Good early morning GH. Had a great day on Thursday. Took an early afternoon walk with Mary and Sugar, finished my indoor housework, and then worked on my crossword puzzle for awhile. I didn't get in any guitar time, but that may not be all bad, because I have been playing so much lately, that my fingers are a bit sore. On Saturday, I'll hopefully journeying to the library to join in the St. Patrick's Day jam, and that is always fun. It may depend on the snow that has been predicted, but that shouldn't be a real problem.

Speaking of the weather, the view out the Weather Window is on the dark side. Not surprising, since it is closing on 4:00 AM. Currently, the desktop temperature is showing 36 degrees, with an anticipated high of 38. Saturday, they are predicting snow showers, with only a small amount of accumulation, less than one inch, but the expected high will be 31 degrees. That may make me walk more briskly. Looks like the Sun won't be shining much until the end of this coming week. That's after the actual start of spring on Wednesday.

Sugar the Weather Dog is sleeping next to the bed, and is doing her best to stay out of the way. I brushed her twice yesterday, in order to hold down the amount of shedding that she leaves behind. I like to think she feels bad about the shedding, or at least the brushing that goes with it, but she can't help it and for me, that's a small price to pay for having her in our lives.

A Mid-Michigan train just went through, and of course, they are required by law to blow their horns at every grade level crossing. Two locomotives can generate a lot of noise, so if people don't notice them at 3:00 or 4:00 AM in the night time, then they are blind and deaf. Oh well, it is what it is.

Adam and Steph will soon be off for a vacation and as Adam says, since they have been to this location many times, they don't have to sight see, they can just sit back and relax and read car magazines or whatever strikes their fancy. Hopefully, Adam's bum back will benefit from the sunshine.

By this time, Steph will need to relax from the frenetic pace of her new job. I can identify with that. As a former teacher, the daily pace is more of a grind than people know. It takes awhile to relax sometimes. Of course, with Spring Break coming up, the delays caused by security screening may be longer. Especially now that they will be allowing people to carry on small knives with a very specific blade dimension. Of course, they will also be allowing hockey sticks and golf clubs too. As we know from watching hockey games, there is a penalty for high sticking because of the damage that a stick can do, but try to carry on an amount of liquid that is too big, and the wrath of the security people will be upon you. Go figure.

I was sad to hear that Up w/ Chris Hayes will be ending it's weekend run soon. Now the cups that Mary and  have for our weekend mornings are collectors items. And pity the poor pastry plate, it may now become homeless.

When Mary and I walked downtown, she found a very nice wooden salad bowl and utensils that she just had to have. I agree, it is way cool, but now I can't get it wet, just like the characters in Gremlins.

Mary has to work today, and I have to take another crack at programming the thermostat. I won't spend a lot of time on that, I can assure you. I will spend some time reading and playing guitar, and all of those things you know I love to do. Sorry John Denver, I had to use your lyric.

So, until it is once again...Tea time, I'll be saying Ciao, or Au Revoir, or just later.