Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Gotta make that money 💵 although not a pay week this week but I have great faith I’ll be paid next week. Two weeks to Clean Your Computer Day 🧹. With there being so much hard drive space these days, does anybody really have to clean their computer? 💻

Snow flurries, cloudy, gray, damp and 36 degrees at the Valero just waiting for the bus to take me to work. ❄ Calm wind. There is a dusting of snow on the ground. ☃ Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around noontime. ☃️

Catching the later bus 🚍 to work because I never know with this bus and having to punch 👊 the clock 🕒 on time each morning. The truth is with manually filled in time cards you could get away with being a few minutes late and nobody would ever know. 💁 I did set my alarm for 6:30 but I reset it a few times. I’m bad I know and I had to iron my shirt 👚. But I did have a nice pan of eggs 🍳 for breakfast, one of the last of the fresh ones from my parents, as some kind of varmint finished off their chickens 🐔 and they don’t want to have chickens now as they’re planning on spending the summer traveling. 🚢

Today will be scattered snow showers, mixing with rain after 9am, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 42 degrees at 2pm. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 10th. Light and variable wind becoming west 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 40 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1974. 9.3 inches of snow fell back in 1963.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:09 pm with sun having an altitude of 28.8° from the due south horizon (-42° vs. 6/21). Gain is accelerating now. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:20 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (238°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (245°) starting at 4:59 pm and lasts for 3 minutes and 12 seconds with dusk around 5:31 pm, which is one minute and 17 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the southwest (229°) at an altitude of 22° from the horizon, 251,502 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:06 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 40 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 14 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 47 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 9 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 29 degrees at 6am. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 24th. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph. In 2019, we had snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 8 degrees. The record low of -16 occurred back in 2005.

Another kind of dreary weekend on tap but mild. ☁ Saves on the heating bills. More chance to work on projects and ride the exercise bike 🚲. Saturday, mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees.

🌹🌻🌼Only 52 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Clean Your Computer Day 🧹 when the sun will be setting at 5:20 pm with dusk at 5:49 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 33 and 17 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 33 degrees. We hit a record high of 53 back in 1955.

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 37 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The ground is mostly free of snow and tonight will remain above freezing. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 9 pm. ☃️

Went to my parents house and they made stuffed shells 🐚 and carrot cake 🎂. It was good but I eat too much. I got home, hung up my shirts 👚 so they don’t have too many wrinkles. I went out for my evening walk 🚶 and are listening to the the Skeptics Guide to Universe and are about to kill the lights.

Tonight will have a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 10pm and 3am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 34 degrees at 5am. 20 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 6th. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became light snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 11 degrees. The record low of -23 occurred back in 1994.

The Snow ❄ Moon is on Sunday, February 9. The darkest hour is at 12:09 am, followed by dawn at 6:46 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:17 am in the east-southeast (115°) and last for 3 minutes and 12 seconds. Sunrise is 51 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:59 am with sun in the east-southeast (123°). Tonight will have 14 hours and 14 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 9 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of rain and snow showers before 10am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 10am and 11am. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 42 degrees at 2pm. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 10th. South wind 5 to 14 mph becoming west in the afternoon. I like spring weather. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 40 degrees. It was pretty nice last year too. The record high of 62 was set in 1974. 9.3 inches of snow fell back in 1963.❄

I am sure the solar panel will keep all the batteries 🔋 well charged with the higher sun angle 📐and the ample sun this week.🌞 On Saturday the batteries were well enough charged that the alternator shut off and ran entirely off the batteries for a short period of time like it will after an extended period driving. It should work great come the summer during an extended period of camping at one campsite in the woods.

Mom and Dad gave me a $100 check for my birthday 🎂. I am thinking about getting an enclosed canopy to use for camping, especially during black fly season on Memorial Day Weekend or during other extended trips when we might have rain ☔ or bad bugs. It would be nice to have a protected area on a buggy or rainy day to camp be outdoors with a book, a meal or just listening to a podcast and not be trapped in the truck cap. It looks like they range from around $200 to $300 but they are quite popular out camping it seems and it would be great for extended weekends camping. That said, this year with work it might not be an issue – not sure if I’ll be able to get out of town for Memorial Day Weekend. But maybe for summer vacation?

