Good morning! Happy Thursday. I bet you didn’t expect to awake to snow on the cars and roofs. Might even be more Friday night into Saturday morning for my first overnight of the year in the wilderness. Three weeks to Flower Moon 🌕. Partly sunny and 31 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. Chilly for mid April.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 45 degrees at 2pm. 14 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 18th. Northwest wind 8 to 17 mph. Don’t usually have days that far below normal these days with the region’s climate getting warmer. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 58 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 2012. 5.3 inches of snow fell back in 1983.❄

Definitely think despite the sun ☀ I’ll be working inside today, besides getting packed for the weekend and making that trip I don’t want to have to make to Walmart for the things I couldn’t buy at Aldi’s. I have my face mask ready 😷 and I refilled my spray bottle of rubbing alcohol for when I get back to my truck. Hopefully this silliness will be over sooner than later without taking too many loved ones and friends 👪.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:56 pm with sun having an altitude of 57.7° from the due south horizon (-13.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:01 pm with the sun in the west (279°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (285°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:39 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 59 seconds with dusk around 8:08 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:44 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 41 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 11 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 27 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 44 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 29 degrees at 3am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 26th. West wind 6 to 9 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 32 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1971.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, rain and snow likely before 10am, then a chance of rain between 10am and 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 58. Typical average high for the weekend is 60 degrees.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Flower Moon 🌕 when the sun will be setting at 8:02 pm with dusk at 8:34 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 66 and 49 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 67 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 1930.

Good evening! Partly clear and 40 degrees in Delmar, NY. I 🌃 There is a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 3 am. ☃️

I sat out back for a while. ✨ Kind of a starry night but admittedly it feels more like March then mid April. I guess I shouldn’t wish too much for balmy nights – they’ll be here before you know it. 🍨I just hope the ice cream sales at Stewart’s return by then.

It was a nice day, fairly quiet day at work from home, 💻 followed by a nice walk at Papscanne Island Nature Preserve. Went down to the laundromat mid day with my laptop. 👚 👖 At the nature prserve there was lots of birds 🐦 and wetlands to observe in the backwaters of the Hudson River 🐸 . I went there about five years ago now, I didn’t explore the area fully that time. While I left my camera home I took my phone with me and took a bunch of pictures that I’ll upload the next time I’m on the internet with my laptop. 📶

I have a shopped at Aldi’s today, which despite spending $71 I still was missing some essentials. 🍏 It’s a nice small store and it was quick in and out with folks sanitizing the carts out front – no quarter 💱 required this time. I’m actually kind of wearing out my love for Aldi – I wish they had more bulk packaging and some of their prices really aren’t competitive with Walmart or even the overpriced suburban groceries around. That said, I did buy a lot of extra food for camp and next week so to avoid the stores as much as possible.

That said, getting home I forgot chillis for the burritos 🍥I plan on making up at camp and they didn’t have razors or beer or motor oil and night crawlers. 🍻 I’ve been avoiding Walmart since the pandemic got underway but I may end up driving there and to the bank in Glenmont tomorrow, prior to my weekend trip. ⛽ Truck is all gassed up. I was trying to avoid going to the store again but I’ll try to do it at Walmart tomorrow in a one shot deal. Every time I go out in public even with the face mask – well the bandana 😷 – I know I’m expanding my risk of getting critically sick.

I was reading the news 📰 and that 39 year old farmer and his pregnant wife with Coronavirus just outside Canastota. 👾The farmer is hospitalized and is relatively healthy besides asthmaand probably a bit chubby too many years of drinking lots of milk straight from the bulk tank and take out in the tractor cab. 🐮 Two of the farm workers are also sick says the article. Seems like Coronavirus is quite wide spread in the Central New York farming community from recent reports I’ve seen in the news. Madison County has been particularly bad on a per capita basis 👥and they have a lot of agriculture there especially in the hills and valleys of the southern part of the county. You wouldn’t think that the air flow of barns 🐽 and UV light ☀ outside would be that conducive to the virus like the dense elevators and subways of New York City 🚉. It’s kind of scary as I know a lot of folks out in Madison County and and I have more in common with many of them as the densely packed New York City. 🌆

