Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:30 a.m. in "This City." A current temperature of 51° will lead to reaching today's high of 65° by about 1:00 p.m. That 51° is the lowest we are expected to go this morning. Unfortunately, the forecast calls for a 60% chance of showers accompanied by possible T-storms. I know a certain weather dog who will not be happy.

Speaking of STWD, she is asleep on the bed. She has been more comfortable every day, so here's hoping. She has to go to her local doctor on Thursday morning. The pills she has left to ingest are antihistamines for her allergies. One of the side effects of those pills is lethargy, and the intrepid one has that in abundance. Her morning walks are always a challenge lately. Yesterday, something spooked her and sh wouldn't leave Mary's side in the kitchen. Unfortunately, since Sugar is our "Little Big Dog" i.e., a big do on short legs, she can easily trip Mary, however unintentionally.

We made it out to to the store yesterday after a short stop at the public library in Gulf Breeze. Fortunately, we understand that the local school libraries are well equipped to serve students, because the public library leaves something to be desired as a research location. Those stops were uneventful, and we followed up with a trip eastward along the southern coast of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. The scenery is beautiful. Finally a stop at the local watering hole and then home to hunker down for a few days to stay in and avoid the showers.

We'll go out later today with STWD, but that will be a short walk, depending on the precipitation.

Worthy of note, is that locally, we have seen gasoline prices as low as $1.75/gallon.

Today, we have plans to lie in bed until 11:00 a.m. Then, Mary has to chat, help me navigate my harmonica lesson site, and do more knitting. I'll work more crosswords, and read along with the aforementioned harmonica lessons. I believe that Mary's interest in The X-Files has been piqued or rekindled once again. I never got into that program. I'm not sure, but I believe that there is another episode on tonight. If that conflicts with my plans, I'll watch NCIS upstairs. I also did that last night for another show.

Otherwise, that's enough for one day. The sun will rise at 6:42 a.m. and set at 5:19 p.m. Once again, the sun will give way to that waning gibbous moon. Ciao.