Also this year I think I want to do more back country camping. ⛺ As much as I like truck cap camping with all the gear I have such a craving to do more nights in the wilderness alone. I want to do more different things this summer, I always camp in the same places year after year and it gets kind of boring 💤.

In four weeks on February 23 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (257°) at 5:36 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 27 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, sleet and temperatures between 38 and 20 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 37 and 19 degrees. The record high of 69 degrees was set back in 2017. In a month we will be creeping towards spring and starting to get a bit warmer.

Looking ahead, Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 1 week, Snow Moon 🌕 is in 2 weeks, March 🌨 is in 5 weeks, Daylight Savings Time 🌆 is in 6 weeks, Ides of March ✝ is in 7 weeks, Palm Sunday 🌴 is in 10 weeks, Easter 🐰 is in 11 weeks, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 15 weeks, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 16 weeks, Strawberry Moon 🌕 is in 19 weeks and Fathers Day 👨 is in 20 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 116 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good evening! Rain and 40 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The rain has done a number on the snow. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 6 am. ☃️ It could have been a pretty good snow storm but too warm.

It was a nice Pine Bush Hike with three present. ☁ Kind of a dreary day for the Pine Bush hike. Just not a lot of sun but at least the rain held off. 🚶 Lots of nice views especially down by Willow Street. Knee is bothering me a bit again though. Got home, did some reading and riding on the exercise bike 🚲. Almost done with that book I’m reading 📖 on Rupert Murdock. Watched a little bit of the YouTube I downloaded. Made a big pot of pasta with veggies and meatballs for lunch, pollished off the rest for dinner. 🍝Road the exercise bike for over an hour maybe closer to two this evening.

The funeral for Chet was nice with 75 people there according to one of the ushers. 👪 Ran the gammot of folks from rural Fulton County in the Adirondacks where he grew up to DOT workers and sportsman he knew to folks from Save the Pine Bush. Nice celebration of a man who did so much for the community from all the work he did at the Sacandaga Conservation Association to helping children in Ghana through the Westminster Presbyterian Church to Save the Pine Bush. 🌲So many stories will go on told but I learned a lot from him during the Pine Bush dinners and hikes over the years. He was quite healthy and lived a good life until his sudden death at age 73 due to puemonia probably he contracted after black powder hunting in the Adirondacks this past autumn. 🍳 He was still getting up most days at 4:30 to help feed the several hundred homeless persons at the churches breakfast program several days a week.

Tonight will rain likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 32 degrees at 5am. 18 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 1st. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 14 degrees. The record low of -17 occurred back in 1920.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 1% illuminated. At dusk you’ll see the moon in the west-southwest (241°) at an altitude of 4° from the horizon, some 248,307 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 The Snow ❄ Moon is on Sunday, February 9. The darkest hour is at 12:08 am, followed by dawn at 6:47 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:17 am in the east-southeast (116°) and last for 3 minutes and 13 seconds. Sunrise is 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:00 am with sun in the east-southeast (123°) at an altitude of 6°. Tonight will have 14 hours and 16 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 8 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 11am and 1pm. Becoming partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 40 degrees at 1pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 4th. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 28 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1950. 8.5 inches of snow fell back in 1949.❄

I probably should run to the store and pick up a few more supplies 🏬 but I don’t need all that much this week for shopping. I might wash the remaining salt off my truck tomorrow as the salt is washed off the roads and I don’t expect any more to be applied tomorrow. Might be too muddy to hike anywhere but the rail trail tomorrow.

In four weeks on February 22 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (257°) at 5:35 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 28 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy skues and temperatures between 39 and 28 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 36 and 19 degrees. The record high of 68 degrees was set back in 1997.

Looking ahead, February 🌧 is in 1 week, Average High is 50 🌸 is in 9 weeks, Average High is 60 🌼 is in 12 weeks, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 16 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ is in 17 weeks, Memorial Day 🇺🇸 is in 4 months, Last Day of Session 🏛 is in 21 weeks and Summer ️⛱️ is in 21 weeks.

