Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation, and across the world. It is just before 4:00 a.m. in "The City."

The sun will rise this morning @ 6:20 a.m. and set later @ 9:2` p.m.
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The NWS is forecasting today's high to be 79º under partly-cloudy skies. The overnight low tonight will be 67º. We have only a 10% chance for showers this morning,. We had overnight showers that have ended now and won't be returning.

According to the NWS, the current outdoor temperature is 68° and it feels like 68º with a wind speed of 7 mph.

My DTWS shows 68º on both the deck and the front porch.

The official barometric pressure is 29.93" and falling, while my DTWS is showing 29.33" and steady. Since those T-storms/showers materialized. the barometer was indeed correct.

We had a good day yesterday. Mary got calls from her brother, Ed, who lives in TX and from Adam and Steph who reside in IL. Both calls were to wish her a happy birthday.

As for me, I finally got to give her the card I had bought about six months ago that depicts a unicorn on the front. I also helped her open the small gift that I purchased through that ginormous online e-tailer. It is a music box that plays the song, Somewhere Over the Rainbow. In Mary's capacity as our Senior Staff Photographer, she sent me a couple of pix of her gift for inclusion in this blog.

Turn the crank, and you get a short but melodic version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow.

And, it has an attractive box too.

Twice yesterday, I got to view the runs of the trains on the RSTL. At 8:47 a.m. I watched out the WW as locomotives 2025 and 2019 passed by towing 11 CHCs, 18 DWTCs, and 33 DBTCs, all fully loaded, judging by the vibrations in the manse.

Later, @ 1:38 p.m., I watched with Ginger and Mary as those same locomotives passed by towing 23 CHCs and 17 DBTCs, all empty.

We also conversed with our local insurance representative regarding both our automobile insurance. and our homeowners' policies. We could have opted for a lower rate on the auto insurance since the state of Michigan dropped their requirement for bodily injury coverage that picked up where regular insurance left off. That was something that only MI required. We opted to keep what we have and avoid any decisions regarding what Medicare and our supplemental insurance would pay in the highly unlikely event of our need for long-term care in the future.

We also spoke about our homeowner's insurance regarding our experience with our recent claim for the weather damaged A/C condensing unit. Our agent does not believe that since this was a weather-related claim, a large piece of ice fell from our roof and crushed it, that a rate increase is likely.

I also took a few minutes to complete a form that might net us a rebate for the replacement furnace. We shall see what happens.

We were sitting down to dinner after watching the second part of a Poldark episode, when we saw numerous hot-rods, Corvettes, Fiats, a single Avanti II, several Mercedes', several Audis, many, many Ford Mustangs of various vintages and equipment, Jeeps of all models, etc, passing by We were witness to the 25th and possibly the last annual cruise in honor of GHDPS officer Scott Flahive, who was murdered by a gun nut during a traffic stop in 1994.

The organizer of this annual event, Kurt Pravda, noted that it takes a lot of planning that begins in January and culminates in the run with over 150 cars. He says that he was younger when the cruise first began and that he and many of the participants are not getting any younger. I can empathize with that sentiment.

At any rate, I have included a file picture that was published in the Grand Haven Tribune.

We saw rat-rods, a Lincoln with suicide doors, and myriad cars pass by with passengers and/or drivers waving. We waved back from our front room window.

After a very tasty dinner, a few adult beverages, and those aforementioned episodes of Poldark, I adjourned to the media room and Mary stayed downstairs to read. Well, at least she attempted to read, as Ginger had other plans. She was not to be trifled with and wanted to be petted.

She is a cutie!

Somehow, I know you expected me to add some music, so I'll offer this song by the late Patti Page, recorded in 1952, of How Much Is That Doggie in the Window.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=safoNysTrbE

Since we had that rain yesterday and earlier today, I won't have to water. Instead, I'll spend some time in the kitchen doing that voodoo that I do so well. Ciao.