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June 25, 2021 Morning

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Thank God, it’s been a long week, especially since it’s such a pain without the express bus 🚍 in the evenings. Three weeks to Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆. Mostly sunny and 65 degrees in Delmar, NY. 😎 Calm wind. The dew point is 52 degrees. One more cool day before the sweltering weather of next week.

A nice morning, but I didn’t get as early of a start as I probably should have. 😴 I had some trouble with a contact lens last night 👀 and my eyes were kind of irritated but I got up and going late. But the pancakes 🥞 and coffee helped ☕ but based on the late hour, I decided to take a nature walk around the Swift Wetland Preserve 🐸 rather then go for a longer hike out around the High School like I do most mornings. It was kind of a neat hike though, watching a cat bird and weasel duke it out, probably over some eggs in the Cat Bird’s nest. 🐿

It was a quiet day yesterday in the office 🏢 and I didn’t mind it much. It was kind of busy preparing a project but my office is still downstairs while the unit upstairs that I supervise, so with the split shift with remote work 💻 part time it’s really quiet. 🤫 I do like being in the office part time. But alas the pandemic is over 😷 👾 💉 and it won’t be long before I’m back in the office a lot more. I went down to the park and read 📖 until nine o’clock and it was pretty dark out. 🦇 Saw a lot of bats which is good because their populations have been so decimated by the White Nose Infection and they eat a shit ton of bugs.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 81 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 23rd. Maximum dew point of 55 at 5pm. South wind 3 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1898.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:59 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.8° from the due south horizon (-0.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:55 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (304°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:38 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 27 seconds with dusk around 9:12 pm, which is 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:58 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 75 degrees. The dew point will be 57 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 18 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 17 seconds over yesterday.

This afternoon I have my counseling session 👨🏻‍⚕️ and I am really not looking forward to it, as I realize that I am not ready to face some hard truth, but it’s scheduled and on the calendar 🗓 and I have to attend. I’m doing it for a better tomorrow no matter how unpleasant it is as I confront thoughts 💭 I don’t want to confront but I really need to. I’ve done my homework 📝 and I’m an adult so I’ll get it done. I’m at a point where I need to continue on, like it or not. It’s for a better tomorrow I tell myself. Change is good.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 64 degrees at 3am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 5am. South wind around 7 mph. In 2020, we had light rain in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 63 degrees. The record low of 39 occurred back in 1979.

On this day in 1998, in Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional. ❎ Congress can not give the President the power to strike appropriations that it has granted, despite it being the appropriator. New York City challenged the decision after President Clinton knocked off a few of it’s line item appropriations added by a local congressman.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 83 degrees at 2pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 28th. Maximum dew point of 69 at 11am. South wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1952.

Looking ahead to Sunday, partly sunny and hot, with a high near 91. South wind 8 to 10 mph. Maximum dew point of 70 at 9am. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees. It’s going to be really hot come Sunday . 😰

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:30 pm with dusk at 9:04 pm. On that day in 2020, we had rain and temperatures between 80 and 65 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 84 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1900.

June 14, 2021 Morning

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. 👨‍💻 Back to work again, although today is a remote work day from home. I thought about going in the office, with the cold and rain today, Three weeks to Hottest Time of the Year 😅. Pouring rain with a few claps of thunder, around 61 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌩 There is a east-southeast breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. A pretty good thunderstorm this morning. The dew point is 60 degrees.

I wanted to go out for my walk this morning, 🚶‍♀️ but when I first got up it was pouring rain. And then it started to rain even harder. 🌧 It seems like most of today will be a pretty wet day. At least it waited until the work week to get nasty out, although yesterday afternoon was surprisingly hot. 😅 I was going to go with Dad to the Gas Up 🚜 but then Dad decided he wasn’t feeling good with the heat, so I ended up skipping that and going out to my parents house for Sunday dinner then a walk up on Wolf Hill 🐺 on Sunday evening until about dusk. It was kind of a nice evening, I had chicken at my parents house 🍗 and then hiked. Not a lot of wildlife up there, just a few birds in the trees. 🐦

Today will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce small hail and gusty winds. 🌦 High of 70 degrees at 2pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 12th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 11am. 🏖️ South wind 7 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 71 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1892.

I really need to get to the store today, 🏪 as I am pretty much out of food. 🛒 I have made due most of the past work week but you can only stretch the things you have in the pantry so far until the missing items become a problem. 🥫 Plus I don’t like breaking out the canned stuff I have for camping, because that tends to be more expensive and means a lot more trash. I might go to Wally World, as I like their selection of bulk foods and I also really need to get some more undershirts 👕 as the ones I have a pretty darn worn out.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.7° from the due south horizon (-0.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:52 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (304°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:35 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 27 seconds with dusk around 9:09 pm, which is 26 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the west (270°) at an altitude of 31° from the horizon, 240,105 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:55 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 67 degrees. The dew point will be 62 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 17 minutes of daytime, an increase of 27 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Some of the storms could produce small hail and gusty winds. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 58 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 16th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6pm. South wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 42 occurred back in 1985.

