Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:00 a.m. in "This City."

A current temperature of 51 rainy degrees will slowly fall to an overnight low of 36° before we return to those thrilling highs of the recent past and 55°. I'm not sure if rain was in the forecast, but nonetheless, it is here until later this morning.

Yesterday for our trip to Pensacola, the sun was shining, there were but a few clouds in the sky, and the temperature reached it's 73° high by early afternoon. That allowed us to leave our fleeces in the car after we had walked through the Palafox Market. After a short stop at what we have dubbed the PB Healthfood store, we returned to walk the mean streets of Pensacola and stop in at a place called Hopjacks for a terrific veggie pizza with red sauce and numerous vegetables, including roasted garlic.

When we got home, I was able to don my summer uniform and sit on the deck for a few hours reading. Mary was happily working in the kitchen with the windows open. STWD was there to provide her able assistance in her role as STSD. It never ceases to amaze both Mary and me how much Sugar likes the hot sauce used to make the roasted chickpeas that I like for snacks.

Dinner was tacos made with rice and TVP, that's textured vegetable protein, for those not in the know. Somewhere in there, Mary made the aforementioned chickpeas and baked a squash for the intrepid one's breakfast enjoyment. My assistance was required for the squash to remove the pulp from the skin.

We sat down to dinner, and then started to watch the Hallmark Channel romance lineup after e brief foray into the NFL world. As a true Bears fan, I was happy to hear the the Packers lost to the Cardinals in overtime after a disputed coin flip. While neither the Lions nor the Bears are in the playoffs, the Pack being eliminated is the next best thing.

Today we'll take the regular morning walk with STWD and then settle in for a quiet day, I hope. Mary is trying valiantly to get her latest knitting project on the needles, while I am endeavoring to get back to doing nothing. I have a few chores to do, but that's a regular activity for me.

I finished a book yesterday by John Grisham that became formulaic after a while. I hope to start another later today.

I took a few pictures yesterday and so I'll include them after I sign off. The sun will rise at 6:45 a.m. and set at 5:12 p.m. Ciao.

Hailing as we do from "Coast Guard City USA, I had to include this Pensacola tribute to the Coasties.

A slight amendment, Mary took this picture of yours truly on the deck.

An ultralight flew past while I was out there.