Good morning! Happy Super Tuesday. Pay day for me it makes it super duper for me. 💵 Well at least I’ll have funds to pay the non stop bills. No chance to vote for the democratic nominee in New York until April though. ❎ Two weeks to St. Patrick’s Day 🍀. Partly cloudy and 38 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a south-southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 2 am. ☃️

I was super groggy 😴 when I got up this morning but I made it to the bus on time ⌚. Not a hybrid bus 🚍 today. It is such a nice mild morning I thought about walking down to the express but I don’t like doing that in my suit and tie. 👔Bus ride to work is like every other day

Today will have showers, mainly after 2pm. 🌞 High of 59 degrees at 2pm. 20 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 16th. I like April weather. Maximum dew point of 44 at 5pm. 🏖️ Haven’t thought about the dew point in a while but I’m sure hot and sticky nights can’t be far away. South wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter 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 39 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 2002. 10.9 inches of snow fell back in 1994.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:08 pm with sun having an altitude of 40.8° from the due south horizon (-30° vs. 6/21). Now we’re starting to gain a sunlight faster in the morning than in the afternoon. A six foot person will cast a 7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:10 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (256°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (262°) starting at 5:45 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 6:16 pm, which is one minute and 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the south-southeast (150°) at an altitude of 69° from the horizon, 239,073 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:49 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 53 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 21 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers, mainly before 11pm. 🌧 Low of 38 degrees at 6am. 16 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 16th. South wind 10 to 16 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 17 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1950.

I’ve been having a lot of trouble with the WordPress app lately 📝 so I haven’t been able to post as much lately. I am also hard at work with the blog revisions, getting the new upload and media engine tested and ready for launch. I also need to keep prepping both the historical images so I have several ready in the can to feature when the time comes.

I am dug around and found the $1,000 I needed to open up an IRA. 👴 I mostly just canceled other planned investments and dipped into my rainy day fund to make it happen. I just got paid so I should be okay. I am going to contribute to the IRA rather than the Roth IRA for the rest of the year to somewhat limit my tax liability. It sucks that I’ll have to pay taxes on withdrawals when I retire but when I have my off grid property it will be in a low tax state so I’m not that worried about it. 🐮

Back in 1972, an airplane crashes in suburban Albany, off Holmesdale Ave in Albany (near Colvin Avenue and Washington Ave). ✈ Regional Carrier, Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures. 📙 Also today in 1873, U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any “obscene, lewd, or lascivious” books through the mail. And in 1991, an amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.

A picture perfect early spring weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Typical average high for the weekend is 41 degrees. I bet the ground will be muddy in the woods. My weekend is fairly free but I’m not totally sure what my plans are for the weekend. Money is tight so I might stick around town Saturday, hike at Schodack Island buy groceries at Aldis and then Sunday hike at Partridge Run.

🌹🌻🌼Only 16 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 when the sun will be setting at 7:04 pm with dusk at 7:32 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 36 and 26 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 45 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.

Good evening! Cloudy, damp and 50 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a south breeze at 9 mph. ☁ Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 3 am. ☃️

I went over to John Wolcott house 🏡 for a while this afternoon and continued going through his files 📂. Not a lot of very interesting files to be found today but you never know what will turn up. It’s been over a year since I started and were running low on files to go through. Still gotta talk to Lynne about the labels.

Did a little reading 📖 on this Read Across America Day, and I plan to do more reading in the coming weeks especially once it gets a little nicer and I can sit out back with a book 📙.

Missed out on my evening walk 🚶 because by the time I got home and dinner cooked it was after nine. ⌛ Too bad it’s kind of a nice night 🌃 but a bit cloudy and damp.

