See I slept in a bit before filling the top of the stove up with various pots and pans cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner. It involved some ginger but also much turmeric and veggies plus eggs, rice and beans. Plus chickpeas for hummus, some baking for wraps and coffee so I could keep pissing my life away. And now I’m out walking.

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Partly cloudy ⛅ and 49 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a north-northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear around 11 am.

Second gear ⚙ of the week. Things went pretty smoothly on the first day of the week. But as some who owns a truck with a 4L60E tranny, it’s the 2-3 gear shift you got to watch. It’s the one with the big clunk at times. But so far I’m feeling great. I’m doing my best to stay away from the days of six NNNNNNs like all Silverados get eventually with the . Those days will come eventually but got to enjoy life in the meantime. Do what you can when you still can. Big Red is humming along well, as am I but I know that day will come someday as occasionally I get rough 2-3rd shift. But my truck has 105k on it and it’s hitting 12 years old in less then a month with 35 inch tires and getting beat on rough roads on hills. That said, I’ve been thinking a bit more about Taco’ trucks and 3/4rd ton. 🛻 Not sure if I’ll go bigger or smaller, but probably less fancy with a regular cab unless I go with a Taco’ truck then I’ll want the space. 🛞 I think though it will be good for at least one more winter, and should be good for vacation in a few weeks. 😀

Today will be partly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny 🌥 👉 ☀ , with a high of 67 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 3rd. Maximum dew point of 51 at 10am. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east in the afternoon. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 71 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 2017.

So I have that hummus to make up 🥣 with the chickpeas boiling up on the stove and getting silky soft and then pack lunch 🎒 take a shower 🚿 and then ride to work. 🚲 Gears have been greased and adjusted and ready for the week. I am going to add to the hummus jalapeño and tomato topping, 🍅 after saying my parents wouldn’t have any tomatoes they did. But they did, and I lucked out and it was good. That made me so happy, as I thought the fresh tomato season was almost done. I figure maybe a few more weeks at farm markets or Shauls for tomatoes, but soon it will be grocery store tomatoes or even canned tomatoes. 🥫

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:48 pm with sun having an altitude of 46.2° from the due south horizon (-24.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 5.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:11 pm with the sun in the west (263°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (269°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:48 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 53 seconds with dusk around 7:14 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the southeast (126°) at an altitude of 14° from the horizon, 226,292 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:49 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 64 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a east breeze at 6 mph. Tomorrow will have 11 hours and 59 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over today.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌃 , with a low of 43 degrees at 6am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 9th. Light and variable wind. In 2022, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 50 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1947.

I am continuing to play with advertising positioning on the blog 📺 which I know is annoying, and I hate it but I want to work it into the blog where I can make some revenue, cover my costs, without being too obnoxious. Most of the products are pretty scammy, but do check out their websites if they have products that interest you so I can get the half of penny or so. My goal is to make about $2 a day on advertising, which isn’t a lot of money, but will mean that I get a $100 check after taxes every two months or so to cover the cost of the blog, and maybe even inspire me to create some new maps and interesting content.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Maximum dew point of 57 at 11am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 75. Maximum dew point of 58 at 12pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 68 degrees. I really should plan on going somewhere fun this weekend!

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Halloween 🎃 when the sun will be setting at 5:51 pm with dusk at 6:19 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 64 and 37 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 56 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 2019.