Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:00 a.m. in "This City." By way of information, I got up about 40 minutes ago, and the internet access was out, So much for the true effectiveness of the visit by the technician. It could be like the internet at home, where it goes out in the wee hours of the a.m., only to return without rhyme nor reason. Or, it could be some other totally logical cause entirely. Like I've often seen/heard on television programs, "That's above my pay grade."

At any rate, the current temperature locally is 61°, and it feels like 61°. There will be a few days of the mid 50s later this week, but as February rolls on, the weather will only get warmer. Later today, after 1:00 p.m., the cloudy skies will begin to yield light rain that will get heavier as the afternoon progresses. The temperature will increase to about 67°. There is also a chance of T-storms to go with the warning of riptides. Sugar the Weather Dog will let us know if and when the T-storms are coming. We'll get her out for a nice long walk before that.

In GH, the forecast calls for a high today of 20° with a significant chance of an additional five - eight inches of snow. A current temperature of 22° feels like 11°. Not to worry about riptides though, the "Big Lake" is not very conducive to anyone but the strongest or hardiest swimmers or surfers.

Yesterday, Mary and I watched a little bit of news on the TV after walking with the intrepid weather dog. It wasn't the longest walk, and so Sugar didn't want to yield her position by the door when Mary and I were ready for our "regular" trip to the big city of Pensacola. However, she being smaller than we, our plans won out. A nice trip to the farmer's market, a stop at the health food store to join the other "free range shoppers", and then a stop at a local place in Pensacola for a vegetable pizza. This one was good, but maybe not as good as the previous place we visited in the past. A toss up perhaps.

Then it was time for home and a stop at the local favorite watering hole. A sandwich for supper, a rousing game of Yahtzee™, and it was time for bed. Do I feel old? Probably, but as I've remarked in the past, I am old, or at least older. Mary has much more energy than me. Maybe that's because she's younger.

Today, the morning walk will lead to some food preparation, TV watching, waiting for the annual commercial extravaganza called the Superbowl™, and indulging ourselves with some recipes we want to try. Mary has some work to do, but it shouldn't take her too long.

The sun will rise at 6:39 a.m. and set at 5:24 p.m., shortly before kickoff. Ciao.