Good early morning GH. It is just past 3:00 AM in "The City," and the current temperature is 16° as we head down to our low of 13° before we head back up to a high of 17°. Like most days lately, we have partly cloudy skies and a wind chill of 10°. There appears to be a chance that our temperatures will make it into the lower 30s late next week. That's before we plunge back into the teens or lower. Winter is a challenge this year.

I got up to watch a train go by at 2:30 AM. The usual twin locomotives and an assortment of box cars, covered hopper cars, white tank cars, and those dreaded black tank cars. I'd say that they glided silently by, but the train tracks make that impossible given the number of joints. It is unusual to see a train on Fridays, but it does happen. A good sign for the economy. I must have missed the southbound run, as this train was headed back north.

Friday we made it to the P/T appointment, and while I was there, Mary was ever the busy bee. She made it to the local grocery, downtown to the bakery, back home to put things away, and then back to the hospital to pick me up. I would have made it to the grocery and that would have taken me a long time. I tend to wander without focus.

We stopped at the Post for a few quick ones, and then went to the best pizza place in West Michigan. Adam and Steph have been there, and they know how good the pizza is. Your choices for toppings are limited to cheese, pepperoni, green  peppers, sausage, mushrooms, and anchovies or any combination thereof. They started here in town 50 years ago, and now have other locations throughout the area. They only serve pizza, and that means that they do it well. Paper plates and napkins round out the experience. On a Friday, you have to get there early to get a seat at this place. There is another place in town that comes recommended, but I don't think they are as good. But then, pizza is a personal preference kind of meal.

Afterwards, we came home, I watched the evening news and a couple of game shows. Mary did some emailing, and by then, I was ready to sleep. So, I changed, fell into the bed and with Mary close behind and Sugar the Weather Dog alongside the bed, I was out.

Now I am up to await the OTC pain killer to work and then I can return to finish my rest. I may or may not get up for the local auto discussion show. If I do, it will be an accidental listen. After that, off to the Post for that celebration of life I mentioned yesterday. Afterwards, we are going downtown for the annual "Frozen in Time" exhibition. Local drama students and adults sit in the windows of local merchants, frozen in time, for two hours. Living mannequins best describes "Frozen in Time." It is another in the series of things that the local merchants do to entice people into the downtown area during the winter.

Otherwise, not much on tap for Saturday. Mary has work to do and I have more book to read. I should mention that my P/T appointment went well. I am making progress and that is the goal. A few more weeks and I should be mostly recovered, I hope.

Sunrises today will be at 7:52 AM and sunset at 6:04 PM. Tea time will be after the Sun rises. Enough for now. Ciao.

Once again, best wishes to Barb in her recovery. I know she is a fighter, so if she listens to the doctors, she will do fine.