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 9 am. 🌡️ Not a half bad evening for January.

Rode the exercise bike 🚲 for about an hour, watching Keith Fink Farm’s latest video, catching up on NB88 off grid cabin in Maine and Andrew Camara tearing apart a pickup truck for the engine and the scrap metal. Got in an hour riding the exercise bike and then read 📖 for about a half hour the book on Rupert Murdock and his Fox News Empire 📰. Good book, I’m trying to devote more time to reading.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 28 degrees at 10pm. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 22nd. Maximum wind chill around 24 at 9pm; East wind 3 to 5 mph. 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 15 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1963.

Tonight will have a New Moon 🌚. The Snow ❄ Moon is on Sunday, February 9. The darkest hour is at 12:08 am, followed by dawn at 6:48 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:18 am in the east-southeast (116°) and last for 3 minutes and 13 seconds. Sunrise is 46 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:01 am with sun in the east-southeast (123°) at an altitude of 6°. Tonight will have 14 hours and 18 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 4 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet before noon, then rain. 🌧 High of 39 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 1st. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 35 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1938. 9.5 inches of snow fell back in 2000.❄

In four weeks on February 21 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (256°) at 5:34 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 29 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had cloudy, freezing rain showers and temperatures between 44 and 28 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 36 and 19 degrees. The record high of 73 degrees was set back in 2018.

Looking ahead, Valentines Day ❤️ is in 3 weeks, 7 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 7 weeks, Spring 🌷 is in 8 weeks, Good Friday ✝️ is in 11 weeks, May 🕊 is in 14 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 19 weeks and Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 5 months.

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 10 am. 🌡️

I went over to John Wolcott house 🏡 for a few hours this evening, sorting files 📂. I had a very interesting conversation with him about Fort Orange and Interstate 787, I wish I had recorded it. 📼 I’m sure there are many audio recording apps that I could download. Had a quick burrito for dinner 🍣and then sat back in bed finishing off the book I was reading 📖 on Storm Lake Iowa and moved on to reading a book about the history of Rupert Murdock’s media empire.

Besides going to bed earlier and getting up early, I’ve tried to make reading a much higher priority this year 📚. I plan to go to the park much more this year once it gets nice and also read out back more.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 22 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 4th. Calm wind. In 2019, we had light rain. It got down to 32 degrees. The record low of -17 occurred back in 1948.

Tonight is New Moon. The Snow ❄ Moon is on Sunday, February 9. The darkest hour is at 12:08 am, followed by dawn at 6:48 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:19 am in the east-southeast (116°) and last for 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Sunrise is 44 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:02 am with sun in the east-southeast (124°) at an altitude of 6°. Tonight will have 14 hours and 20 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 2 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 40 degrees at 2pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 4th. Light and variable wind. Should be a real nice Friday. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 48 degrees. The record high of 54 was set in 1999. 7.6 inches of snow fell back in 1948.❄

Been such a busy week for me 💼 but at least tomorrow is Friday. Getting to bed earlier and getting up earlier seems to have helped a lot with my sleep, even if it does seem a bit odd to be getting up on Saturday before dawn. But I feel so much more rested at work. That’s good. Saturday is the Save the Pine Bush Hike that I’m leading at 9:30 🚶 then the No War with Iran protest 🐦 at 11 am which I want to do but I’m not sure if the hike will be done by then and it might be wet. Chet’s Wake is at 3 pm and I probably should put on my suit and black tie 👔and attend that.

In four weeks on February 20 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (256°) at 5:32 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 29 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 28 and 9 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 36 and 18 degrees. The record high of 66 degrees was set back in 1930.

Looking ahead, Save the Pine Bush Turns 42 🦋 is in 2 weeks, 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 4 weeks, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 15 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ is in 4 months and Primary Day 🗳️ is in 5 months.

Good evening! Partly clear and 23 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind.There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 11 am. 🌡️ Without the wind, not too bad of an evening.

