Good afternoon GH. It is 4:00 p.m. in "The City", a rainy, dreary, wintry looking city.

I got a late start on this blog, because Mary and I were up until nearly 2:00 a.m. this morning, putting the finishing touches on the latest indexing project. It went out at about 1:20 a.m. Is it done? Not likely, because the author will probably be making changes. Be that as it may, I was exhausted.

I took the morning safari this morning with the intrepid weather dog. It wasn't raining at the time, so we enjoyed our little sojourn. Mary had some additional work to get out, so Sugar and I were on our own. Prior to that, Mary made pancakes that tasted delicious. When we returned from our outing, I was basically like a zombie. No energy and of single minded purpose. I placed a few pieces in my jigsaw puzzle, and then when I came upstairs, I was pressed into service to do some additional highlighting on the next project. Oh well, less pages in my future.

At 11:10 a.m., the southbound train appeared. Locomotives 2057 and 2019 were plying the rails to parts south of here. In tow were two BCs, six CHCs, then two DBTCs, that were followed by one rusty DBTC, then six additional rusty CHCs, with four DWTCs two GTCs, and then various DBTCs were bringing up the rear. One of those cars seemed tiny when compared to the others. It was probably laden with the most dangerous liquid.

After a nice lunch, I gathered up the trash and the recycling for future carriage to the curb. At 2:32 p.m., the locomotives reappeared heading north, oddly in the same order as before. In their wake were five CHCs, one DBTC, and four GTCs.

I have no plans beyond the moment. The sun rose at 7:57 a.m., and it will set this evening at 5:10 p.m. The rainy conditions are expected to continue until late this evening and then clear out overnight. A current temperature of 38° gives lie to the prediction of today's high of 41°. Fortunately for Sugar, no T-storms are in the forecast. Ciao.