Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:30 a.m. in "The City", where the current temperature is a 43°, but it feels like 36°, with a wind out of the northeast @ 13 mph. In addition, the NWS has extended that Small Craft Advisory for St. Joseph to Manistee until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. Winds of 10 to 20 knots will propel waves up to six feet in height.

The sun will rise this morning @ 8:21 a.m. and set later @ 6:34 p.m.

Yesterday was a pedestrian sort of day. We lounged around the manse until it was time to get our annual flu vaccinations at a local pharmacy. Aside from the usual pain in the arm, that went very smoothly and hopefully soon, we'll be protected from the many variations of this season's flu. Later, we took the fur-children for a short walkabout. 

I finished my latest novel, Cold as Ice, by Allison Brennan late last night. Or, was it early this morning?. This time, I read a book in my least preferred paperback novel format. Still, it was a good, if not terrific read. I'd give it four out of five stars. 

As you may recall, we were in a cabin in the woods near Irons, MI last week and I took a slew of pictures to record our trip. I'll try not to repeat when I add more now.

As usual, sometimes a great pic is right at your feet. 

In this pic, the water was rushing past Bear Track Campground.

If you look closely, the bottom is visible through the crystal-clear waters there.

Although we didn't use it, a hammock was available adjacent to the cabin. 

Never let it be said that our Senior Staff Photographer is one-dimensional in her artistic pursuits. I was lounging in my La-Z-Boy when she told me to grab my camera and take some shots of the clouds in the sky. So I did.

Mostly I stood near the doorway of the manse and shot skyward with a wide-angle lens using the automatic setting on my camera. 

The passage of time changed the way the sky looked.

I used the telephoto feature of the lens to capture this shot.

Once again, the passage of time changed the view.

Today, is another in that long-line of average days in retirement. Indoor chores, music, reading, cross-stitching, TV viewing, and trying to stay limber for my yak. As my P/T practice stated in one of their missives, "Motion is the lotion." So, I'll endeavor to keep that in mind. Ciao.