Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 12:30 a.m. in "The City."  The NWS is forecasting a high for today of 47° after the current temperature of 45° that feels like 40° gives way to the rise of the sun at 7:59 a.m. As the day unfolds, we are expecting showers in the morning and then the skies may or may not clear again until Wednesday. For the foreseeable future, the temperatures are not expected to rise out of the mid 40° range and showers will be with us for most of that period. In short, this is a typical MI spring.

Yesterday we walked STWD and then we stayed in for a while. Our plans to go to the library to see the group GOTAK were realized. They are a group of orchestra students from Grand Haven HIgh School who meet once per week for rehearsals and then they play their own brand of Celtic/Irish music at school concerts and around the GH area. The group formed in 2005, and currently has many freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors in its composition, Suffice it to say that their singing and playing were terrific. Below is a picture of the group that performed before a full house at the library.

GOTAK in performance.

Prior to that, Mary spent quality time in her kitchen, preparing vegan bacon to go with the cornmeal waffles. It didn't take long, but the results both tasted great. Here are some pictures of her efforts,

The finished product.

The bacon on the griddle.

The bacon as it marinated in the special flavorings that Mary prepared. 

After the concert, we traveled to the big box everything store to replenish our larders. Hopefully, we won't have to do that again anytime soon.

By the time we got home, it was time for the intrepid one to have her dinner. In her role as STSD, she taste tested Mary's efforts throughout the day, but she still wanted her dinner.

Our dinner consisted of celery with vegan blue cheese dressing, the remaining baguette, some vegan ham, and Mary's own interpretation of buffalo cauliflower with more blue cheese dressing. I liked them all.

Today after the morning safari with STWD, I have a haircut scheduled and Mary has an appointment at the Chiropractor. Other than that, we have nothing on the agenda. The sun will set at 7:51 p.m. Ciao.