Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation, and perhaps, across the world. It is just after 2:00 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is 57° under clear skies. Winds of 9 mph make it feel like 55°. Today's high-temperature was supposed to be 70º, but that never came to pass. However,  today's high-temperature is once again forecast to reach 70º under sunny skies.

According to my DTWS, the barometric pressure is 29.51" and rising, indicating that fair-weather is on tap. The NWS in GR is reporting a barometric pressure of 30.13. GR is 30 miles inland and well away from the shores of Lake Michigan.

Both the NWS and I are forecasting that the high-temperatures will continue in the upper 60s and perhaps the lower 70s from now on.

The sun will rise this morning @ 6:15 a.m. and it will set later @ 9:07 p.m.

A River Flood Warning is still in the forecast until 8:00 p.m. next Tuesday night!. The flooding has caused dams to be breached in Midland County, MI. Evacuations have been ordered for unincorporated Edenville and there is a chance that the downtown area of that city will be under nine feet of water by later this morning. More than 50 roads have been closed due to flooding.

A Lakeshore Flood Advisory remains in effect for Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, and Van Buren counties until 10:00 p.m.tonight. Parking lots and roads along the immediate lakeshore will experience minor flooding. In Spring Lake, just over the drawbridge that spans the Grand River, Mill Point Park hs been closed for the summer due to water covering the park and nearby roads.

It is not a pretty sight!

In addition to Spring Lake, parts of GH are also flooded or soon will be. Most lakeshore communities/tourist towns are experiencing high water levels.

According to our in-house weather department, we have received 200% more rain than normal in May.

I spent some time playing my baritone ukulele Lorelei early yesterday and I spent time in the kitchen making a pair of vegan extraordinary beests, one for our dinner. We sliced one of the two beests and Mary used some pita bread to make her own version of stuffed sandwiches with horsey sauce for me and a plain sauce for herself, accompanied by sliced cucumbers in the pitas. I liked mine a lot.

During the afternoon, we took a walk with the fur-children and then settled in to watch another episode of Outlander in the media room. We also removed the blanket from the bed and washed it in preparation for storage for the next several months.

Today, we'll do some indoor chores and once again take my seedlings out for some fresh air and sunshine. They look like they are happy in their larger pots. We didn't get any additional gardening done yesterday, as the windy conditions precluded our being outside beyond that walk with the fur-children.

We are still working on the crossword from the weekend edition of the Gand Haven Tribune.

I finished reading a novel around 1:30 this morning. 

Today, we'll also get to that gardening and plant some flowers, bush-beans, cucumbers, and some basil as the fur-children watch from the deck. Ciao.