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

The current temperature is 30° under cloudy skies. Today's high is forecast to reach 34°. The sun will rise today @ 8:032 a.m. and set later @ 5:54 p.m. That's all I have to say about that.


Yesterday was rather slow around the manse. I do have a correction from my previous blog. When I stated that that long line of rail cars was being towed by the pair of MMRR locomotives I had seen heading south on Monday evening, I was in error. I discovered my mistake when I saw #2019 heading north around 1:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon towing two DBTCs, three CHCs, and six DWTCs.

I had assumed that  the long line of cars I'd seen heading north early yesterday morning required two locomotives to tow them. Apparently, only one locomotive was required and that left good old #2019 available to tow additional rolling-stock. Go figure.


I did get around to doing some baking while Mary was @ her "Tad" session yesterday afternoon. I used an old family cookbook from Mary's book shelf, her beloved and well used Fanny Farmer cookbook, as the basis for my cookies. Once again, this may be an old family cookbook, just not our old family. I had to veganize the recipe, but that's easy if you know how. At any rate, Ginger was there to lend a helping paw and the cookies turned out great. With my usual self-restraint, they should last for many weeks, or at least a few days.

We walked to Don Luis for dinner upon Mary's return from her "Tad session last evening and took along our own carry-out containers, as we always end up with too much food for one meal. Since that was about 5:00 p.m., the traffic on Beacon Blvd. was very heavy and when coupled with the snow that had been piled from the last storm, we had to alter our route slightly. It was cold out, but the sidewalks were clear, so the walk was invigorating and we could justify a few more chips and salsa with our meal.

When we got home, the fur-children were glad to see us. It was as though we had been gone for days. Dogs are the best as they are very forgiving and always glad to welcome you home. I read some and then headed upstairs to watch some TV and fall asleep in the media room.

Mary was in charge of letting the fur-children out for their final run along with watching some TV news. As she watched, she made more progress on my latest hat. I believe that she is at the stage where she has to begin to decrease her number of stitches so that the hat will taper to a close and be ready for the pom-pom that we have to make. Here is a pic taken by our Senior Staff Photographer using her Smart Phone camera of her efforts to date.

This color yarn is a radical departure for me, as I usually choose some shade of blue.

Today, we have nothing specific on tap. We do need to get an additional pot for the plant that STWD has been using as her salad bar to see if it can recover from Sugar's ministrations and appetite. The current pot will become the home of our new sword plant when we repot several plants. We have to go the chiropractor and that is about it. Tomorrow, we may get out for some additional errands just because.

Don't forget, it is only 12 days until the pitchers and catchers report. Ciao.