The Juneteenth Weekend Looks Pretty nice. 😎 Friday, mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Saturday, a chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 62 at 11am. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Maximum dew point of 58 at 7am. Typical average high for the weekend is 80 degrees.

I am planning on heading up to Piseco-Powley Road on Thursday evening 🏕 after work. I might sneak out of the office a bit early, as I am working downtown but I am undecided about that. It would be easier if I was in the office another day of the week and working from home that day. but so be it.

As previously noted, next Monday is Summer ️⛱️ when the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm with dusk at 9:11 pm. On that day in 2020, we had hot, mostly sunny and temperatures between 92 and 69 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 81 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1938.

June 6, 2021 Morning

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Next Sunday is Fathers Day 👨 . Also the Gas Up 🚜 is next weekend. I should see if my dad wants to go, otherwise I might tent or hammock camp overnight in Schoharie County and go the next morning. Partly cloudy and 67 degrees at the Mason Lake. ⛅ There is a west breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 58 degrees.

It’s a pretty nice morning for sure. I had breakfast of eggs and sausage 🍳 and sat in the screen tent 🎪 then back out in the hammock. Been working on a blog post about mental illness stigma and the media and just hanging out. I’m going to need to take down camp ⛺ and head into town later to get ice as the heat has been tough on the coolers and while I can probably go another day, I think that will be really pushing it. I didn’t have salt for salt water ice and while I could probably wait until Monday I don’t want to deal with spoiled milk or rancid meat. 🤮

Yesterday was a pretty lazy day in the hammock. 😴 That was the plan. I did a lot of day drinking in the heat 🍻 and got quite buzzed but who cares I haven’t started my truck since Friday as I used the solar go keep things charged. 🔋 Did some fishing 🎣 and went for a swim in Mason Lake, it was cold and mucky as to be expected. 🦆 Walked down to the other end of the lake and saw a few Mallard ducks fly off. Been hearing a lot from the loons but I haven’t seen them but honestly I spent more time in the hammock then down by the lake yesterday.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 83 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 28th. Maximum dew point of 59 at 10am. West wind 8 to 11 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1925.

I think today I will pack up ⛺ and head into Spectulator. While it is getting warm fast, I am thinking about hiking back to the Kunjamuk Cave and Elm Lake. I could drive there but I would rather park the truck and walk 🚶🏻 so I can look at birds 🐦 and wildlife 🦌. I need to get a block of ice ❄ a Charlie John’s and then I want to get some ice cream 🍦and go for a swim in Lake Pleasant at the town beach 🏖 which isn’t officially open yet but I am sure there will be a ton of people there. 🏊🏻‍♂️

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.1° from the due south horizon (-0.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:53 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:37 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 30 seconds with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 41 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:58 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 76 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a west-southwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 61 degrees at 4am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 27th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 8pm. West wind 5 to 8 mph. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1958.

As previously noted, next Sunday is Fathers Day 👨 when the sun will be setting at 8:40 pm with dusk at 9:15 pm. On that day in 2020, we had cold, partly sunny and temperatures between 66 and 46 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 79 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1892.

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Taken on Sunday June 7, 2009 at Vromans Nose.

May 27, 2021 Morning

Good morning! Happy Thursday. ☺ Nice morning, getting closer to the weekend. Heading downtown in a bit after my morning walk. Four weeks to Strawberry Moon 🌕 . Mostly sunny and 63 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 56 degrees.

Decided to go for my morning walk 🚶🏻 early this morning at seven o’clock just because I wanted to walk on such a nice morning before I take a shower 🚿 and catch the local downtown. 🚏If the express bus stop was back, I’d probably call that my walk and be done. But it’s not back yet. I was talking to a bunch of regular 719 riders and they miss the service too but once again riding the 5:15 neither the reduced local bus service crowded or highway congestion wasn’t bad at all. 🚍 I think a lot of people are still either doing the hybrid model or full remote.

