dusk at 7:57 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 68 and 34 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 55 degrees. We hit a record high of 87 back in 2010.

Good evening! Clear and 44 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃 I’m sitting out back and it’s a pretty nice starry ✨ evening but it’s getting cold quickly. Temperatures will drop below around 2 am. ☃️

So it was a pretty nice day for a work day. ☀ Hard to argue against working from home when the sun is shining. That said, everything is so up in the air these days, I miss the old days. I spent a few hours at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center working on some stuff on the internet and uploading some new content to the blog and then I went for a walk up Bennett Hill. 🚶 Some people are a little annoyed but most are friendly when I step way back for social distancing on the trail. You hear how bad Coronavirus can be for some one even my age, and I really want to avoid it as long as possible 🙆 but I’m also not going to lock myself in my moldy nasty apartment when there is fresh air outside to breathe in away from others. Sat out back for a while after my evening walk. 🌃 Read for a while under the bright 🔆 100 watt bulb out back. Lots of stars tonight and the moon is pretty.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 29 degrees at 4am. One degree below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 26th. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 3 occurred back in 1923.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 12% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the west-northwest (284°) at an altitude of 6° from the horizon, some 248,314 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by October 2^nd. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Pink 🌸 Moon is on Tuesday, April 7. The darkest hour is at 1:01 am, followed by dawn at 6:18 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:46 am in the east (86°) and last for 2 minutes and 54 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:24 am with sun in the east (92°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 27 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of rain, mainly after 4pm. 💦Increasing clouds ⛅, with a high of 53 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 3rd. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 55 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1945. 14.2 inches of snow fell back in 1932.❄

I am thinking about an early morning walk 🚶 at Schodack Island State Park and then swinging by the office to pick up the laptop and return the broken network adapter 🔌 then get the box of files 📂 for the Reszin Adam’s documentary from John Wolcott that I’m working Cynthia Pooler on. I’ve been listening to her Focus on Albany podcast lately, it’s really good. I’m not going to really visit much with John though – he’s pretty frail so his doctor 😷 is recommending a very strict isolated for him. It’s understandable – if he gets the bug he’s not likely to survive.

I haven’t really decided if I will visit my parents this weekend. 👪 It would be nice to join them for Sunday dinner but probably safer if I stayed away. Hopefully only a few more weeks before the risk drops significantly with the warming weather and the peak of the virus infecting all the easy targets. Plus I’ve gotten the allegeries bothering me again. Maybe from mold from cleaning the bathroom 🚽 although lately I think it’s something outside that’s been irritating my nose 👃 and throat. Been flaring up and then going away for two weeks now, although Claradin D helps a lot.

I’ve been studying the numbers 🔢 and the curve compared to where it is and despite rising there seems to some leveling off with Coronavirus at least in Upstate NY. I am hopeful that we can reach the peak relatively soon, herd immunity will build up and life can return to normal. 📊 That said, the news 📰 is going to get devastatingly bad over the next few weeks, we all are expected to loose at least a few loved ones and friends from Coronavirus but hopefully not too many people. Projections aren’t reality and expodential curves can and do bend by breaking chains 🔗 of transmission but it’s still a disaster. And that doesn’t even include the chaos in all other parts of the economy or how our civil society is falling apart and corruption is surging at all levels of government all thanks to an opportunistic strain of RNA that’s hijacking the bodies of humans across the world.

In four weeks on April 24 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (289°) at 7:48 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 54 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 61 and 42 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 62 and 40 degrees. The record high of 81 degrees was set back in 2001.

Looking ahead, Good Friday ✝️ is in 2 weeks, Arbor Day 🌳 is a month away, May 🕊 is in 5 weeks and 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 10 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 55 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Two weeks to Good Friday ✝️. I am thinking of I get Good Friday off that would be nice to tack another day on the weekend for you road / camping trip. ⛺ I normally socially distance when I travel and camp as I like having big fires 🔥 , listening to music 🎶 and shooting guns 🔫 and I can wear gloves when I pump gas. ⛽ Trust me, you know my preferred music type, you want to social distance me.

