Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:00 a.m. in "This City." The NWS (National Weather Service) via Weather.Com, is showing the current temperature as 64°, the expected low for tonight. Later today, 69° is expected under mostly cloudy skies. Yesterday the high reached a zenith of 72° once the sun broke through the hazy skies.

Today, that same sun will rise at 6:41 a.m. and set at 5:25 p.m. We are still expecting 70 degrees on Tuesday, with T-storms a strong possibility most of the day. As I've often said, "STWD will not be happy." Wednesday, no T-storms in the forecast, but a 90% chance of showers all day is the expectation. The NWS is forecasting winds of 10 - 12 mph for both days. Plus, the chance of rain totaling one inch or more is possible on Wednesday.

Yesterday, we did a lot of walking, both on the sidewalks and on the beach. Shifting sands are much more taxing than the concrete of the sidewalks. At Mary's suggestion, I spent the day in my summer uniform, and only changed into longer pants late in the afternoon. Lots of deck time, lots of reading and lots of relaxing. What's not to like?

I almost forgot to mention that I watched the TV presentation of Grease last night. Three hours was a tad long, but I couldn't resist watching a live performance. I liked it, but Mary felt that it was too much like high school. She also couldn't quite understand why a musical set in the late 1950s would have any interest to millennials. Once I told her that the interest for them was the performers, she understood. Me, I always like music and live performances.

Today, we'll be walking with the intrepid weather dog, and then we need to travel to Pensacola to visit the library for some materials that Mary needs. I don't have to go, but I would like to see the library, so odds are that I will go along for the ride. Other than that, I have no plans.

Tuesday, is Groundhog's Day. Punxsutawney Phil and numerous other groundhogs across the U.S., Canada, and perhaps much of the western world will be trotted out to see their shadows, or not. If it is a sunny day, legend has it that six more weeks of winter can be expected. Of course last year, the groundhog in Sun Prairie, WI missed again. He has only been right 39% of the time since the 1940s.

This year, Sun Prairie has no groundhog, so they are borrowing one. Last year, the groundhog bit the ear of the town's mayor and then chewed his way out of his cage sometime afterward and escaped. Regulations make acquiring a new groundhog very difficult. I think those regulations are a good idea. At any rate, six more weeks of winter are not unusual, so....

That looks like enough for another day. Ciao.