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

According to the NWS, the current temperature is 67° under cloudy skies. My DTWS shows 69º. Also according to the NWS, light winds of 5 mph make it feel like 61°. Today's high temperature is forecast to be 63º under partly cloudy skies. That high-temperature will be about 6º cooler than yesterday. Not to worry though, tomorrow's high-temperature will be 79º, also under partly-cloudy skies.

There is a 20% chance for a stray shower or T-storm in the forecast from the NWS for tonight. I took my seedlings outdoors yesterday morning and decided that they should have their first overnight alone in the big, bad world last night. They will either get busy living or get busy dying. I'm still concerned about my tomato seedlings. They are not looking very healthy. The sweet peppers look fine.

According to my DTWS, the barometric pressure is 29.33" and steady. My DTWS is still learning.

The sun will rise this morning @ 6:12 a.m. and it will set later @ 9:12 p.m

We still have the River Flood Warning in effect until Wednesday evening.

Yesterday, we took the time to have Hannukah, Kwanza, or Christmas in May when we opened all of our recent deliveries. However, the packages continue to come as we utilize delivery services for nearly everything.

We applaud the efforts of the warehouse packers and the delivery drivers, who like the personnel at the grocery stores and other establishments, continue to provide a valuable lifeline for those of us who are observing the stay at home orders. However, Michigan has joined all of the other 49 states in partially reopening many stores, and other services.

We did not go out beyond our deck yesterday. Even that was a short-lived visit due to extraneous noise in the area. The fur-children, especially STWD, didn't like the noise very much.

We completed another crossword and I continued reading my novel. I got more editing done on my own manuscript too. I finally got around to installing the new door sweep on our rear storm door. We purchased it weeks ago, but the chilly spring weather had precluded my installation until yesterday. Mary finished the indoor chores that I had started.

Mary had already finished reading her last novel, What Rose Knew, by Nevada Barr. Mary was so delighted by this novel, that she has decided to read the author's other works featuring a character named Anna Pigeon. a law-enforcement ranger in the US National Parks, in a series of mystery novels set in national parks in the United States.

Barr was not named after her state of birth, NV, where she was born in Yerington 68 years ago, but she was named after a character in one of her father's favorite books likely written by Zane Grey. Barr grew up in Johnsonville CA and finished college at the Unversity of California, Irvine, with a master's degree in drama. She pursued a career in theater, TV, films, commercials, and voice work for almost two decades. She has also worked part-time as a law-enforcement ranger at several US national parks, ao it is not surprising that her character Anna Pigeon is loosely based on those experiences. 

As many of my loyal readers may remember, one of our favorite people is a young woman named Kelly, who works at both the Ottawa County Parks as a naturalist and as a ranger at many US National Parks too. Kelly always made our winters more enjoyable as she delivered her lectures about her travels to and activities in various national parks. 

Her lectures were accompanied by slide pictures she had taken at her various stops during her life as a US National Parks ranger in places like Isle Royale National Park and Grand Teton National Park. She was happily scheduled to work at Michigan's own Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore this summer. But, we know how that has gone so far. 

Today should be a bit more laid back. STWD will be happy that there are no fireworks today and we'll be happy we have only a couple of small chores to complete, and perhaps, more Outlander to watch. Ciao.