Good evening! Rain and drizzle and 46 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north-northwest breeze at 15 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear Saturday around 3 pm.

With the rain I decided it wasn’t a good night for my walk 🚶. Not only is it cold and wet its kind of dangerous crossing the road on such a poor visibility night, although traffic is a lot less. I did ride the exercise bike 🚲 for a while today watching one of the YouTube videos I downloaded yesterday.

Other than that I really quiet day at work. 💼 I wish I was busier at times, it’s really boring 💤 and kind of isolating to be home alone with no internet besides my phone and just day after day of rain ☔. I guess I could have gone for a walk earlier but it was pretty cloudy and gray.

Been actively working on a new theme for the blog 📝 that will give it a new look and feel. While I just rewrote a big portion of the code a few months back I’m still not happy with what I got – I want a more immersive design that better tells my story. Plus be more efficient and better able to fit the growing types of content I’ve been generating lately.

Tonight will have a chance of rain. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 40 degrees at 5am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 22nd. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 32 degrees. The record low of 16 occurred back in 1954.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 70% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the southwest (221°) at an altitude of 64° from the horizon, some 231,951 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 25^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Pink 🌸 Moon is on Tuesday, April 7. The darkest hour is at 12:59 am, followed by dawn at 6:07 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:36 am in the east (82°) and last for 2 minutes and 56 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 43 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:13 am with sun in the east (89°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 9 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of rain before noon, then scattered showers after noon. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 51 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 31st. North wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. 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 62 degrees. The record high of 79 was set in 1981. 11 inches of snow fell back in 1891.❄

At least the weekend forecast looks better, especially Sunday. ☀ Probably go back out to Patridge Run and hike for most of the day Sunday. Then I’m still thinking about heading up to the Adirondacks on next Thursday through Easter. 🐰 I just need to get away. Unless of course it looks like it will snow or rain all next weekend. I’ll see. I’m just so tired of being home and visiting the same old parks all the time.

In four weeks on April 30 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (291°) at 7:54 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 50 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had drizzle and showers, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 51 and 38 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 64 and 42 degrees. The record high of 86 degrees was set back in 1903.

Looking ahead, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 5 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 7 weeks remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Five weeks to Flower Moon 🌕. By then things will have greened up a lot. Mostly cloudy and 37 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a north-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear Saturday around 3 pm.

Today will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 50 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 29th. North wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Kind of another cold and gray day out. ☁ But spring is definitely coming. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 53 degrees. The record high of 77 was set in 2010. 8 inches of snow fell back in 1924.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:59 pm with sun having an altitude of 52.5° from the due south horizon (-18.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 4.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. Sun is getting much higher in the sky now. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:46 pm with the sun in the west (272°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (278°) starting at 7:20 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 7:51 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the south-southeast (148°) at an altitude of 67° from the horizon, 232,170 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:26 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 46 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 14 mph with gusts up to 24mph. Today will have 12 hours and 48 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of rain, mainly after 8pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 40 degrees at 1am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 22nd. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. That said, I’m looking forward to nice summer nights sitting out back. 🌃 Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 32 degrees. The record low of 16 occurred back in 1954.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Calm wind. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 60. Typical average high for the weekend is 53 degrees.

Honestly I don’t think this weekend will be pretty nice. ☁ I do need to get to the store 🏬, gas up ⛽ and do laundry. 👚👖 I really like Aldi, it’s so fast and easy out which is good during the pandemic. What else to do? If it’s really nice on Sunday, hike at Partridge Run? Maybe a similar route to two weeks ago but maybe further back on some of the roads in the back section? Probably want to stay off trails as they are going to be real muddy. 🐽 Then probably Thursday leave for the Adirondacks if the weather is good.

I still want to get the alignment issue looked into my truck, I’m going to decide on Friday if I should do it now 🔧or wait for the pandemic to be over – my concern is that may be a while and when it’s over the shop may be very backed up. But who knows, they might not be open now.

Looking ahead, there are 5 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 46 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. It’s a nice moonlit night 🌃 and with lots of stars ✨ and not too cold. It is That said, with the breeze it’s cold out back and I think I’ll retire to bed shortly where it’s warmer.

It was a nice day for a Hump Day. 🐪 I haven’t been following Homesteady on YouTube to see if they have any more of their cammel dairy videos, although they still have their Jerseys too. 🐮 Camel milk apparently is good for children and their nursing mothers who are allergic to cows milk. Need a special stall a camels aren’t shaped like cows, even though they have four quarters and teats like cows. Great YouTube channel though.

Another pretty quiet day at work, and I worked from either outside or in my truck all afternoon. 💻 I think people were impressed by me in the Zoom meeting from my backyard with the trees, the High School and the Heldebergs in the background. Even though my apartment isn’t very nice there is a lot to be said about where I live in Delmar. I’ll probably stay here until I leave the state for good, I just can’t imagine buying land in New York.

