Good morning! Happy Average High is 70 🐮! Next Saturday is Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️. Partly cloudy and 56 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a northwest breeze at 13 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 50 degrees. Breezy but sunny and clear this morning. Going to be a beautiful day.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 71 degrees at 4pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 20th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 8am. I’ll take that. Much less muggy than last night. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1991.

I am going to go hiking and wildlife observation 🐦 in the back part of Thacher Park today. Should be a really nice day assuming it’s not too cloudy. I think it’s been dry out enough the ground has had a chance to dry out a lot. I know the trails and places that are less popular and I’ll wear a banada over my face and keep distance for social distancing. 👤

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 66.6° from the due south horizon (-4.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.6 foot shadow today at solar noon compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:32 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 8:13 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 15 seconds with dusk around 8:44 pm, which is one minute and 2 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:26 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 65 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 40 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and one second over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 49 degrees at 6am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 21st. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 30 occurred back in 1959.

I bought a fuse box to connect up the various wires 🔌 in the cab of my truck. Currently I am distributing power in the cab of my truck using a series of crimped connectors Y-ed out but I’ve noticed some of the connectors are not tight enough and there is voltage drop and heat which is a fire 🔥 risk and waste electricity. I was originally thinking of getting just a bus bar but I saw a fuse box with bus bar for the ground that would work perfectly for my purposes.

As previously noted, next Saturday the Memorial Day Weekend Starts 😊 when the sun will be setting at 8:19 pm with dusk at 8:52 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 72 and 56 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 72 degrees. We hit a record high of 93 back in 1964.

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Six weeks to Primary Day 🗳️. Mostly cloudy and 40 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a west-northwest breeze at 14 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 24 mph 💨💨💨. Between the wind and clouds kind of a raw morning for mid May. The skies will clear around 9 am. Maybe there is hope byt this morning is tough to get started.

Not a real great morning, I decided to skip morning walk 🚶 and just have breakfast 🍳 after running to the store for milk. In a little bit I’m going to run down to the library and work down there. Maybe later in the afternoon I’ll work at Five Rivers if it’s nice. I’m a bit discouraged after driving out Five Rivers and a thunderstorm came rolling through right around 5 pm when I normally clock out 🕒 and go for my walk around the preserve.

Today is pay day which is good. 💵 Always nice to see the money hit my bank account. Still haven’t gotten my stimulus check but it’s coming less than two weeks. This pay period I’m increasing my biweekly market investments by $100 and decreasing my biweekly saving account investment by the same amount as I think it’s a good time to get more stocks and bonds whik to their cheap. Yes timing the market is dangerous but its a relatively small change compared to existing investments. I’m not planning on using the money for some time to buy my off grid cabin 🏡 so I expect the market to recover in 5-10 years.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 52 degrees at 3pm. 16 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 2nd. Northwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. A year ago, we had light rain. The high last year was 51 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1881. There was a dusting of snow in 1996.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 65.7° from the due south horizon (-5.2° 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 7:28 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (290°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (296°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:08 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 13 seconds with dusk around 8:40 pm, which is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:21 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 44 degrees. Breezy, 16 mph breeze ⛅ from the west-northwest with gusts up to 28mph. Today will have 14 hours and 32 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 10 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have areas of frost after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 32 degrees at 4am. 14 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 2nd. Northwest wind 11 to 16 mph becoming light west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. In 2019, 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 30 occurred back in 2005.

Yesterday I fixed the plug 🔌 on my laptop charger I fixed a while back with a fuse that was too small, blew and ended up temporarily fixing using aluminum foil. The foil started to melt and get hot so I wrapped it with more foil. 💻 I only really use it when I’m nearby and it’s low voltage so I’m not worried about a fire 🔥.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Maximum dew point of 51 at 8pm. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 53 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees.

Honestly, I’m inclined to stay in town this weekend again 🏡 and just do things closer to home like a nice day hike come Saturday. Friday night looks rainy and wet and Saturday may have showers. Much nicer weather seems possible though come the end of the month. Hopefully not too hot though if I’m still working from home.

