Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:00 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is 49° under rainy skies. That 49° is today's high  and we will see temperatures dropping throughout the day getting down to the upper 20s by early evening! The rain will continue to fall through out the day, with only sporadic stops at various times. The sun will rise today @ 7:10 a.m. and set later @ 5:12 p.m.

That Storm Watch will be in effect until 11:00 p.m. Thursday. Winds may be gusting to 45 knots and waves may get as high possibly increasing to storm force winds of 50 knots from the west by late morning!

A High Wind Warning will also be in effect from 4:00 a.m. today until 11:00 p.m. Thanksgiving Day!

Of course, the that Lakeshore Flood Watch stays in effect from now until 4:00 a.m. Thursday.

There, a more truncated version of my daily NWS weather report.

Mary dropped me at Ford v Ferrari yesterday afternoon. 2 1/2 hours of viewing, one humongous popcorn and one ginormous cherry-cola later, I was completely sated. I was in the movie with two other gentlemen who bore a strong resemblance to myself. I hope that they enjoyed the movie as much as I did.

Once Mary had retrieved me, we stopped at the nearby big-box home and garden center to get some additional mulch for the fur-children's play area. The sections of the fencing we need are not currently available. Those will have to wait until spring.

Yesterday, Mary and I collectively employed the bulb planting auger that we got last spring to plant some bulbs and garlic for next spring. Mary is far more random than me with her flower bulb plantings and that's a good thing. I tend to put things in neat rows, likely one of my problems with creative arts. However, that "skill" made for very neat rows of garlic planting. I think that may explain why she is better than me when it comes to knitting. While knitting is not random, it does require a vision that I don't seem to have. Oh well, that's the beauty of being a couple.

Today, Mary will continue her preparations for our vegan Thanksgiving holiday repast and I'll be baking a pumpkin pie. I am good at baking. especially when I get to use my KitchenAid™ stand mixer in the process. Mary is much more creative in the kitchen, while I need to have a recipe to follow. More of that random creativity thing I guess.

Mary has already started the bread and the vegetable broth she will be using for her dressing and today she will begin to marinate our main course. On Thanksgiving, I'll do my part and open a can of my personal favorite, Oceanspray™ jellied cranberry sauce all while watching some "professional" football as the Bears visit the Lions. Neither team has a winning record at this late point in the season.

Otherwise, today should be pretty normal. No walks for the fur-children due to the prevailing winds. Mary may, or may not, go to her volunteer gig at the library, with weather also being the determining factor. Ciao.