Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 11:00 p.m. in "The City."

Where shall I begin, to tell the story of how great a...Oops, I was channeling Eric Segal again.  I was just downstairs with Ginger because she asked to go out and do her duty. She performed like the trouper that she is and we returned upstairs after I emptied the dishwasher and washed the stubborn residue from Mary's mushroom casserole. I had asked her to make her famous Spaghetti-Role Casserole for dinner tonight, and as always, it tasted great. I think if I had to choose, other than jellied cranberry sauce from a can that she serves so well, that this would be in my top five of her best recipes. Of course, this is the veganized version of that casserole, but the taste is the same and it is at least somewhat more healthy than the version that she used to make with meat and dairy products.

Otherwise, we didn't do much today. We took the fur-children for an extended walk around the block and then we settled in for a short time before we went out to try and buy a replacement switch for the media room. As it turns out, neither the big-box home center nor our usually can't fail stop at Ace Hardware™ produced any results. Fortunately, the fine folks at Ace™ were able to determine that the switch is still available, they just had no way to order one. Apparently, this switch is a rare breed that isn't readily used or available. So, I ended up ordering one online from the bigger-box sell you anything e-tailer. It should be here early next week.

No change in the status of the spring training dates.

Ginger and I did an unusual bit of trainspotting today. We haven't seen a train pass by on the RSTL on a Friday in a long time. At any rate, EMD GP 38-2 locomotive #2019 passed by heading south @ 9:54 a.m., towing 10 CHCs, 10 DBTCs, two GTCs, and one DWTC. Later, that same locomotive went breezing by at a fast clip towing only two DBTCs and one CHC. I think the engineer was in a hurry to get his weekend started.

It was a tad windy today, but it was not unpleasant. The temperature rose to the expected 38° before dropping to the current temperature of 37°. According to the forecast from the NWS, the high for tomorrow will be 38° under partly cloudy skies and no precipitation is expected. The original forecast for Sunday showed a 30% chance of showers. By Monday, the forecast calls for 100% chance of rain and a high of 39°, not the original 42° as predicted. The long-range forecast calls for the high-temperature next Friday to reach 45°. We shall see.

Tomorrow, I'll be jamming in the afternoon and then returning to my La-Z-Boy for more reading and more relaxing. I also know that she has selected a pattern for a knitting project to use some of the yarn that she discovered at our latest yarn store here in GH. This yarn is made from the wool of an alpaca that is raised locally here in West Olive, MI. When last she checked, the store was out of stock. She can attempt to purchase that yarn while I am jamming.

The sun will rise tomorrow @ 8:10 a.m. and set later @ 5:41 p.m. Ciao.