Tonight will have a chance of rain and snow showers between 11pm and 1am, then snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 31 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 31st. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. 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 37 degrees. The record low of 22 occurred back in 1981.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon with 39% illuminated. The Flower 🌷 Moon is on Friday, May 1. The darkest hour is at 12:56 am, followed by dawn at 5:45 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:14 am in the east-northeast (76°) and last for 2 minutes and 59 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 37 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:52 am with sun in the east (82°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 33 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 45 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 45 degrees at 3pm. 14 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 18th. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph. That is going to be a cold one, probably one of the coldest on record for day time highs for April 16th. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 58 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 2012. 5.3 inches of snow fell back in 1983.❄

Probably end up working inside as it will be too cold to sit outside despite the sun. ☀ I’m looking forward to nicer days and being able to work outside rather than the dungeon windowless office at work. Tomorrow I need to load up my camping gear, go through the checklist ☑ and have everything ready to leave hopefully fairly early on Friday but it depends how busy I’m at work. That said, working from home means I’m parked right outside and it’s not a long jot to head out.

Looking forward to getting away for a few days ⛺ in the wilderness, at least before that is hopefully not banned. 😧 I haven’t done anything shooting in a few weeks with the range closed 🔫 and I haven’t put in much time fishing 🎣 either and the last time I had a fire was New Years Eve. Might get a little snow on Friday night but I expect it will be gone by the time the sun ☀ comes up on Sunday. I’m hoping the federal government will sanction states that get too far out of line. Slowing Coronavirus is important but some things are getting way out of line. I’m going to bring my work laptop up there and briefly boot it to see if I can work from camp at a future week if I decide on a long weekend come May or June and don’t want to charge the time. I wish I could do a bigger trip but it’s kind of hard to ask for time off from work right now and I don’t want to buy gas or shop 🏪 away from home where I lack hot water and soap to carefully wash my hands 👏 as soon as I get home. It was bad enough today when I discovered after pumping gas that my spray bottle with rubbing alcohol was empty. I got to careful how much rubbing alcohol I put on my hands as they’re already getting dried out from the use. Most hand sanitizers also contain glycerin to avoid cracked hands but I haven’t been able to get glycerin at the store.

Taxes are paid. 💵 I guess I could have delayed filling until July 15th but they were done weeks ago and there is another quarterly tax payment due then so why delay paying for a possible few pennies of interest. Got it done for a few months until next year. I was a bit concerned that the tax department had my old format bank account number on file and the website was down last week for fixing it but the transfer cleared without issue. ☺

In four weeks on May 13 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (296°) at 8:09 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 18 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 54 and 42 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 69 and 46 degrees. The record high of 86 degrees was set back in 2004.

Looking ahead, Earth Day 🌎 is in 1 week, Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 10 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 40 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 37 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. Temperatures will drop below freezing on Thursday around 2 am. ☃️

Not too cold without a breeze. 🍃I sat out back for a while watching laser light show listening to podcasts after my evening walk 🚶 where I sat down at the park for a while and downloaded podcasts. 📶 I was a bit freaked out about ticks 🐜 but truth be told I miss sitting down at park, on the hill with a book 📙.

Another fairly busy day at work 💻, got another report completed and submitted although there was some downtown mid afternoon while I waited to get database access. I actually ended up working a ten minutes after five off the clock 🕒 but that’s fine because I had some downtime and I’m home so it worked out that I put in an honest seven and a half from home.

Still haven’t gone to the grocery store or laundromat 👚 but I have enough food 🍲 and I’m deciding on my weekend plans and if tomorrow is nice enough to go over to Rennselear County tomorrow to work down at Schodack Island followed by a walk and shop 🏪. Obviously if I plan to spend a few nights in the wilderness I’ll need certain foods for camping ⛺ I will need certain things in my pantry. To be safe I’m trying to only do one grocery shop this week and not visit any gas stations or stores while I’m out. Really trying to be on my best behavior and physically isolate plus I like avoiding spending money. 💵

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain showers after 1am, mixing with snow after 4am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 5th. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had light rain. It got down to 41 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1940.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon with 49% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:56 am, followed by dawn at 5:46 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:16 am in the east-northeast (76°) and last for 2 minutes and 59 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 38 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:53 am with sun in the east (83°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 36 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 45 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 49 degrees at 2pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 27th. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Might be cold but sunny. I’ll see what the work load is, I’d like work down by the river but not if I’m very busy and it’s cold. 💻 A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 63 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 2003. 2.4 inches of snow fell back in 2014.❄

