Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. Next Wednesday is Day After Election Day 🛀. Overcast and generally cloudy and 58 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 52 degrees. Mild day, I left my windows open a bit before leaving for work. Nice walk 🚶 down to the Park and Ride.

I was in bed by 8:30 last night 😴, listening  to a podcast for a while. 👂 Woke up fairly early but it was dark with the late sunrise 🌅 and the cloudy skies. ☁ Kind of a depressing day but once I’m in my windowless office at work I’ll never know. And I have thermostat right above my desk, so I can make things as comfortable as possible.

Today will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 65 degrees at 3pm. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 4th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 1pm. Light southeast wind. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 50 degrees. The record high of 80 was set in 1946. 0.1 inches of snow fell back in 1925.❄

Tonight I’m heading over to John Wolcott house 📂 for a while. Later in the week – maybe tomorrow I need to return my library books I got out for vacation 📚. Technically they are due on Friday so I could drop them off then after work.

The sun will set at 5:51 pm with dusk around 6:20 pm, which is one minute and 21 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 63 degrees. The dew point will be 54 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 10 hours and 24 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 35 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be scattered showers, mainly after 11pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 57 degrees at 10pm. 22 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 2nd. Maximum dew point of 56 at 4am. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2018, we had clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of 18 occurred back in 1988.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 51. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Typical average high for the weekend is 53 degrees. Cool but that’s what is expected for the first weekend of November.

I am leaning towards heading up to the White Rocks area of the Green Mountains 🗻 this weekend and if it’s decent next week, head out to Stoney Pond in Nelson Madison County. This weekend would just be hiking and camping. Next weekend I might do some hunting 🔫 and fishing 🎣. Lots of that in Madison County. But this weekend i also want to go back to White Rocks and do that hike again and camp up there. Beautiful country, but it’s a bit of a drive north.

I have to figure out how I’m going to invest the remaining money after my 401(k) now that I’m not able to do deferred comp with my new job. 💰 I think I’ll stay away from getting too much into index funds, preferring FDIC-insured CDs for now. At some points the good times in the market will have to run out. Not sure when that’s going to be, but I’d rather wait and somewhat time the market, even though i know timing the market is a terrible strategy, but it’s hard to see things going up all that much now for a while. Planned now, a buck now can be a few bucks later to buy land, a tractor, livestock or more guns.

As previously noted, next Wednesday is Day After Election Day 🛀 when the sun will be setting at 4:42 pm with dusk at 5:12 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2018, we had drizzle showers, cloudy and temperatures between 54 and 44 degrees. I remember that day well driving back on the Thruway with a co worker 🚘. Another cycle done. Typically, the high temperature is 52 degrees. We hit a record high of 73 back in 2015.

Good morning! Happy Average High is 55 🍂! Going to be warmer than that today. Very mild late October day. Two weeks to Veterans Day 🇺🇸. Mostly cloudy and 50 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a west breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 5 am. ☃️

Stayed overnight at my parents couch because the headlight bulb stopped working on my truck. 💡 If it wasn’t pouring rain and getting dark, I would bought another bulb and stuck it in the truck, but so be it. The whole thing is frustrating, as I replaced both bulbs 15 months ago, and one failed again over the summer, and then the other one. Cheap bulbs I guess.

It was the opposite side from the on I replaced last summer. I tested that bulb that I pulled last summer that wasn’t working but it seemed okay but then it failed. It’s not the socket, or wiring, it’s completely open circuit with the bulb. I’m going to have to get a better quality bulb from the General I think. Those cheap Walmart bulbs work for a year before randomly failing. Ducks 🐦 that I have to pull the air box again. Maybe I should also replace the air filter again but it’s not ths dirty.

It’s an early start, a new Monday and a new start for me. 💼 I decided on a blazer and jeans for my first day at the new job. Change is good I guess. I’ll work hard to make the most of the new opportunity. Still trying to work out which bus I need to take to get there on time but not too early. 🚍 The earlier locals are slower because of the students taking the bus to school 🚸.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 61 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 14th. I’ll take that. Maximum dew point of 49 at 1pm. West wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 51 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 1971. 2.0 inches of snow fell back in 1952.❄

The sun will set at 5:54 pm with dusk around 6:23 pm, which is one minute and 24 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 59 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a southeast breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 30 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 38 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 47 degrees at 6am. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 27th. Southeast wind around 7 mph. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 42 degrees. The record low of 19 occurred back in 1969.

In 1956, Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV. 💉This single event is credited with raising immunization levels in the United States from 0.6% to over 80% in just six months. A little shot can prevent much sickness later on.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Typical average high for the weekend is 53 degrees.

I think the top priority is getting the headlight to work again. 💡 Then I might canvas again this weekend or maybe head right out to camp. 🏕Depends on the weather. Two weekends out is a three day weekend with Veterans Day. Going to be a nice weekend it seems, but might be fairly cold up north, especially if it’s windy. Might be decent hunting weather though.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Veterans Day 🇺🇸 when the sun will be setting at 4:37 pm with dusk at 5:07 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2018, we had partly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 41 and 26 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 50 degrees. We hit a record high of 70 back in 2002.