It is a nice morning, too bad it’s an office 🏢 day. But as that Cattaraugus County farm I follow on the YouTube always, I can’t control my day but I can my attitude. And I bet he doesn’t have to pay the big bucks to see his analyst, as he has cows to poop 💩 on him while milking 🐮 and soak him with his wet tongue. I am glad that I got an early enough start to do my walk 🚶🏻 and hear the Morning Dove 🕊 and the many Red Wing Blackbirds. I kind of like having the unlimited data on the bus 🚍 as that movie I was watching on the way home about rebuilding an old 1940s manure spreader certainly passed the time and it’s interesting how they used to build old farm equipment and how at least on the farm not everything is a throw away society. 🗑

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 72 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 19th. Maximum dew point of 56 at 7am. Northwest wind around 11 mph. So much nicer than yesterday. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 89 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1914.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:54 pm with sun having an altitude of 68.7° from the due south horizon (-2.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:41 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (294°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (301°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:23 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 21 seconds with dusk around 8:56 pm, which is 53 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:40 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 62 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 59 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 32 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 44 degrees at 5am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 4th. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north after midnight. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It became sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 68 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 1994.

Memorial Day Weekend looks increasingly cold, cloudy and rainy. 🌦 Saturday, a chance of rain, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Brr, that’s cold for April. And it’s almost June. Northeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Maximum dew point of 40 at 7pm. Maybe a little better up north sunshine wise, but very cold. Typical average high for the weekend is 75 degrees.

I think I am going to stay in town this Memorial Day Weekend 🏡 as rent is due this week, money is quite tight and frankly the weather doesn’t look great. I haven’t hiked out to Five Rivers in a few weeks and it would interesting to see how the spring birds 🐦 have changed as migration is winding down and summer birds are out. I feel like after the heavy rain on Friday things might be muddy but a good time for wildlife observation. I’m hoping for warm weather come June at any rate for visiting the Potholers 🏊🏻‍♂️. Rather save gas until then. ⛽ I am thinking I might also work downtown in the office tomorrow — mainly because it’s going to be a cold and rainy day, they want us in the office more, and to save data. I know they want us in the office more, and the two days I am currently assigned is more of a minimum then a maximum. I’ll have to think about it more as the day progresses.

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Latest Sunset 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2020, we had humid, partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 85 and 65 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1943.

May 17, 2021 Morning

Good morning! Happy Pack Rat Day 🐀! It’s hard to argue with Texas ranchers with their burn pits. Pile it up and light a match. 🔥 Backfill the dead pit hole with dirt. 🚜 Kind of like they do in the city without the fancy liners and shit. Remember Texas is nearly six times the size of New York, you can get away with shit out there unthinkable back east. Two weeks to Memorial Day 🇺🇸 . That officially is the kick off to summer. I think I will stay out of the Adirondacks that weekend because I don’t like crowds or black flies. I had my fill this weekend. Mostly sunny and 50 degrees at the Mason Lake. 😎 Calm wind. But so far that black flies 🐜 haven’t awoken but they are coming. 🙄

Yesterday, I hiked Watch Hill (again) 🏃 then walked around Lewey Lake Campground 🐦 studying the birds, and taking some pictures of scenery. 🖼 Still not sure what the hiking trails listed on the signs are from Lewey Lake are — I have some on my map, but I couldn’t find them. But I tell you they pack those campsites in. I drove down to Mason Lake, and while I didn’t get a campsite right on the lake like I had hoped, 🏕 I did find a campsite that I didn’t visit at all last year, and it was nice smaller site. The smaller sites are easier to light. The black flies were super bad all around Perkins Clearing, 🐜 but once I had the screen tent set up and I could hide out in there to dusk, it was bearable. 📗 Did some reading and scrolling through the phone for a while 📱 before doing a brief walk down to Mason Lake, which was about 3/4 mile down from the road where I camped. Virtually nobody up at Watch Hill, I passed a small group hiking up the mountain but after that I didn’t see a single other person. 🗻 I didn’t dilly dally too much on Watch Hill as I heard some thunder and it looked like rain to south 🌩 but it tuned out to be nothing more then a handful of rain dops.

Taking down camp ⛺ and getting ready to head to Spectulator. I have a busy day ahead so I want to be there by nine 🕘. I also want things taken down before the black flies are out in force. Made some eggs 🥚 and laying back in the hammock for a few minutes before I start on south. A pretty nice day, alas a work day so I’ll probably be spending most of the day at the Lake Pleasant Wi-Fi, but at least I won’t have to worry about having enough energy to keep everything charged. 😎 But alas, this evening after work I’m heading back home. I am running a bit low on supplies, and I want to work from home tomorrow so I can get ready for working in office come Wednesday. 👨‍💼 Pretty drive though down to Spectulator this morning.

Today will have a slight chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 69 degrees at 1pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 9th. But then again, we are comparing Speculator weather to Albany climate normals, and that’s not a perfect mix as it’s colder in mountains. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 74 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 2017.

