Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

Yes, my loyal readers, I have been incognito for a day. Somehow after the late night that I had on Tuesday/Wednesday, I just didn't have the energy to write. I may have limited energy today too, but that remains to be seen.

Yesterday was a pleasant day here on the PE. I gathered some leaves as Mary worked indoors on some computer type things. I found time to do some small painting projects too, but that's another story.

We took the morning safari, but I didn't get very far because something spooked STWD and she turned tail, literally, and we headed home after her morning business was accomplished. She couldn't get home to her hide-e-hole fast enough to satisfy her needs. I'll never know what is going on with her some days.

Mary and Ginger continued blithely on their way to the newspaper box and returned home some time later with the latest edition of the Grand Haven Tribune. I was in the man-cave when the morning run of locomotives 2019 and 2057 rolled through on the RSTL, so I had to rely on my apprentice trainspotter for the needed spot information. She did her best, but she still has a lot to learn before she earns her journeyman's card.

At any rate, I was able to decipher her efforts to learn that locomotives 2019 and 2057 passed by heading south at about 10:45 a.m. In tow, they had five CHCs, 14 DBTCs, two brown tank cars, probably just rusty DBTCs, and three DWTCs. I don't know anything about the northbound run as we were in Holland to visit the cookware store and the spice store when that run likely occurred. Holland was a pleasant experience as the weather was nice and the sun was shining.

Speaking of the weather, the current temperature is 52° under clear skies. Later today our high temperature has been forecast to be anywhere between 59° to 62° under sunny skies. The sun will rise this morning @ 7:31 a.m. and set @ 5 25 p.m. Those temperatures are a marked contrast to San Diego, CA, where Adam and Steph are visiting for few days. Their high-temperature yesterday reached 95°! I'll skip that.

Today, I need some reading time after the morning safari. I want to play more with the girls and I have some painting in the man-cave that I need to finish too along with mounting some of the things that I've painted. I'll fit it all in somehow.

Mary has to do some index planning I believe, at least something that is index related. She made contact yesterday with an old client whom she hadn't heard from for several years.

Otherwise, no plans are in the offing. That's fine with me. Frankly, I'm tired of having to do things that are pre-planned. Ciao.