Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 11:00 p.m. in "The  City." A current temperature of 50° feels more like 42° with a brisk wind out of the northeast blowing @ 18 mph. Tonight's low-temperature is forecast by the NWS to drop to an actual 41°, before we rebound to tomorrow's high-temperature of 47°, which will be four degrees colder than today. 

That brisk wind is the reason for the Small Craft Advisory that was issued by the NWS from St. Joseph to Manistee until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday night. That Small Craft Advisory forecast calls for 15 to 25 knot winds with gusts up to 30 knots and wave-heights from five to eight feet, making for hazardous conditions for Small  Craft. The sun will rise tomorrow morning @ 8:18 a.m. and set later @ 6:37 p.m.

There was good news in college football yesterday, that is if you are not a fan of the Wolverines of Michigan, because the Spartans of MSU rallied to defeat the Wolverines, 37 - 33. It was a great game for everyone to view, just not the best outcome for fans of Jim Harbaugh's Wolverines.

Yesterday, after the game, we went for a walk to keep me on a steady course, and that was a good thing.

Today, we did the same, that is after I finished my kitchen activities and after Mary and Ginger returned from their sojourn to the City Hall, the waterfront, and back. 

Somewhere in there, I got to photograph the activities of the men, working on the railroad at the nearby crossing located at 6th Ave, along with changing many of the ties beneath the rails in front of the manse and heading towards Holland. As a railfan, I was thrilled to get pictures of the various machines and men at work. 

This machine and two men removed the hold-downs that held the rails to the ties. 

While, this machine was used to remove the old ties.

Some activities still require workers with shovels to follow the machine.

This truck placed new ties in their proper places. 

When this machine, one of two I saw, came by to reinstall the ties as this man on his bike stopped to watch. 

In between, the neighbor across the street asked for permission to grab some of the old ties. 

Finally, a second machine came by to reinstall the hold-downs and spikes for the rails.

I was just shooting this smaller machine, but I got a great shot of the colorful leaves across the street. 

The reinstalled rails with a view of the rebuilt crossing on 6th Ave.

Of course, since I was outside, I took a pic of our Halloween decorations, our parkway garden in front of the manse, and the soon to be retired vast gardens too. 

Our mums are still blooming.

But our tomatoes, and peppers are now just a memory. 

I should mention that the woeful 0 - 8 Detroit Lions fell to the only slightly better Philadelphia Eagles, who are now 3 - 5 , by the final score of 6 - 33. The almost equally inept 3 - 5 Chicago Bears, fell to the 3 - 4 San Francisco 49ers, 22 - 33. The only bright spot for the Bears, was the play of rookie QB Justin Fields, who displayed some great skills as both a runner and a passer in the loss. But, a loss is still a loss. 

The Lions limp into their bye week next week, while the Bears visit the 4 - 3 Pittsburgh Steelers next Monday night. 

Earlier today, we did some of our indoor chores along with those aforementioned kitchen duties and our walkabout. I had a busy but satisfying day of crossword solving too, while Mary researched our local election picks before we filled out our absentee ballots, signed them, and then Mary and Ginger delivered them to City Hall. 

Tomorrow? Who knows. Ciao.