Yes, I do. And I’m doing all my research and trying to do it right to avoid getting screwed or facing too many hitches in the permitting, code and building process. And my list of steps to complete is pushing three digits, but I’m determined to do it right even if it costs real money. But first I’m riding my bike to work, possibly in the rain but duck the bus and shuttle or actually the state pool car as the shuttle got busted up.

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Rain showers pulling off and 40 degrees at Delmar. 🌧️ There is a north breeze at 13 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 28 mph 💨💨💨. I really should close my windows, it’s cold but I like the fresh air. Tonight I got to close them for sure. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 2 am. ☃️

If I live through these weeks of pure insanity it’s going to be so awesome. 🏡 But the list is long and growing in the process of owning my own land and building an off grid home, for the next twenty years of my life or potential the rest of my life. 📃 But it’s a good distraction from the craziness of work. 🤪 I am so serious at work, getting results while trying to be as flexible as possible. A time for embracing, a time to refrain from embracing the Bible says and young Rock and Roller 🎸 made famous 60 years ago.

Today will have a chance of showers before 9am. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 46 degrees at 1pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 18th. North wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth 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 36 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1974. 10.3 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄

I’m riding to work and I’m happy about that. 🚲 ☺ I’m listening to the Byrds on the ride in 🐦 as I need a break from land and property research. 🔎 I mean it can be all consuming at times and I need a break. But I’m going to do it and I’m going to do it right for me. ✊🏼 And if you don’t like it and you think I’m a fool then too bad. 🃏

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:07 pm with sun having an altitude of 42.3° from the due south horizon (-28.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:16 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (258°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (264°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:53 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:20 pm, which is one minute and 12 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:54 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 44 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 13 mph with gusts up to 24mph. Today will have 11 hours and 35 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌃 , with a low of 30 degrees at 5am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 27th. North wind 7 to 11 mph. In 2023, we had light snow in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 26 degrees. The record low of -2 occurred back in 1989.

Back in 1967, Bloody Sunday: a group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. 👮 I’m sure the cops have a different telling of the story. They’d probably call it a riot rather than a peaceful protest, but such things don’t happen in isolation. ✌️ Unfortunately, we’ve done very little on civil rights despite all the ink spilled in writing laws. 📝

Rain this weekend. ☔ No camping for me. 😞 Saturday, a chance of rain after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 47. Southeast wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Sunday, showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 47. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Darn, I was so hoping to get away this weekend. Typical average high for the weekend is 43 degrees.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until First Day of Spring 💮 when the sun will be setting at 7:10 pm with dusk at 7:37 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2023, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 59 and 24 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 47 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 1921.