AstronomyEnjoyer

91.9/72.9° on the PWS already, ugh.

Highest temp here so far is 92.7F. Let's see how high we can go!

No AC gang here. Rise up to the challenge! Strategic window work! Get them double hungs up and in position overnight! Close at peak indoor coolness!

Any forestry mensuration enthusiasts in here? I went across the river on family land to neighbor's property - cross the river - very rural (I snooped, don't tell!), and found the biggest Bigtooth Aspen I've ever seen. Not old growth, but (I think?) fairly old second growth - single stem exceeds 30" in diameter at breast height in forest that has much bigger single stem White Pines, and, to be frank, I I think it's over 120ft in height, but I can't confirm that, don't own the optical gear. I feel like that's pretty f'ing large for that species? Or no?

Nothing is right with our piss-poor radar coverage. Those WSR 88-D's suck beyond all belief. I could go to Ukraine and buy a digitized Tall-King that would blow the pants off the nonsense we have now. Cheap as shit, too.

I only got a few sprinkles and rumbles out of that

86.7°/67.2°. Sort of knocking on the upper limit of what I would consider a nice day here. May have slapped "cost of central AC install" into Google earlier. Can neither confirm nor deny.

Fine! Still chipping away.

Same crew is now trying to cell me cookies!

Topped out at 90.1° on the PWS today, wheee!

Was already above 80° here at around 11am. High of 88.0° but it has since cooled off a little. Been outside all day and soaked through with sweat.

I ask myself why I'm confused all the time. I used to be regarded as smart.

Mama bear and her three little shits went to investigate the backyard tent disaster this evening.

Not sure most NYC folks even know they can move outside the city. Everywhere else is mud huts, hunting and gathering, and striking two rocks together to create fire.

Did a little editing to the raw file of this one in an attempt to cut through some of the haze and light pollution.

Here is a live video I took. Gives you an idea of how fast the patterns can change. This is at 4 frames a second, hence the jumpiness.

Rods vs. cones in the eyes. Human vision in low light is mostly black and white.

Nice shot from the yard.

Ah, can see it through the clouds easily. Go away clouds!

First mow of the season today. Bit of a dandelion massacre.

Drab day here. 0.36" from that first push of rain this morning. Since then it has been around 50° with no hint of sun. Couldn't even get a hint of far off thunder.

Stunning day, topped out at 75.9°! Explosion of green has commenced in my neck of the woods. Had a little explosion of red earlier this afternoon too, when I decided to put a little of my left hand in the path of a framing nailer. Didn't catch bone though, so all good. Only took about 5000 nails into the project to manage that for the first time. Don't recommend.

Don't have to worry about install if you've got nothing to install in the first place! Topped out at 62.2° today. 'Nother nice one. Lawn will need its first mow in the next couple days.

That's just the shed - actual garage is way worse, haha.

Fair amount of cloud cover, but lower 60's and pretty nice. Blossoms, barns, and a lawnmower that will need to be fired up for the first time this season.