Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is shortly after 4:00 a.m. in "This City." A current temperature of 49° about three hours before sunrise at 6:41 a.m., will give way to today's high of 55°. In addition, instead of snow, there are weather alerts for dangerous swimming conditions due to riptides. We get some similar conditions in the "Big Lake" in GH. Speaking of GH, the high temperature today will be 26° as they come off of a current temperature of 11°.

Mary went for a solo walk yesterday afternoon, because Sugar the Weather Dog was being overly needy when I was trying to get in some time with Abaigeal. She would not take no for an answer, so I took her for a very short walk. That left Mary to leave both of us behind and take a walk to the beach. However, the winds were so strong, that they literally took her breath away. The flag on the house across the street was standing straight out and the waters of Mother Ocean were being whipped into a froth.

I did get my garbanzo bean omelette for breakfast yesterday. Where I can cook if I follow a recipe to the letter, Mary, who is much more at home in the kitchen than I, can modify and adapt a recipe to ingredients on hand. She feels that the person who wrote the recipe for this version of the omelet wasn't a cook, but a mathematician. All the ingredients are present, but the order of mixing and the amounts seem suspect to her trained eye. She plans to look for another recipe. I've helped with that part of the plan.

I had no plans to go out yesterday, but I had forgotten that we found an advertisement in the newspaper last week for a concert at the Gadsden Street Methodist Church in Pensacola. The band Sweet Prospect, consisting of two women and two men, played music from Ireland, England, Scotland, and the U.S. They featured instruments such as: hammered dulcimers, mountain zithers, rhythm instruments like the Irish Bodhran, and my personal favorite, an Ovation six string guitar, similar to my own.

I recognized some of the tunes, while others were new to me. The setting was great, the people friendly, and the band excellent. Only one vocal was performed by this primarily acoustic/instrumental ensemble.

Otherwise, we came home after exploring a bit of Pensacola and watched some TV. I made popcorn as an accompaniment, and had an adult beverage to go with it.


We plan to walk with the intrepid weather dog, on our schedule, not hers, and I'll accompany Mary when she goes to get her latest project printed out nearby. Then she'll go to the grocery store while I get my beard trimmed to a more tamed condition nearby.

Today, the sun will set at 5:19 p,m. and then we'll settle in for some games, guitar, and TV. What's not to like?  Ciao.