Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 11:25 p.m. in "The City."

A current temperature of 36° feels like 29° with only a 9 mph wind blowing. Plus, the skies are cloudy with just a hint of rain in the forecast from the NWS that will fade out very soon. 

We do have a Small Craft Advisory in effect until 4:00 a.m. Wednesday, with winds out of the northwest @ 10 - 20 knots and gusts up to 25 knots that will produce waves from 4 - 7 feet. 

The NWS is reporting a barometric pressure in GR of 30.04" and rising, while my DTWS on the shores of the "Big Lake" is showing 29.45" and steady. The NWs is forecasting a chance for snow, but as Mary reminded me, that forecast is for inland cities like GR. 

The sun will rise tomorrow morning @ 7:39 and set later @ 5:19 p.m. Tomorrow's high will struggle to reach 38° under cloudy skies with an overnight low of 34°. 

However, today was a great day to go walkabout with our fur-children and so we motored over to the Lake Forest Cemetery for some exercise and a chance for me to take pix of things other than monuments and markers.

I believe that this is a man-made squirrel's nest, but I've never seen any squirrels using it.

The Gale Force winds of yesterday made for some interesting subjects.

Mary suggested this shot, and I'm glad she did, because it turned out great.

As I noted, nature can provide some interesting subject material. 

Same here.

A non-native species exploring that same item.

Apparently, the woodpeckers have been pecking away for years

I think I've taken this shot before, but I like it!

You have to appreciate the variety of subject matter at Lake Forest Cemetery and Duncan Woods.

It may have been November 16, but this dandelion was still in the game.

A close-up of the seed pods of that dandelion, using my telephoto lens.

Again, the variety is terrific!

I should mention, that our fur-children were out early last night and so they were ready for a visit to the back-forty around 8:00 a.m. today and to partake of their breakfast meal. I took them down, took care of their needs, and then coaxed them upstairs before I returned to bed for a while. They were mollified by their early outdoor visit, but that meant that their dinner waited until after 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. 

Mary tried out another old family recipe for lunch yesterday, vegan hamburger helper. Shredded seitan in lieu of hamburger meat, small pasta shells in lieu of elbow macaroni, and some nutritional yeast and spices with soy milk and flour produced a terrific replacement for the artery clogging 

version.  

After lunch, she traveled to the Fast Lane™ grocery pick-up service in hopes of getting some things before they were all sold out. Her order was mostly filled, so we are in good shape. 

As some may have noticed in news reports, Michigan is experiencing an upswing in Covid-19 cases due in large measure to a do-nothing but complain GOP legislature, which is resisting the efforts of our Democratic governor to stem the tide by closing restaurants for indoor dining, closing high-schools, and other restrictions. The GOP legislature is threatening to impeach our Democratic governor for doing her job. 

I've just watched the southbound passage of the train on the RSTL starting around 11:16 p.m. and taking many minutes to pass by, including a stop and some very slow progress. MMRR locomotives 2019 and 2170 were observed towing 15 CGCs and 8 CHCs. 

Tomorrow, the cooler temperatures and wet conditions from tonight's showers will preclude my outdoor work. I'll get to that on Wednesday when the temperatures climb into the 50° range and there will be no rain falling on my head. I have a few things to cut back for the winter and some leaves to move, but that shouldn't take too long. 

Otherwise, I have to play more music, read more, and enjoy being retired. Ciao.