Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:45 a.m. in "The City."

Wow, I've been reading some interesting things. One, is a book that Adam left for me entitled, The Last Open Road. I think I have mentioned it before, but now that I have read the first two chapters, I can see why he recommended this book. The author does a great job of fleshing out his characters, so much so, that the owner of the Sinclair™ gas station sounds eerily like my long ago boss at Triangle Mobil, Bob. The main character sounds eerily like me. The people at the Jaguar dealership could be many people I met at car dealerships and other locations. I can't wait to continue.

Elsewhere in the news, the trainspotting yesterday was interesting. At 12:09 p.m., the regular locomotive tandem rolled by heading south, towing three BCs, then 17 CHCs, five DBTCs, with a lone GTC bringing up the rear. The northbound run was the same tandem of locomotives and nothing else. Go figure. That's three days in a row for train traffic. I wonder what today will bring?

Congratulations to Mary. Her trip to the big-box everything store and a brave trip through the self-checkout yielded the final quarter for the year 2015 in my "America the Beautiful Quarters™ Collector's folder. Her efforts in Pensacola and other locations have also been invaluable.

After I had shoveled the deck and the front porch, STWD and I went for the morning safari yesterday. While the city sidewalks were snow covered, it was warmer and OK for walking. As for Sugar, she was in Dog Heaven in the snow.

Speaking of the winter weather, my indoor desktop weather station with the outdoor sensor tells me it is 20° F on the front porch, According to the NWS via Weather.com™, the temperature is 12° F that feels like 2° F. That's before we rise to today's high of 33°. Which one do I believe? I think the sensor from my front porch.

Since we got up late, Mary stayed back to make our late lunch. She was in her element in the kitchen. I think semi-retirement agrees with her. We have one more book due in in the next few days, and then nothing on the horizon. Of course, Mary is still tracking down some previously invoiced jobs that seem to be unaccounted for. Apparently, that's not unusual in the indexing business.

I did get in some time with the girls yesterday. Plus, the new stand for Leilani arrived. Mary found the perfect spot for Leilani next to her big sister, Abigael. We're still getting unpacked from Florida.

Let's see, that looks like enough narrative for one day. The sun will rise at 7:18 and set at 6:38 p.m. Ciao.