Looking ahead, there are 6 weeks until Primary Day 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 84 and 55 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 80 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1888.

I do want to get an absentee ballot. ✉ I though the board was going to send a prepaid envelope to me to do that form. I guess you can do it online. I expect much fewer Polling Places this year with the pandemic and I’m not crazy about trying to vote ❎ with a face mask on and not being able to see the ballot well.

Good morning! Happy Mothers Day 👩‍, you Mothers! I’ve been told by Merle that there are two kinds of mothers or so I’m told. I’ll have to play that Frank Zappa Mothers of Invention record. 🎶 Next Sunday is Pack Rat Day 🐀. Good excuse for a bonfire, just wait for it to get good and dark before burning anything too much black smoke. 🔥

Partly sunny and 42 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a west breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. Cool but fairly clear. Nice day by early April standards, mid May I don’t know.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 56 degrees at 4pm. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 11th. West wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Might definitely want to bundle up a bit today with that breeze. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. It became somewhat humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1970. 5 inches of snow fell back in 1945.❄ Only a few more weeks of recorded snow fall records.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 65.2° from the due south horizon (-5.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:26 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (289°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (296°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:06 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 11 seconds with dusk around 8:37 pm, which is one minute and 5 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:18 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 52 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 28 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 14 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 41 degrees at 5am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 27th. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 47 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 2010.

As previously noted, next Sunday is Pack Rat Day 🐀 when the sun will be setting at 8:13 pm with dusk at 8:45 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy skies, rain showers and temperatures between 73 and 52 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 70 degrees. We hit a record high of 92 back in 2017.

Good evening! Partly clear and 64 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees. Nice evening, sat out back for a while. Not feeling terrible but still a little achy from the Lyme. I still need to take the doxycline I got from the doctor Friday. 💊

Sleeping with the windows open tonight ⬛ which is nice until I heard the sirens from the meat wagon 🚑go roaring by. I wonder if it’s somebody dying of Coronavirus? Hopefully nobody I know. It’s a question one always asks these days.

I thought about staying up north one more night and driving home early tomorrow 🚘 but I decided against that as I broke camp midday to go hiking. 🚶 While hiking the remote section of the abandoned Dunning Pond Snowmobile Trail was quiet I eventually lost the trail as it got into dense woods with lots of trees down and few of the old markers. 🔴 Some nice views of the gorge and then a lot of it was an eroded mountain road until the trail left the road and disappeared into the woods. This wouldn’t have been a big problem if I had the GPS tracks from my Google County Maps part of the blog but of course I managed to somehow delete them off my phone. I got to make sure I have them on the phone along with USGS Topo maps saved. I would have also had a better chance of following the herd path up to Eagle Pond that I had lost on Saturday if I had that data saved. 🌐Well there always is future trips up north.

It was a pretty good weekend up north 😎 with lots of sun and actually quite mild and warm most of the weekend except for brief rain shower around 10 pm Saturday night 💦when I ended up retiring to my truck cap earlier than I had planned. Had a nice big fire 🔥 at the same campsite I’ve been at the past few times I’ve been up north on the East Branch Sacandaga River. ⛺ Some traffic 🚥 noise but pretty nice. Spent a lot of time laying back in the hammock, soaking up the sun. ☀ The sun felt good especially when I felt achy from the Lyme. Warm enough a good portion of the weekend I could just lay out with a t shirt 👚 on.

Left my Bluetooth speaker 🔊 home which was annoying when I wanted to listen to podcasts and music 🎶. I’m going to start leaving that in the truck. Better to charge it there too – I don’t pay for the unused solar power the truck produces while parked with the solar controller in float mode. 🔋 Also forgot ketchup for my hotdogs – ended up topping them with baked beans and cheese. 🍣

Explored more of the Fox Lair remains, I want to do one of those historical aerial photo comparisons, especially if I can find the 1942 aerial photo 📷. Not a lot left of the ruins, but I wonder if I can find more old pictures on the internet. 🏰Did some walking 🚶 along NY 8 just for exercise too and to take in the scenery.