Tomorrow I’ll start going through the attic and getting gear ready for adventure one of the year. ⛺ It’s certainly much down scaled from previous plans but still will be fun and hopefully I’ll not run into anyone else up there. Snow is gone from most of the state now and I have my rubber boots 👢 in case it’s muddy but I don’t expect much mud up there except while fishing. 🎣 I’ll renew my license maybe tomorrow and keep it on my phone. 📱 Not that I’ve ever had my license checked.

In four weeks on May 12 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (296°) at 8:08 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 23 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 51 and 43 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 68 and 46 degrees. The record high of 91 degrees was set back in 1881.

Looking ahead, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 3 weeks, Fathers Day 👨 is in 2 months, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 10 weeks, and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 29 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 38 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌃 You can see the stars ✨ at times. Breezy, ️24 mph breeze from the west 🌬 with gusts up to 45 mph 💨💨💨. It’s quite mild out for mid April this evening but that wind is relentless, especially the gusts so I decided to head in after listening to the podcast I was listening to. 👂 The dew point is 46 degrees. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 4 am. ☃️

For a while I sat out back watching the laser light firefly display I bought a few years back 🐝 much to the dismay of my parents who think it is tacky and causes air planes to crash. ✈ I think it’s fun, especially watching it sparkle in the bushes ✨ on a dark night. Doesn’t work so well in the city with the lights or if I have a lot of lights at camp. 🎧 I listened to two podcasts out back before I got tired 😴 of the cold wind out back.

I got another report to do for work today 📝 so I dived right in. Making good progress, with the limited distraction free mobile broadband internet for work I’m making a lot of progress on the report.

Didn’t go to the laundromat or grocery store today – I ended up taking a picture of the health insurance invoice and doing it online avoiding having to mail ✉ the paper work. Without needing to go to the post office, leaving home 🏡 wasn’t that pressing and I had no reason to leave home on this often rainy day 💦with the constant threat of high winds and downpours which didn’t happen in Delmar. Rain early and wind late here.

Rode the exercise bike 🚲 for an hour and then went for my evening walk 🚶 followed by sitting out back in my comfortable lawn chair watching the sunset and then virtual fireflies first flicker on the ground and then the trees. 🐝 It was nice until the wind really picked up.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 40 degrees at 6am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 22nd. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 19 occurred back in 1973.

Tonight will have a Last Quarter 🌗 Moon with 60% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:56 am, followed by dawn at 5:48 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:17 am in the east-northeast (77°) and last for 2 minutes and 59 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:55 am with sun in the east (83°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 38 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 51 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 31st. West wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. That wind will make it feel kind of chilly for sure. But it still might be a nice day to soak up the sun, ☀ working out back. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 59 degrees. The record high of 83 was set in 1968. 1.4 inches of snow fell back in 1950.❄

I might still go to Schodack Island State Park and work down by the river for a couple of hours 🚢 – my work laptop has a very strong battery 🔋 and then go for a walk 🚶 and hit up Aldi’s before coming home. 🍏 At least that’s a plan. I do need to consider when I can get to the laundromat but that’s less pressing as I don’t have as many dirty clothes 👚 as I work from home, rewearing jeans 👖 multiple days with t shirts that don’t take up much space in the wash.

In four weeks on May 11 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (296°) at 8:06 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 27 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 65 and 47 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 68 and 46 degrees. The record high of 90 degrees was set back in 1911.

With everything at PAUSE 🔜and it being another chilly April, it just kind of seems odd to think 💭 summer is not all that far away. While work has picked up, much of life has kind of stopped 🔴 even as the seasons march on. Six weeks to Memorial Day and seven to June.🍹 But with everything shut down it almost seems not to matter. That said life goes on and I’m finding ways to adapt and make due.

