Good early morning GH. It is just past 1:00 a.m. in "The City." Our current temperature is 27°, under dark skies, which is the highest that it will get today. Partly cloudy skies are part of the forecast for today, but precipitation is not. In fact, there is no precipitation in the long range forecast for the next 10 days  We have more than enough snow to keep us wet for the foreseeable future.

Friday Mary and I didn't get up until late. Mary made burgers from a new recipe for brunch, which breakfast became due to the late hour. The flavor was excellent, but we have to find a way to make the burgers stick together better. Alterations often have to be made as you learn a new recipe. Sugar the Sous Dog and I were a big help to her. Sugar was there to catch the fallout from Mary's efforts and I helped by reading our book. Later I cleaned up. Mary said that it looked like she had made macaroni and cheese. That's an inside joke around here. I don't mind the cleanup, because you can always see the results of your efforts.

Later I cleared the snow from the deck and spread some salt. I also did my floor cleaning and that only took a few minutes. One thing I couldn't do was clear the ice from the shared driveway. Too thick and too cold. Spring will be here soon. Right?

Otherwise about all I accomplished was to change the nose pieces on my glasses. I got the replacement pieces a while back, but like often happens, the ones I used as a substitute were working, so why fix them? They stopped working, that's why. I remembered why I didn't do it sooner. When you have to wear glasses as I do now, it is hard to see to repair your existing glasses. Fortunately I had an old pair that served in their stead. Since I was at it, I changed the nose pieces on those too. All of my activity allowed me to donate two older pair of glasses to a local charity that collects glasses for people who don't have glasses. I feel better about that.

I repaired the analog weather instruments outside the Weather Office on Thursday. I had to reach out the Weather Window to do it, so I had to wait for a somewhat warmer day. The digital weather instruments, located indoors, continued to work throughout the emergency outage. I am back in the forecasting business.

Looks like that's about it for now. Sunrise will be at 7:33 a.m., just before...Tea time. Sunset will be at 6:21 p.m. The days are getting longer. The boys in blue are still offering reasons for hope too. The standard baseball lingo is being offered. I have to do what I do. I have to have a breakout year, etc. At least there's next year. Ciao