Came back relatively early, I was unpacked by about six. 🏡 Laid back on my bed for a while before showering 🚿 and shaving. Got a nice tan. Those side burns I’ve grown are coming in nicely but I do need a hair cut 💇. I’m going to do some trimming myself in the morning as who knows when the barber 💈 is going to be allowed to reopen. My barber is so elderly, I wonder if he will just hang up his hat 🎩 after the pandemic. I decided to avoid the expressway and cities home so I took NY 30 to Duanesburg Churches Road past the Mariaville Farm to US 20. Pretty drive with things greening up outside Amsterdam but I tell you there are some sharp curves on NY 30 south of Amsterdam. 🔶

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 49 degrees at 6am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 21st. West wind 6 to 8 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 28 occurred back in 1985.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 85% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the south (175°) at an altitude of 52° from the horizon, some 226,511 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 22^nd. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Flower 🌷 Moon is on Thursday, May 7. The darkest hour is at 12:53 am, followed by dawn at 5:16 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:48 am in the east-northeast (68°) and last for 3 minutes and 8 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 19 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:27 am with sun in the east-northeast (74°). Tonight will have 9 hours and 46 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 24 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers between 11am and 1pm. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 57 degrees at 11am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 13th. Northwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 67 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1944. There was a dusting of snow in 1986.❄

Tomorrow I probably should go to the laundromat 👖👕 👚 and wash some clothes and probably my sheets too. I can probably bring my laptop there and work from there, uploading pictures from the weekend that was. I’m good on food but the two gallons of milk I bought last week is almost all drunk. I do like my cow 🐮 beverages. Other than that I should be good on food until mid week.

As I noted previously, last weekend I got another tick bite. 🐜I was sore found it on Tuesday. Its been weird – sometimes I feel fine other times terribly stiff and sore. No bulls eye though. Went to the doctor on Friday, she kind of thought I didn’t have Lyme but gave me doxycline. 💊 I held off taking it as I went to the Adirondacks for the weekend and knew doxycline and sun don’t mix due to the risk of severe sunburn. I’m also a little mixed on my concern – it stings from time to time around where I was bit, I’ve been super sleepy at times. 😴 I don’t want to take an antibiotic I don’t need. But I guess the doctor while questioning 🙋 me said I should take it. I don’t know what to think.

It was such a werid experience going to the doctors office during the pandemic. 😫The doors had big signs warning people that if they had cold or flu symptoms they aren’t welcome and that they did not offer Coronavirus testing there. The whole experience was kind of odd and frightening. 👾

While I’m always cautious about social distancing and wearing a mask out in public places but between the limited vision under the banada, the empty doctors office, the hand sanitizer everywhere and all these things like a special Coronavirus questionnaire that I had to do on my phone before the doctor would see me. 📱 I was so creeped out by the experience.

In four weeks on May 31 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (301°) at 8:26 pm,🌄 which is 27 minutes and 53 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, mist and temperatures between 76 and 55 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 74 and 52 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 2013.

It looks like for Mothers Day it’s going to be cold and they might get snow in the Adirondacks. ❄ It does not look like a good weekend to get out of town. I’m still thinking about a mid May trip out to Schoharie County – maybe three nights with me working from my truck on a Monday. ⛺ I’m thinking the last week of May – the one after Memorial Day Weekend – to do a three night trip to Piseco Powley Road starting that Thursday night before the weekend if it is nice. I hope to have the screen house by then to avoid the bugs. Peak black fly season isn’t so bad if I have shelter during the day as black flies aren’t out after dark. Memorial Day Weekend proper I’ll stay home 🏡 most likely to avoid the crowds especially if other developed campgrounds are closed forcing people into the back country taking up all the good sites. I’m also seriously thinking about planning my summer vacation up at Piseco Powley Road – and a week at the House Pond Swimming Hole could make up for all the state park pools being closed. 🏊 I’d have to see about getting a camping permit.

Looking ahead, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 1 week, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 2 weeks, Strawberry Moon 🌕 is in 5 weeks, Fathers Day 👨 is in 6 weeks, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 6 months and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 6 months.

🇺🇸🦅Only 19 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