Progress continues on the code for the historical vs modern ortho photos slider section of the blog. 💻 The slider just uses a jquery library, all the work is adapting the data structure in the blog to handle the multiple photos. But now it’s mostly at the testing stage before I start uploading files.🌐 Getting close though – if I didn’t have to spend so much time fixing my stupid mistakes I could have pushed it live sooner. 🔜

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain before 4am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 39 degrees at 5am. 18 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 19th. South wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 29 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1950.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 54% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the west-southwest (252°) at an altitude of 50° from the horizon, some 241,687 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 2^nd. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Worm 🐛 Moon is on Monday, March 9. The darkest hour is at 12:08 am, followed by dawn at 6:01 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:30 am in the east (99°) and last for 2 minutes and 56 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:08 am with sun in the east-southeast (105°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 39 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of rain, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 55 degrees at 2pm. 16 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 7th. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 39 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 2002. 10.9 inches of snow fell back in 1994.❄

In four weeks on March 30 the sun will be setting in the west (276°) at 7:19 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 32 minutes and 50 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny, warm weather for March and temperatures between 71 and 42 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 51 and 31 degrees. The record high of 86 degrees was set back in 1986.

Looking ahead, Worm Moon 🌕 is in 1 week, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 8 weeks, 8 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 9 weeks, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 11 weeks, Memorial Day 🇺🇸 is in 12 weeks, June 🍹 is in 13 weeks and Average High is 80 🏖 is in 16 weeks.

🇺🇸Only 80 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅

Good morning! Happy Read Across America Day 📚! Nothing beats a good old fashion book, especially on a nice evening down at the park or up in the woods. Great way to pass time, especially on a rainy day at camp. Last night was the first quarter moon. Next Monday is Worm Moon 🌕. Cloudy and 31 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear around 1 pm.

Kind of a gray and cloudy morning ☁ today. Going to be mild for sure. The heat on the bus 🚍 is ridiculous but I’m a bit hot because I had to run home and grab my lunch which I left on the kitchen table. Feeling better this morning, although this roaring hot bus makes my throat feel sticky and cough a bit. But I am not sick, or so I tell myself.

This afternoon I’m going over to John Wolcott house 🏡 as long as I feel okay 👌. I was feeling better last night but I took a sleeping pill 💊 to make sure I got a good night’s sleep before the work week but this dry and hot air on the bus is no good for my throat.

Today will have a slight chance of rain or freezing rain before 11am, then a slight chance of rain after 5pm. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 53 degrees at 4pm. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 3rd. South wind 9 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 65 was set in 1991. 11.9 inches of snow fell back in 2018.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:08 pm with sun having an altitude of 40.4° from the due south horizon (-30.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. Sun angle is getting higher, which means fewer real cold days, and even if we do get snow, it won’t stick around super long, at least in the valley. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:09 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (255°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (262°) starting at 5:44 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 6:14 pm, which is one minute and 14 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the south (183°) at an altitude of 69° from the horizon, 242,018 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:48 pm. At sunset, look out for possible rain showers 🌧  (but I hope not) and temperatures around 51 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 15 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 18 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of rain before 7pm, then a chance of showers, mainly between 7pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 37 degrees at 6am. 16 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 13th. South wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 29 degrees. The record low of -10 occurred back in 1950.

Today in 1989, Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century. 💭 It turned out not to be a big deal, because HCFCs were already common by then, and newer refrigerants were well on their way to coming on the market. Now, they are phasing out refrigerants that have a high global warming potential for more climate friendly ones.🌍 Certainly it was an easy enough fix for consumers, with minimal cost or inconvenience, most of the hard-work — engineering — had to be done by the manufacturers. Not sure if the other climate goals can be done just by engineering, despite the fact that people want to drive their electric cars to Wally World 🚗 generated by massive solar facilities not in their backyards.

I am continuing to work on the blog code ⌨ to re-write the uploader to handle multiple images to allow the before and after images to be saved under the same page ID. It’s actually a bigger re-write then that, but it will make uploading imaging much faster and reliable for me, making it easier for me to design content for the blog. I am really fascinated by what I can put together with those old aerial photos in comparison to modern ones. It’s going to give a lot of content to blog about.🖼

I decided to grow back my sideburns a bit, 💇 after cutting them shorter and shorter. They’re kind of long now, I haven’t decided how long I am going to keep them. Maybe a bit too long now, but that’s to be decided. We’ll see as things get warmer out.