Busy day at work, went to the Guilderland Planning Board meeting, 💼 picked up a few groceries and drain cleaner. I think the drain is fine now but I want to make sure it’s good before I dump more water 💦 down it. Flipped through Facebook for a while on my phone and going to sleep now. Another day is ahead tomorrow.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 15 degrees at 4am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around January 28th. Maximum wind chill around 18 at 5am; 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 9 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1970.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 2% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:07 am, followed by dawn at 6:49 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:20 am in the east-southeast (117°) and last for 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Sunrise is 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Starting to add more light in the morning. The golden hour ends at 8:03 am with sun in the southeast (124°) at an altitude of 6°. Tonight will have 14 hours and 22 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 59 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 40 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 4th. Light and variable wind. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 40 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 1906. 10.6 inches of snow fell back in 1963.❄

In four weeks on February 19 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (255°) at 5:31 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 28 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had cold, mostly sunny and temperatures between 24 and 4 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 36 and 18 degrees. The record high of 66 degrees was set back in 1981.

Looking ahead, 37th Birthday 🎉 is in 1 week, February Save the Pine Dinner 🦋 is in 4 weeks, Average High is 40 ☀️ is in 6 weeks, April Fools Day 🤡 is in 10 weeks, Pink Moon 🌕 is in 11 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is in 12 weeks, Earth Day 🌎 is in 3 months, Average High is 80 🏖 is in 5 months, Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 22 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 52 weeks.

Good evening! Partly clear and 19 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. There are 2 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 1 pm. 🌡️

I decided to stay home tonight, ride the exercise bike 🚲 for a while, have some dinner and read 📖. There are other things that I could have done but I was tired 😴 and decided to call it a night early. Almost done reading that book on Storm Lake Iowa. 🌽 Reminds me a lot of the colorful people I knew growing up in a small town.

Sink seems to have freed itself up but I’m going to avoid using it and will go out tomorrow and get more drain solvent after the Guilderland Planning Board meeting I’m attending. No need to make multiple trips. 🛀 I got a little paranoid when I opened my mailbox 📬and saw an add for a plumber – they’re reading my blog – and marketing to me but the truth is I only mentioned it in the morning and it came as a large flat in the bulk mail. At any rate, if it was a serious problem I’d call my landlord 📞 and he’d have it fixed quickly. Nice thing about renting although the plumbing is constantly problematic here.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 12 degrees at 1am. Two degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 11 at 8pm; West wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. 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 0 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1984.

Tonight will have a Waning Crescent 🌒 Moon with 7% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:07 am, followed by dawn at 6:49 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:20 am in the east-southeast (117°) and last for 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Sunrise is 40 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:03 am with sun in the southeast (124°) at an altitude of 6°. Tonight will have 14 hours and 24 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 57 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 36 degrees at 4pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 19th. South wind 3 to 5 mph. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 18 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1906. 12.9 inches of snow fell back in 1987.❄

It really kills me how much paper garbage I get in my mailbox 📮 every day. Yeah, I have a milk crate where I toss all the non confidential paper trash into and I take it to the recycling dumpster at the park and ride ♻ every few weeks but by then the bin usually is already overflowing in my apartment and the paper recycle dumpster is pretty full most of the time too. And while they pulp and recycle the waste fiber a lot of it still ends as residue taken to the Colonie landfill. Recycling produces a lot of waste too. Even if I heat with wood when I eventually own my off grid property and use paper every night to start the fire I’ll always have an unlimited supply of waste paper for starting the wood stove just from the junk mail. 🔥 And half of that mail ✉ is the glossy stuff that is half clay and produces a ton of ash when burnt and is not good with the glossy coating to burn inside in a woodstove. I guess that the burn barrel can take care of it when I have my own land but it seems like such a waste to cut down all those trees just to burn off the carbon for no real reason. At least no Time Warner Cable ad today but I’m sure there will be one tomorrow.

In four weeks on February 18 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (255°) at 5:30 pm,🌄 which is 36 minutes and 26 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had snow showers, partly cloudy and temperatures between 26 and 13 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 35 and 18 degrees. In another month, it definitely starts to warm up a bit. The record high of 63 degrees was set back in 1981.

Looking ahead, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 3 weeks, National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 4 weeks, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is in 8 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 11 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 15 weeks, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 22 weeks, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 41 weeks and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 41 weeks.