Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation, and across the world. It is just after 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is 66° under clear skies. My DTWS is reporting  68.0º on the front porch and 68.2º on the deck. According to the NWS, light winds of 2 mph make it feel like 66°. Today's high temperature is forecast to be 85º under partly-cloudy skies with a relative humidity index of between 69% and 86% with only a 20% chance for additional precipitation.

According to my DTWS, the barometric pressure is 29.30" and steady, while the NWS is reporting 29.79", and rising. Generally, those readings indicate fair weather.

The sun will rise this morning @ 6:08 a.m. and it will set later @ 9:28 p.m. No change.

Sadly, in GH and thus in our non-air conditioned manse, the outdoor temperature forecast for today of 85º is only the harbinger of things to come, as we see 88º and on Tuesday and Wednesday. With a little luck, we'll have A/C by Wednesday.

Mary went all out for brunch yesterday as she made fajitas with green peppers, onions, and soy curls mixed with her own blend of spices. My fajitas were served on flour tortillas, while she had hers on corn tortillas.

We had another adventure in dog grooming yesterday as we trimmed Ginger's ever-growing coat and then gave her a bath. She wasn't pleased by either activity. But, when she and STWD got to go for a walk in the Lake Forest Cemetary, she and the Weather Dog were happy.

That pleasure lasted for STWD only until the local pyromaniacs once again started their own fireworks show about two blocks over last night. Some of their efforts were eerily similar to those detonated by the professionals. The noise scared Sugar, as usual, and so I had to coax her from her hidey-hole and then escort her out last night for a final visit.

Since we had the chance while Ginger was off the bed, we washed all of the linens and that meant that STWD had to be kept off the bed too. That probably didn't help her mood much either.

Speaking of that walkabout in the cemetery, my research indicates Lake Forest Cemetery to be about 80 acres in size, composed of two sections acquired in 1872 and 1891 respectively. The grounds are maintained by the City of Grand Haven with plots dating from then until the present.

At any rate, the fur-children like being able to walk undisturbed and we enjoy the chance to learn more about the early residents of Grand Haven. One of the reasons for the acquisition of the cemetery grounds was the need to move remains from Grand Haven's Central Park which is located near to the center of GH. Some people believe that in spite of the inducements offered to people to move their relative's remains to the Lake Forest Cemetery, there are still some remains in the park.

We like to see the markers of various people who were and are the residents of GH. While I did not take my camera along for the ride yesterday, Mary did have her Smart Phone and that allowed her to put on her Senior Staff Photographer's hat and take some pix as we drove and walked.

One of our first sightings was of several deer feeding peacefully among the gravesites, unconcerned about the intrusion of the living on their feeding grounds. Naturally, we didn't park there and get the fur-children all excited.

Not sure of the age on this deer, but at least one year old.

A fawn in the background.

Along with those pix. Mary also took some shots of various trees, monuments, and headstones.

Among our city's famous residents, are the Verplank family, who own the Verplank Docks in Ferrysburg.

Just a tree that we liked.

Another famous family in GH is the Loutits, for whom our library is named.

Sometimes trees are just very photogenic.

It is amazing the quality of pix that can be taken with a Smart Phone. I am beginning to think that the recent sale of the Olympus camera division to a private investment firm may be due in part to the quality of those phone photos. Olympus has been in the camera business since 1936!

Today, we may get in another walk with the fur-children and also do some additional indoor chores. Much of that activity is dependent upon the temperature. I do anticipate more sedentary activities too, in order to keep physical exertion down to a minimum. I watered our vast gardens yesterday afternoon, but due to an appointment I have in GR on Tuesday, I may have to water again later tonight. Ciao.