Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 9:00 pm. in "The City."

Another day has nearly drawn to a close. Let's see what happened while we weren't looking. 

Our illustrious POTUS was impeached, for the second time, a feat never before accomplished. 

We made some vegan burgers that while not a complete failure, were certainly not the equivalent of my vegan Italian burgers. In fact, this was a recipe that should not be repeated and should be consigned to the ash heap of history.

We traveled to the Grand Haven State Park campground for a walkabout with our fur-children where I took numerous pictures.

We had a lunch that finished the last of my vegan bratwursts accompanied by my Coleslaw.

We watched another episode of Mr. Robot, another episode of Wings, and episodes of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, with guest host Ken Jennings, a former contestant. Yeah, it was a busy day.

I'll post some of our walkabout pictures here.  

One angle of an anchor buried at the campground.

I took this shot of the sun over the top of the playground at the campground. 

Mary and Ginger went walking?

I wondered how a picture of Lake Michigan, shot through the closed ranger station, would turn out. 

Same buried anchor, a different focal length and shooting position. 

Tracasauras Rex tracks?

A change in camera settings for this shot of the sun.

The sand moved by the winds at the beach.

A bit of scrub grass nearby.

Still another camera setting for this picture of the sun and the lake.

A random shot of a lone gull against the sun.

All in all, a great chance for some great pix.

By the by, I am still learning the photo modification software I downloaded on a free trial basis a few days ago. If I can master a part of the software that interests me the most, I'll be keeping it beyond the trial period.

We have a current temperature of 39° that feels like 33° with south winds of 10 mph. According to the NWS in GR, there is alight rain falling and my view out the WW confirms that part of their prognostications. My DTWS shows a barometric pressure of 29.15" and rising, while the NWS is reporting 29.74" and steady. Being on the shore of the "Big Lake" changes many things.

As a side note, when we were on walkabout, the waves pounding the shore sounded a great deal like ocean waves. Maybe that's why the five "Great Lakes", of which Lake Michigan is one, are often called the "Inland Ocean."

I nearly forgot. Mary stopped by to tell me about her adventures in the land of potatoes. She decided to cook some potatoes we got from Doorganics™. It turns out that they have some red marbling in their pulp. Concerned, Mary went to the Google Search™ and learned that this is a variety of potato that is rarely if ever seen in a grocery store. However, they have less starch and more of the good nutrients that potatoes provide. 

Tomorrow, we have no specific plans. I hope to spend more time learning that photo modification software, more time reading, more time learning the harmonica, and more time being retired. Ciao.

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