Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 8:00 a.m. in "T he City." My DTWS is displaying a current temperature of 51°, which matches that of the NWS, which is also reporting a "Real Feel" temperature of 46° with a wind out of the southeast @ 13 mph. The sun rose this morning @ 7:32 a.m. and it will set later @ 5:24 p.m.

Perhaps that strong wind is part and parcel to why the NWS has issued a Gale Warning for the "Big Lake" from St. Joseph to Manistee. The forecast calls for wind-speeds from 35 to 40 knots and waves peaking at a height of 10' later this afternoon into the early evening hours, especially north of GH, before that Gale Warning is over @ 7:00 p.m. Mariners are strongly encouraged to stay in port or seek a sheltered place to anchor. The NWS has canceled the Small Craft Advisory. I don't even know why the former didn't automatically supersede the latter. Oh well, another of life's little mysteries.

Mary and I have appointments today that require us to be out, between 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., when the rain is expected to fall at its highest amounts of 53% to 100%. 

Other than that, there is the need for our fur-children to be fed and let out around that same time. STWD will probably be unwilling to go out except very quickly, while Ginger will be more than willing, with the caveat that she comes back a wet terrier. Not a pretty sight.

Speaking of our fur-children, I thought I should put in some pix of them in all their furry glory.

The "Cutest Dog on the Planet!"

A close second.

I did just the minimum number of outdoor chores yesterday and then I stopped. I had already been to P/T, so I was more than willing to rest the balance of my day. While I was in the back-forty, Mary took STWD and then Ginger for their own outdoor activities. Ciao.