Good early morning GH. It is just past 4:00 a.m. in "The City," and the current temperature is 11° according to two sources that I consulted. Indoors, the temperature is 69° on the digital readout in the Weather Office. Best of all, the view out the Weather Window is dark and clear. That means that no snow is in the forecast. Not to worry, we have enough. The current forecast from the Weather Channel™ is for temperatures to continue to rise to 40° by Friday. Then we drop down to 30° on Saturday and Sunday. However, we return back to 35° on Monday. Mary told me the other day, that in Muskegon, they have multiple inches of snow on the ground this late in March for the first time in recorded history.

As promised, I have some pictures that I'll share later. These pictures are from the winter snow chronology that I am keeping. While they don't look all that much different from earlier ones, they do show the piles that existed as of Tuesday and that are hopefully gone by April.

Wednesday, Mary decided to join me at the doctor's office and I am glad that she did. Like many people, when I go to the doctor, I don't ask the questions that I should. In this case, with her help, I got the answers that I needed, though not necessarily those I wanted. A true mixed bag. Yes, aches are normal for about a year. Yes, another month and I can slowly increase my lifting limit to fifteen pounds and then gradually increase it from there. Yes, I have been using my left arm to compensate for my weaker right arm, so it is not surprising that it too is aching. Yes, healing is progressing as expected. Be patient.

I had that P/T appointment scheduled for 4:00 p.m. too, but I rescheduled it for Friday, as we were done at the doctor's office earlier than expected. That gave us time to go to an antique store that we haven't visited for awhile. We got a few inexpensive things, one of which Mary spotted and which I'll share a picture of at the very end. Mary, as is often the case, got a small cookbook. I'll let her tell you about it in her blog.

Once done antiquing, we headed for home, with a stop at the Post to see the folks there. We watched a program on TV that told Mary what she already knew. It was about only buying organic vegetables, especially potatoes, using things that only come in glass jars, and avoiding dairy products that have hormones in them. If you need more information, maybe Mary will share with you in her blog.

Time to head for home where we ordered and ate delivered food. Then I was ready for bed. I'm up now because of that achy shoulder, but I'll be ready for bed again soon. Mary stayed up later than me, but when she came to bed, she slept like I usually don't. I should mention another question that we asked the doctor. Yes, it is normal for a shoulder to pull on healing ligaments when lying in bed, and that produces the ache. Surprise.

Sunrise will be at 7:11 a.m., and sunset at 6:35 p.m. Now for those promised pictures.

The piles in front are taller than the porch railing.

This is the cut out that our snow removal service made for the trash can.

New snow covers the old, but you can't hide the piles.

The deck pile that has resulted from the snow this year. 

So much snow, that the trees are buried.

The pile in the back continues to grow.

Nowhere else to pile the driveway snow.

That trinket that Mary spotted. Those who know me, know why.