Looking ahead, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 2 weeks, 8 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 3 weeks, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 5 weeks, Memorial Day 🇺🇸 is in 6 weeks, June 🍹 is in 7 weeks and Average High is 80 🏖 is in 10 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 39 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 56 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 1 am. ☃️

Not a terribly cold day but the morning was a bit chilly and the afternoon got cloudy ⛅. I stayed home except for a walk to the park ⛲ and watched some videos, scrolled through Facebook 📜, listened to some podcasts and worked on some little project’s. 🐰 Kind of odd not seeing family 👪 for Easter but so be it.

Tonight will have showers, mainly after 3am. 🌧 Low of 52 degrees at 12am. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 49 at 6am. 🏖️ South wind 9 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. 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 52 degrees. The record low of 19 occurred back in 1874.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 70% illuminated. The Pink 🌸 Moon is on Tuesday, April 28. The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 5:50 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:19 am in the east-northeast (77°) and last for 2 minutes and 58 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:57 am with sun in the east (84°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 41 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. 🌧 High of 66 degrees at 4pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 3rd. Maximum dew point of 56 at 3pm. 🏖️ Breezy, with a south wind 22 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 74 degrees. The record high of 87 was set in 1977. 5.5 inches of snow fell back in 1950.❄

Not going to be a real nice day tomorrow ☁ but so be it. I do need to get to the laundromat and the post office ✉ to get stamps. And who knows how busy work will be on Monday, I expect it to pick up like last week but who knows in these crazy 😜 times. Might be good for the weekend for camping ⛺ but only time will tell. I need to get groceries too, I’m hoping Tuesday maybe to go to Rennselear and hike a bit after work and go to Aldi. The thing is they close at 7 pm so I have to plan appropriately. But they’re so fast and efficient to shop 🏪 and the money saved along with the ease of the small store makes it worth it. I hope I don’t get soaked down at the post office if we get driving rain.

In four weeks on May 10 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (295°) at 8:05 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 31 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had rain showers, partly cloudy and temperatures between 69 and 52 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 68 and 45 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 1970.

Looking ahead, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 4 weeks, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 5 weeks, Strawberry Moon 🌕 is in 8 weeks and Fathers Day 👨 is in 9 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 40 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good evening! Clear and 40 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. Without the breeze doesn’t feel bad at all. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 2 am. ☃️

Not a half bad day, 🌲did some walking 🚶 in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve and Five Rivers, uploaded a half dozen patches to the blog – including fixing the mobile 📱 site – and broken images. Got a bunch of historical aerial photos that I’ll be featuring in the coming weeks. The photos from 1942 are fascinating but most of them are the Adirondacks and North Country. Going to do some historical comparisons of Moose River Plains, Niagara Falls and other places during the next few weeks – georeferencing old aerial photos is a lot of fun. 🌎 And I went for my evening walk 🚶. Nice starry 🌟 outside, cool but actually less cold than earlier as the wind died down.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 30 degrees at 5am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 28th. 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 40 degrees. The record low of 13 occurred back in 1874.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 79% illuminated. The Pink 🌸 Moon is on Monday, April 27. The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 5:51 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:21 am in the east-northeast (78°) and last for 2 minutes and 58 seconds. You don’t realize how far north the sun rises as summer approaches. Sunrise is one minute and 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 It’s remarkable how much light there now is in the morning. The golden hour ends at 6:58 am with sun in the east (84°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 44 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 47 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞 but clouding up early, with a high of 61 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 20th. South wind 8 to 13 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 60 degrees. The record high of 84 was set in 1977. 3.3 inches of snow fell back in 1962.❄

Could I go to Papscanee Island Preserve for a walk 🐦 tomorrow in the morning before it clouds up ☁? It’s a possibility I guess and it might be a nice spring day and down by the river things might be greening up a lot. 🐰 That said tomorrow is Easter and I assume Aldi’s is closed which is my primary excuse for going over to Rensselaer. I probably have enough groceries for now although I wish I had more meats and cheeses. 🍖 I could do Hannaford but they’re so overpriced. I’ve gotten into value shopping lately with my always tight budget. Also need to get down to the laundromat soon.

In four weeks on May 9 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (295°) at 8:04 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 35 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 66 and 40 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 67 and 45 degrees. The record high of 93 degrees was set back in 1979.

Looking ahead, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 5 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ is in 6 weeks, Last Day of Session 🏛 is in 10 weeks and Summer ️⛱️ is in 10 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 41 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