This week I need to rearrange my finances to find the $1,000 I need to open an IRA account. 🤑 I have had a Roth IRA account for years, and I enjoy the fact that I’ll never have to pay taxes on it, but now that I’m working in the private sector and don’t have the advantage of a 457(b) Deferred Compensation, I am getting killed by taxes despite maximizing my 401k.👫So I am doing the IRA thing. Actually, this my make sense if I eventually move out west to a state without income tax on retirement savings — or at least a high threshold — New York is $18k tax exempt. My only concern is that I might have a big tax bill in the future, if I cash out a big chunk in my later years to buy a tractor or implement 🚜 or a new truck. 🚗 I don’t make that money, but it’s obnoxious that I pay more in income tax each month then rent. ⚖ Thank you government for spending all of my money.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 36. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Typical average high for the weekend is 41 degrees. Might be a nice weekend to get out of town. But where? A lot of places are still closed off due to the snow and mud. I could possibly use a sled and drag back gear for tent camping in the back country, but the snow might be kind of soft and melty. Maybe it’s just best at this point to save money 💸 and wait for the spring time, which ain’t that far away. 💐

🌹🌻🌼Only 17 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

Going past the Elbow Room I noticed that they have a giant Corona Beer neon sign on their window. 🍻 I’m sure that’s good for business today. Myself I’m just looking forward to warmer weather and having a cold one up in the woods next tot he fire. I don’t normally drink but I do like a cold Corona on a hot day next to a fire, as gross as the bottles get before you return them. Summer road trips and camping up on Piseco-Powley Road can’t be too far away. I really like laying out back on the hammock.

As previously noted, next Monday is Worm Moon 🌕 when the sun will be setting at 6:55 pm with dusk at 7:23 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2019, we had sunny and temperatures between 42 and 12 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 41 degrees. We hit a record high of 81 back in 2016.

Good morning! Happy March 🌨! Finally things should start to get a bit warmer. Average high by the end of the month is around or may be above fifty and maybe even warmer if the trend continues. Next Sunday is Daylight Savings Time 🌆. Mostly sunny and 27 degrees at the Five Rivers Environmental Education Center. There is a northwest breeze at 15 mph. 🍃. That breeze makes things kind of raw today for my walk which I delayed out to Five Rivers 🚶. Its not so bad in the Vlomans Kill Valley but not elsewhere in Things will start to thaw out at around 3 pm. 🌡️

A cold day today with the wind 🍃. The sun is nice but the wind is bone up chilling. I woke up this morning with a bit of a headache 👿 and a little achy but not so bad that I missed my Sunday walk 🚶 to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center. I probably have Coronavirus but I haven’t drunk any beer 🍻 since my birthday 🎂 over a month ago, and I was drinking Blue Moon 🎑. Honestly, I’m looking forward to Corona beer being on sale come the summer so I can have a nice cold drink with a lime come summer. 🍋

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 35 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 18th. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 39 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 2017. 10.7 inches of snow fell back in 2005.❄

I think later today I’ll go out to Huyck Preserve 💦 and check out the water falls assuming that I have time before going out to the folks house for Sunday dinner. 🍲 I can’t believe another week has come to a close and next weekend will be Daylight Savings Time. At least it’s a sign that nicer weather is coming. ☀

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:09 pm with sun having an altitude of 40° from the due south horizon (-30.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:08 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (254°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (261°) starting at 5:43 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 6:13 pm, which is one minute and 14 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the south-southwest (209°) at an altitude of 63° from the horizon, 244,820 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:47 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 31 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 15 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers after 3am. Increasing clouds 🌧, with a low of 23 degrees at 10pm. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 8th. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 25 degrees. The record low of -4 occurred back in 1940.

Today you better remember your reusable bag 🛄 if you’re planning on shopping. I am not – I have enough groceries and will run to the store later in the week 🏬 and maybe wash my truck again. I’m thinking 💭 about going to John Wolcott house 🏡 on Monday but it all depends on how I feel.

I also am working on rewriting the media engine for the blog 📝 to handle the historical photos with before and after pictures you can drag across. The main issue is fixing it so that you can have two photos associated with one media type. It can be done but will require some changes to the code to make it work. It will be neat when it’s done.

🌹🌻🌼Only 18 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

As previously noted, next Sunday is Daylight Savings Time 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:54 pm with dusk at 7:22 pm (Daylight Savings Time). Fantastic but it will make the weekend go by in a blink. On that day in 2019, we had cold weather like today, but mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 34 and 7 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 41 degrees. We hit a record high of 68 back in 2012.