Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 9:30 p.m. in "The City."

Things have died down a bit on Lake Michigan. The Gale Warning has expired only to be replaced by a Small Craft Advisory that is in effect until 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night. The NWS is forecasting winds from 15 to 25 knots and waves of three to five feet in height from St. Joseph to Manistee.

Our current temperature is 48°, but it feels like 44° with a wind out of the east @ eight mph. Tonight, the low temperature is expected to be 34° before we recover and reach tomorrow's high of 39° under mostly-sunny skies, well before the overnight low tomorrow, a brisk 25°. In fact, Thursday's high temperature is forecast to only reach 36°. We won't get back to the 50s until Saturday. That's okay, because we got the fur-children out for a walkabout at the Lake Forest Cemetery this afternoon. They really appreciated the chance to get out, as did we. Since we were at Lake Forest Cemetery for our inaugural walkabout, I took along my camera for some pix. Since we had nicer weather today than what tomorrow is forecast to bring. Of course, the fur-children were very eager to get out, as were we. We parked at one of our favorite spots in the cemetery, near the children's area. However, we were also near one of the adult interment areas too, so I got some shots at both.

This marker denotes the final resting place of Edward. P. Gibbs, who was interred before the 20th century had turned. He was apparently a chaplain and a veteran of the Civil War.

I took this shot because Mr. Henry T. Palmer was born near the end of the Civil war and he died near the end of WWII. A bookended life.

As I stated, we were parked near the children's section.

This path leads from an adult area up to the children's section.

No specific reason for this shot, just an interesting hole in a tree. 

Someone thought that placing this figurine of Marvel Comic's The Thing was in order.

This child still has many people who care.

This child has a smaller contingent of care givers.

Like Mr. Bishop, Mr. Palmer also bookended two wars.

I successfully experimented with the settings on my camera to capture this shot. 

Back at the manse, our daffodils are opening.

A nice splash of color.

On the other side of our shared driveway, are beautiful crocuses.

Behind our garage are these volunteer blooms.

While near our deck, are these blooms mixed in with other plants.

Also on the other side of our shared driveway this crocus was gorgeous.

No crossword puzzle today, but I got in some time with my girls and did the indoor chores. I also successfully reprogrammed out internet radio and installed our new doorbells too. I guess I accomplished quite a bit today. Mary started her latest craft project and served as the chauffeur for yours truly and the fur-children. We collectively made Coleslaw and that became the side dish to our dinner of vegan Italian meatballs. 

Tomorrow, we have a preventative maintenance visit from the sewer people and that's it. I plan to paint more and read more, and that's enough. When you are retired, time is yours to use as you see fit. So we will. Ciao.