Good morning! Happy Sunday. ⛪Next Sunday is Regular Time 🛥️. That means another perfectly good hour to waste. Does that mean I get burn it? 🔥 Maybe the weather will be nice enough for me to go camping. ⛺ Heavy rain and 48 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ Breezy, ️16 mph breeze from the southeast 🌬 with gusts up to 29 mph 💨💨💨. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 4 am. ☃️

Feeling better today for the most part. ☺ Maybe not perfect but not aching or as sore as yesterday. A bit of congestion but hardly sick as I was only a few days ago. Slept in a bit today and will try to get to bed by 9 pm tonight. 🕘 Going to be wet so if my neighbor is or I’ll probably ride the exercise bike 🚲 for a while to get some exercise in. I do need to get some YouTube videos to watch, maybe when I’m at my parents house later for Sunday dinner. 📹

Today will rain. 🌧 Going to pick up midday so be aware then stop later on. 💦 High of 52 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 5th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 3pm. 🏖️ Southeast wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 79 was set in 1963. 1.7 inches of snow fell back in 2016.❄ I don’t remember that storm, we just had rain when I was in the old North Syracuse, a town most famous for the Plank Road that is just asphalt these days and mostly bypassed by Interstate 81.

Continuing to go through my pictures from Dolly Sods 📷 and have been wore on organizing some of the files 📂 on my computer 💻. I finally got around this morning to fixing the missing screw on the old hard drive and reformatting it so I can move some of my videos and other less speed critical stuff ⏳ like videos I’m just playing back or music files. I mean I got have to mean I have to have places to put my Dick Curless records 🎸 and videos of folks combining farm fields. 🚜

Heading out to the folks house 🏡 for Sunday dinner 🍲. Apparently they have the same cold that I have. Hopefully they are feeling better. I wonder if they got it from me or I got it from them. Hard to say, it’s not like I spent much time in their house while I was there housing their dog 🐶.

I still haven’t had a chance to Early Vote ❎ but I want to think a bit more about a few of the candidates 💭 and will vote after dinner on Monday. I bet that will be a relatively quiet time at the polling place. Just have to be on line in the polling place by 8 pm but I’ll try to be there closer to seven. I don’t think poll workers like to have to work late.

The sun will set at 5:55 pm with dusk around 6:24 pm, which is one minute and 25 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain to be tapering off 🌧 and temperatures around 52 degrees. The dew point will be 50 degrees. There will be a southeast breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 32 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 39 seconds over yesterday.

Yesterday was quite a nice. 🗻 I wish th sun ☀ could have stayed out a little longer while I was at the tower but there was still a decent amount of color up there. It was not a mistake to head home after hiking – it would have been a pretty wet morning for taking down camp ⛺ and I would have to unpack this morning. Plus I had no idea how I would have felt by morning.

Tonight will be scattered showers, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 48 degrees at 4am. 12 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 25th. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 41 degrees. The record low of 18 occurred back in 1974.

I got to think about getting Big Red inspected now that’s its November. 🔍 My tires will pass inspection this year but probably not next year. ⚫ Not sure if need an oil change I should check Big Red’s DIC. I did add a half quart of oil which is not unreasonable consumption over two thousand miles. Been doing a lot of travel.

Governor Ronald Reagan in 1964 delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. 💬 The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as “A Time for Choosing”.🏯 Politics is such silly business but it pays good and beats shoveling shit for little money. 💰 Plus now I get to go home now from my new windowless office at five each day now.

As previously noted, next Sunday is Daylight Savings Time Ends 🛥️ when the sun will be setting at 4:46 pm with dusk at 5:15 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2018, we had rain and temperatures between 57 and 41 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 53 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.

Good evening! Rain showers and 49 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ Calm wind. 0.03 inches of rain is expected before it ends tomorrow around 1 am. Not a big storm just enough to wet the pavement.

I am feeling slightly better. 😒 Not as achy and I’ve pretty much done well hiding how sick I’ve felt all day. Final day on one chapter in life, another one next week. New adventures are always fun 🎢 and it’s a great chance to advance my future. Sometimes though this week I have the chills. And the amount I sweat 😰 at times even in my bedroom with the heat off makes me sure I have a fever. But this week I couldn’t afford to just hide under my covers and be sick all week. I packed lunch but with my sick stomach and the fact that I left my fork 🍴 home I didn’t eat it until I got home.

Tonight I went to the presentation 🎥 of Extinction Rebellion at the Bethlehem Public Library. 📚 I had no idea what the group was about but I knew it involved climate change 🌎 and I thought it would be interesting on Friday evening. Should I have stayed home and rested? Surely. But I learned a lot about this civil disobedience group👮 and was reminse once again how dire the crisis is and how content we all are plug our ears. 🙉 Dramatic action is needed but families are busy 👪 and they don’t want to give up their television 📺 and cars 🚙. But maybe protests will get people talking. I do hate it when they delay my commute home and I’m hungry through.

Tonight will be sprinkles likely before midnight, then a chance of light rain between midnight and 2am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 44 degrees at 4am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 4th. Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 27 degrees. The record low of 20 occurred back in 1952.

Tonight will have a Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 with 1% illuminated. The moon will rise at 5:10 am. The New Moon will be tomorrow with a chance of showers. The Beaver Moon 🌝 is on Monday, November 11th. The sun will rise at 7:20 am with the first light at 6:51 am, which is one minute and 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 13 hours and 23 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 42 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 58 degrees at 4pm. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 21st. North wind around 6 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 45 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 1963. There was a dusting of snow in 1997.❄

The plan tomorrow is to Early Vote on Saturday around 11 am and then head up to Troy to canvas ✊ for David Bissember. ☑ If there is a line at the polling place I’ll come back Monday. Then maybe walk along the Mohawk Hudson Bike 🚲 trail I’m thinking 💭. I don’t plan on getting an early start as I want to get as much rest as possible. 😴

In four weeks on November 22 the sun will be setting at 4:27 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 30 minutes and 50 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had we cold weather, sunny and temperatures between 19 and 8 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 45 and 30 degrees. The record high of 70 degrees was set back in 1931.

Looking ahead, November 🥧 is in 1 week, Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ is in 5 weeks, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 6 weeks, Christmas 🎅 is in 2 months, Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ is in 10 weeks and 5 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 3 months.