Maybe it’s because I know how the sausage 🍣are made. Yeap, they grind up all the low desirability cuts of meat to tenderize it, use part of the intestines for the casing. That book 📙 I read some ago on butchering was fantastic. Sounds gross but then you realize it’s just a mixture of grass and fermented corn silage the cows been eating all day. Almost all corn silage 🌽 are and the majority of hay fed to cows is produced on the farm where they’re raised in New York State, although sometimes other grains like corn itself are purchased. But that’s beyond the point, I was in Clarksville today and it got me thinking about it all. At least I got paid on Tuesday unlike state employees or the many non essential employees they have been laid off during Coronavirus. For that I can thank my lucky stars. 🌟

I decided after going out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center to hike Bennett Hill again. 🚶 It was a nice evening up on Bennett Hill but it got cloudy ⛅ later on. A lot of people up there again, which is annoying because I really take serious being at 10 or more feet away from people – or even further in physical distancing, as the term is. I’ve noticed the last two times I’ve been up there it’s been super clear – I think the reduced haze is from less air pollution due to fewer drivers and businesses being open. That certainly is the case in Los Angeles. Then I came home and went for my evening 🌃 walk on this very moonlit evening.

Five Rivers was nice – spring peepers are out in force around Skeeter Pond.🐸 I got a whole lot of podcasts and videos to listen to next few days on the exercise bike or elsewhere. My neighbor has been gone all day – he works shift work, I wonder if he’s a nurse or involved in the Coronavirus response. I also got a text saying that my phone plan is giving me an extra 10 gigabytes monthly through the end of May, so I can use over a gigabyte of high speed data each day or 35 gigabytes per 30 days. Kind of nice to not have to worry about bandwidth so much on my phone not having internet at home.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 34 degrees at 6am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 6th. North wind 7 to 10 mph. In 2019, we had clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 22 degrees. The record low of 17 occurred back in 1964. I’m hoping at this point the heat can be off until November.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 58% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the southwest (222°) at an altitude of 66° from the horizon, some 234,681 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 26^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 Being relatively close to the earth its quite bright. The Pink 🌸 Moon is on Tuesday, April 7. The darkest hour is at 1:00 am, followed by dawn at 6:09 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:38 am in the east (83°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 44 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:15 am with sun in the east (89°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 12 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 53 degrees at 3pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 3rd. Northwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. I think the morning is supposed to be better with clouds by afternoon. I have the work laptop so I won’t have to go to the library or Five Rivers for work stuff, and I have plenty of podcasts and videos to watch at home if I want. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 53 degrees. The record high of 77 was set in 2010. 8 inches of snow fell back in 1924.❄

I‘ve decided this weekend is a good one to stay in town for but assuming that the weather is nice for the long Easter weekend 🐰I am still thinking about 3 nights in the Adirondacks leaving Thursday after work or maybe actually jotting out a bit early. I doubt where I am I’ll see any one else. Do some hiking and fishing 🎣, making sure to stay six feet or even further AWAY. ☺ Still some snow up north but not a lot and I expect it to continue melting next week.

Continuing on and off to work on the updated blog theme. 📝 It’s a work in progress with many parts unfinished but it will focus on being more of an immersive full screen experience like some of those popular photo blogs. 📷 Maybe I won’t adopt the new theme, I’m not sure but I have the time to work on it, although soon my work load will pick back up – but in the meantime I’m still saving a lot of time by not having the commute or ironing shirts 👚 or getting prepared for work each day and leaving at a set time.

From time to time I see the advertisement for Northwood Mapping a business out of Wisconsin which does professional mapping for land owners and hunters. 🌐 He has some interesting products for sure, stuff I could probably do myself and have printed professionally – the thing is print shop costs aren’t cheap and it’s tough making it self employed. Folks do it like Lynne Jackson from Save the Pine Bush but it ain’t easy. Remarkably expensive to run a business. At any rate it doesn’t hurt to hone my mapping skills🗾 and continue to get my name out there with the blog.

In four weeks on April 29 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (291°) at 7:53 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 51 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny skies for a while than rain showers and temperatures between 58 and 31 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 64 and 42 degrees. The record high of 88 degrees was set back in 1888.

Looking ahead, Pink Moon 🌕 is in 1 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is in 2 weeks, Earth Day 🌎 is in 3 weeks, May 🕊 is a month away, June 🍹 is in 2 months, Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 12 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 42 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 50 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good morning! Happy April Fools Day 🤡! Don’t get fooled, go fishing 🎣. Next Wednesday is Pink Moon 🌕. Partly cloudy and 36 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Calm wind. Warming up quickly, going to be a nice but maybe not so much for fishing with the trout spotting the shadows.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 52 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. Light north wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 42 degrees. The record high of 77 was set in 1986. 5 inches of snow fell back in 1924.❄

Going to work from home this morning out back 🏡 and then go to Five Rivers in the afternoon to work from there and update my podcasts and maybe get some YouTube videos to watch tomorrow when it’s not going to be so nice. I have some ag channels 🚜 to see what’s happening on farms these days as milk prices crash. 🐮

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 52.2° from the due south horizon (-18.7° 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 6:45 pm with the sun in the west (271°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (277°) starting at 7:19 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 7:50 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the south (182°) at an altitude of 71° from the horizon, 234,814 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:24 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 47 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 45 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 33 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 3rd. North wind 7 to 9 mph. In 2019, we had clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 22 degrees. The record low of 17 occurred back in 1964.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 55. Sunday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Typical average high for the weekend is 53 degrees. I am going to stay home this weekend, as it doesn’t look as sunny up north, and I’m hoping for more snow melt before I go up north next week.. I have a place in mind that will be good for three days of social distancing in the wilderness, where I doubt I’ll see anyone except maybe in a passing car. Good Friday is next Friday, which seems so odd as it’s been such a werid year, all things considered.

As previously noted, next Wednesday is Pink Moon 🌕 when the sun will be setting at 7:29 pm with dusk at 7:58 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 59 and 44 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 55 degrees. We hit a record high of 88 back in 1929.