Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 5:30 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is 25° under cloudy-skies. Today's high is forecast to reach only 31°. The sun will rise today @ 7:34 a.m. and set later @ 5:23 p.m.

A Gale Warning will be in effect during the hours of 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. today. Winds may be gusting to 35 knots. However, waves will only get as high as 4 - 7 feet.

Of course, what would a Gale Warning be without another Lakeshore Flood Warning, also in effect 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. today. That indicates that those Gale Force Winds will cause further erosion along the lake-shore.

Yesterday was a good day to stay in, and so we did. I had to go out and clear the deck so that the fur-children could get to their outdoor area, but that was the extent of my activities. Later, our snow-removal service came by and did the major cleanup and the front porch of the manse.

Since the snow was piling up outside, I took some pix through the windows and the front-door. Here are some for my regular readers in Illinois and Florida.

We don't remember people using this technique in Illinois. Maybe we just forgot that you can put your wipers up and not have to de-ice them in a cold parking lot. People here in MI almost always do this.

I was going to plant spring bulbs out there.

The city plows made a quick pass in the early a.m.

Oddly, the sun came out for a few, brief, shining moments.

Same here.

Room for the fur-children to roam.

I did no more than was essential.

To get down the stairs and back.

This afternoon, Mary is off to the library for her weekly volunteer stint in the genealogy room and I will be here, doing something that either amuses me or which gives me a chance to expand on yesterday's activities in the man-cave. Yesterday, I repainted a canvas, nearly completed some display items for our Christmas decorations, and traced the basic shapes on some wood for the newest ornaments for our tree. I have to add some wood burning and colors, but they should be great.

That looks like enough for one day. Ciao.