Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 10:00 a.m. in "The City." 

My DTWS is displaying a current temperature of 71° which is comparable tot hat being offered by the NWS, which has in their forecast that aforementioned Small Craft Advisory, that is oon effect from St. Joseph to Manistee until 4:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. Wind-speeds frm15 - 25 knots may propel waves from three to five feet in height. Today's high-temperature forecast from the NWS calls for 79° with an overnight low of 70°. 

I am still wearing my summer uniform and Mary may have to go back to a short-sleeved top, unlike her long-sleeved choice for yesterday which proved to be too warm for a walk with her wing-gal, Ginger.

The sun rose into sunny-skies this morning @ 7:53 a.m., but those skies quickly turned to partly-cloudy/cloudy. The sun will set tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

Yesterday was a good day to go walking with the fur-children, although Mary and Ginger covered a lot of ground, while STWD and I made it as far as the Public Safety building and back. Sugar is still the Cutest Dog on the Planet, but like her human, the mind is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Since Ginger had Mary along for company, they walked to the waterfront, where Mary used the camera app in our Smart-Phone to capture this stunning image, which included numerous boaters out to enjoy one of the reasons why people live in Michigan, a beautiful fall day.

I think that Ginger was in charge of the orientation for this pic. 

After I got back from our walk and after MSU had humbled Rutgers, more on that in a bit, Sugar adjourned to her office in Mary's craft room and I carried the balance of the indoor chores upstairs and put them away. That's when I decided that the sun was also inviting me to sit down at my easel and add some paint to my canvasses. 

I am far from done with any of them, but Michelangelo didn't finish the Pieta, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which depicts the Creation of Adam, and many other works that he felt were not ever finished to his satisfaction.. Fact: It took Michelangelo four-years to complete the Sistine Chapel. I'm not comparing myself to Michelangelo, but if a great artist like him took his time, so should I. 

In sport news, the 6 - 0 Spartans of MSU took a while to get rolling, but once they did, they finished off the 3 - 3 Scarlet Knights of Rutgers. 31 - 18.

The 4 - 2 Huskies of NIU squeaked out a win over the 3 - 3 Rockets of Toledo, 22 - 20 in a MAC 10 game yesterday.

Finally, in college football, I was almost proven right, as the 6 - 0 Wolverines of Michigan were nearly upended by the 3 - 4 Cornhuskers of Nebraska. But, the Wolverines too squeaked out a win, 32 - 29 on a last-minute field-goal. I think the officials were flag happy yesterday, just saying. At one point, they used replay, seemingly incessantly, to check several calls on the field.

The 0 - 4 Lions are in Minnesota today to play the 1 - 3 Vikings @ 1:00 p.m. A battle of titans?

The 2 - 2 Bears travel to Las Vegas to face the Las Vegas Raiders @ 4:05 p.m. I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel like I am getting dizzy just trying to remember where the Raiders are calling home these days. 

Will I watch either game? Maybe, if I have a need to avoid any meaningful dose of reality.

Otherwise, I have a newspaper to read, some cookies to bake, and more novel reading to do. Mary is still hard at work on her cross-stitching while listening to her latest book. I think that defines a full day of retirement. Ciao.