Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:30 a.m. in "This City."

As forecast, the rains came yesterday. About 4:00 p.m., they began. They ended just a short time ago. Today, the skies will be partly cloudy, but the chance of precipitation has been reduced to zero. The forecast for the high temperature calls for 66°. It should be a great day for a planned trip to the big city of Pensacola. More on that later. Tomorrow, the high temperature is expected to be 69°, but there are still T-storms in the forecast. STWD will not be happy.

Yesterday, we took time to do that batch cooking that I mentioned in the previous edition of this blog. The vegan ham turned out great, but the 13 bean soup became refried beans. We don't know what went wrong. The ham tasted great and the soup will become taco filling I guess. Mary also tried a new recipe for vegan cottage cheese. While it would not fool anyone as to its consistency, the taste is great. She's already planning a change to improve its consistency. Vegan cooking is an evolving science, especially for Mary. She always says that recipes are suggestions, not absolutes, except when you are baking.

We took a trip across the bridge to get some supplies at the local grocery, and that trip went fine. In the middle of the day we avoided the school dismissal time and its associated traffic. Somewhere in there, Mary made baked barbecue tofu using the barbecue sauce that she and I love. It is her own modified vegan recipe, and it makes everything taste better.

I read the local newspaper and did one of the crosswords. Since we had time, we journeyed to our current favorite watering hole for an adult libation or two. That was accompanied by some zucchini as an appetizer. While there, we learned of a vegan dive bar in Pensacola that was recommended by the bartender, so while we are in Pensacola later today, we plan to try that out too That will go along with our purported reason for the trip, a visit to the T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum to see an exhibit about Apron Strings: Ties to the Past. An odd title, but the exhibit is about the apron's role from the early 1900s to the present day, and it includes information about crafts. That exhibit ends today.

Otherwise, that's about all we have planned for today. The sun will rise in the sky at 6:46 a.m. and set at 5:04 p.m. Ciao.