The agenda today is pretty much work, 💻 although I hope at lunch time to have an hour to go for a walk along the Sacandaga River and maybe sit down by Lake Pleasant. At 5 PM or so I’ll head home and get unpacked. Maybe a make a few stops along away to toss in a fishing line. 🎣 J do like fishing below the dam in Wells, although with the warm weather they probably will have ramped the hydro dam up and the trout are probably hiding in deep due to the heat.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:55 pm with sun having an altitude of 65.8° from the due south horizon (-4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:37 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (291°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (298°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:19 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 20 seconds with dusk around 8:51 pm, which is one minute and 3 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the west-southwest (254°) at an altitude of 49° from the horizon, 241,453 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:34 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 60 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 48 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 3 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌃 , with a low of 47 degrees at 3am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 13th. Calm wind. In 2020, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1981.

This weekend will give us a hint of summer. 🏖 But not really muggy. Saturday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Maximum dew point of 57 at 8am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 56 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 73 degrees. I’m considering Madison County, where there won’t be black flies, but two weekend in a row traveling can be a bit tired. I am not sure.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Memorial Day 🇺🇸 when the sun will be setting at 8:31 pm with dusk at 9:06 pm. 🌺 Aren’t you looking forward to the unofficial kick-off for summer, although we get will get a taste of that this week. On that day in 2020, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 65 and 46 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 75 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 2013.

May 16, 2021 Morning

Good morning! Happy Sunday. ⛪ Nice morning and so far the black flies aren’t out in mass yet. 🐜 Four weeks to Fathers Day 👨 . Mostly sunny and 51 degrees in Speculator, NY. Light breeze from the west.

Yesterday I did a 3 mile hike along a bunch of dirt roads at Spectulator Tree Farm. 🌲I plan to upload those photos from my other camera 📸 later on probably after also hiking Watch Hill today. Lots of birds and wildlife and some nice quiet views. 🐦 I liked hiking for hours without seeing anyone, the breeze kept the black flies away 🐜 and the mix of timberland and woods meant there was much to see. Came back to camp, made up a big bowl of macaroni and cheese 🧀 with corn 🌽 and ham. Good dinner after a nice day, had a fire 🔥 and watched the stars ✨. Got a bit sunburnt and are a bit achy last night 🤕 but I figure that’s just summer coming on or skin cancer.

Today will have a slight chance of showers between noon and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. ⚡ Mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 65 degrees at 1pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 28th. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1991.

My plan is to get a fairly early start – after my breakfast of eggs and coffee ☕ take down camp and head into town for ice. I haven’t turned my truck on since Thursday evening 🔋 but I know the starting battery is fully charged as the solar has done well, especially yesterday with the bright 🔆 sunshine.

I want to do a hike up Watch Hill 🚶🏻 before the thunderstorms ⛈ hit later. I don’t want tbe to be hiking in a thunderstorm especially with my quite worn boots 👢 that no longer have good traction in the rain. I’m going to order a new pair on Monday along with some jeans 👖. I need more clothes now that starting next week I’ll be working downtown a few days a week.

I thought about other hikes 🗻 but I like Watch Hill and I’m not expecting too many crowds off season but it should be pretty with everything greening up nicely. Easy hike, I should be off it by afternoon when the thunderstorms roll in. I like sitting down by the lake. 🐦 I’ll keep my eyes out for birds and wildlife.

Then camp off by Mason Lake tonight ⛺ and head back to town to work in Spectulator in the morning and head home thereafter. Technically, I don’t have to be in the office until Wednesday but I want a day home to unpack 💼 and plus I would rather do the Zoom Meetings from the library Wi-Fi than my phone 📱 as it looks bad to be zooming from camp when other colleagues are in the downtown office. Hybrid for now. It will be nice to see some of my colleagues in the office, 🏢 especially the ones I’ve Zoomed with mostly lately.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:55 pm with sun having an altitude of 65.7° from the due south horizon (-4.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:35 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (291°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (298°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:17 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 19 seconds with dusk around 8:49 pm, which is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the west (266°) at an altitude of 41° from the horizon, 244,296 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:32 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 57 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 45 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 6 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 9pm. Partly cloudy 🌃, with a low of 43 degrees at 5am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 2nd. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 30 occurred back in 1959.

Should be a decent evening. 🌃 I could stay until Tuesday but I think Monday night makes the most sense. Work from my actual apartment on Tuesday and get my suit ready for Wednesday. 👨🏻‍🏫 The good thing had to end with the pandemic ending and I kind of look forward to my own time on the bus 🚍. Plus it gets hot especially working from home without air conditioning. I’m just glad that the vaccine is so effective 💉 and they repaired Piseco-Powley Road, 🏊🏻‍♂️ meaning easy trips to the Potholers and the Mine Kill Pool will be open once again.

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Fathers Day 👨 when the sun will be setting at 8:39 pm with dusk at 9:14 pm. On that day in 2020, we had a pretty cool but partly sunny day with temperatures between 66 and 46 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 79 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1892.

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