But truth be told, I need a break from traveling and this weekend is going to be rather chilly especially in the Green Mountains. My credit card and truck need a break and I really need some home time to clean, put away gear and not be go go go. Weather wise past today will be bright and sunny but cold, and otherwise I would have taken Monday off. I kind of wish I had put off the Madison County trip another week but at this point I’m thinking of an Adirondacks trip for Black Friday extended through the Monday thereafter and maybe a trip running from the first day of winter Thursday December 21st through Christmas Eve on the 24th weather dependent.

Good morning on this Veterans Day Observed! 🪖🇺🇸🎖️⚔️Mostly cloudy and 40 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south-southwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Kind of a dark morning. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 10 pm. ☃️

Up at 5 AM today like usual for breakfast, 🥘 which was the usual pan of eggs and the fixings. I should do pancakes again soon but I’ve not really been into sweet lately for breakfast. I’ll eat plenty of fruit through the day so I’m not worried on that. 🍏 I actually fried up some apples, bananas and cinnamon with honey last night. I am still so in love with the high temperature avocado oil 🥑 which you can use a ton of heat with without risking the oil burning or starting to break down. 500 degree flash point is probably hotter then  my stove burner can get.

Rather then do a morning walk today, I am thinking of going out for a bike ride to Voorheesville. 🚲 Not going to be a real nice day, lot of clouds. But I want to get some exercise, and then maybe go down to the library to work on some various projects. 📚 I do need to be careful how much riding I do today as my carpal tunnel I think I’m developing in my hands 🙌 is bothering me as I have very little feeling in my pinky finger this morning. 🧤 I really do need to think about getting riding gloves. Going to get dark fairly early, as it’s a cloudy day ☁️ and it’s November. I guess I’m not missing much by staying in town this weekend.

Today will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 52 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. Southwest wind 6 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 72 was set in 1931. 3.2 inches of snow fell back in 1987.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:40 am with sun having an altitude of 30.3° from the due south horizon (-40.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 10.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:58 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (240°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (247°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:39 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 9 seconds with dusk around 5:08 pm, which is one minute and 4 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:43 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 50 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. Tomorrow will have 9 hours and 58 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 18 seconds over today.

Today I want to get get the storm windows 🪟 back in on my apartment, use some insulating tape to fix any air leaks around the door and also get out my electric blanket. Not expecting real cold weather this week but those days are going to be here before you know it and at some point I’ll want to turn the heat back on.  Then do a bunch of cleaning around, especially in the bathroom. 🚽 It seems like my toilet gets a lot dirtier quicker with all that fiber I’m eating 🥦 with my healthy eating habits.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌃 , with a low of 36 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 2nd. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming southwest in the evening. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 48 degrees. The record low of 15 occurred back in 1956.

I am thinking soup this evening. Maybe with chicken 🐔 or tuna fish, 🐠  I have cans of both. Plus then I can use up the fresh broccoli and spinach in my fridge before it goes bad, along with with the carrots I have, some pasta, and then start digging into some of the frozen vegetables. Plus obviously some diced onions and who knows what else. 🍲 It’s a great way to warm up at the end of day, and it uses up a lot in the fridge. I’m thinking about going shopping tomorrow, though I’m trying to cut expenses over the next few day. 💸

Veterans Day will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 46 degrees at 1pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 23rd. Northwest wind around 11 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 2002. 3.0 inches of snow fell back in 1906.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, sunny with a high near 43. ☀ Kind of a chilly day. It would have been cold in Vermont — only talking 32 degrees. But it’s fine, I don’t want to be up there during hunting season, interfering with people looking for their deer. 🦌 Typical average high for the weekend is 51 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ when the sun will be setting at 4:27 pm with dusk at 4:57 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 49 and 24 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 46 degrees. We hit a record high of 70 back in 2014.