Partly cloudy and 45 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a north-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. Incredibly beautiful morning. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow 2 am. ☃️

Such a nice morning. 😎 Too bad it’s a work day and while I’m not stuck in an office I am sure projects will be coming my way so I can’t get too far from my phone 📱 and laptop. I am actually getting a work laptop for official duties which is good because I am not a big fan of using my personal laptop as I don’t like mixing work and personal stuff. I certainly don’t want to use a work VPN on my personal computer for obvious reasons. 💻

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 58 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 14th. Northwest wind around 8 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 50 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 1998. 6.7 inches of snow fell back in 1959.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 50.2° from the due south horizon (-20.6° vs. 6/21). First above fifty degrees in the sky – that should lead to some nice warm spring days. A six foot person will cast a 5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:39 pm with the sun in the west (269°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (275°) starting at 7:13 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:44 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west (261°) at an altitude of 30° from the horizon, 248,511 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:18 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 50 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 31 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 29 degrees at 6am. One degree below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 26th. I’m surprised the average low is now thirty – true sign that spring is coming. 🌸 Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 3 occurred back in 1923.

Tomorrow will rain likely, mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds ⛅ , with a high of 54 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 5th. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 55 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1945. 14.2 inches of snow fell back in 1932.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, rain before 8am, then showers likely, mainly after 11am. 💦 High near 51. Southeast wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Typical average high for the weekend is 50 degrees.

I seriously thought about heading out of town this weekend ⛺ but I think Saturday will be quite cloudy ☁and I would be taking down camp in the cold rain. Plus I really should work to save money – between car insurance and rent I have $1,100 leaving my bank account today,💸 although fortunately next Tuesday is a pay day.💰 That said, I owe New York State over $300 in two weeks 💵 between the quarterly tax payment and the usual credit card bill, as I rarely use cash 💳.

That said, maybe next weekend. 💭 The long range looks very good for Friday through Sunday, a week from now ⛺ and trout season 🎣 will be open. Question is how busy I’ll be during those days. Not sure, but if it’s relatively quiet around the office 🏢, we’ll home office I could take next Friday off.

But as previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Good Friday ✝️ when the sun will be setting at 7:32 pm with dusk at 8:01 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 50 and 32 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 56 degrees. That might also be a good weekend to camp ⛺. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1922.

Good evening! Clear and 31 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌌 There is a north breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 11 am. 🌡️ Beautiful day followed by a nice evening walk, although one filled with much concern as the Coronavirus crisis deepen.

Had a nice hike up Bennett Hill but it was crowded. 👪 14 cars in the parking 🅿 area, a lot of bored families looking for something to do with all activities and events canceled. ⛔ I had a nice Saint Patrick’s Day dinner with the folks 🍀and went for my evening walk. Started out the day at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 17 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 16th. North wind around 6 mph. Cold night ahead, the heat is back on. ♨ In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 31 degrees. The record low of 4 occurred back in 1980.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon with 54% illuminated. The Blue 🌝 Moon is on Monday, March 30. The darkest hour is at 1:05 am, followed by dawn at 6:39 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:08 am in the east (92°) and last for 2 minutes and 53 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 44 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:45 am with sun in the east (98°). Tonight will have 12 hours and one minute of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 56 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 44 degrees at 5pm. Typical for tomorrow. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. All and all a pretty decent day. A year ago, we had rain in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 46 degrees. The record high of 82 was set in 1990. 13.4 inches of snow fell back in 1956.❄

At one level the media hysteria is well overblown 📺 but all the evidence points to the virus 👾burning through the human population, taking a great deal of the sick and elderly 👴 with it. I’ve been skeptical about the efforts to slow the rampaging virus down by shutting down most of the societal institutions but truth be told, it rather frightening. Regardless it’s kind of frightening times and things might be very different when it’s all over.

In four weeks on April 12 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (283°) at 7:34 pm,🌄 which is 32 minutes and 6 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 60 and 40 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 57 and 36 degrees. The record high of 84 degrees was set back in 1977.

Looking ahead, Palm Sunday 🌴 is in 3 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is a month away, Easter 🐰 is in 4 weeks, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 8 weeks, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 9 weeks, Strawberry Moon 🌕 is in 12 weeks and Fathers Day 👨 is in 13 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 67 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