Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 7:45 a.m. in "The City", where my DTWS is displaying a current temperature of 43° with rain inthe vicinity. The NWS seems unable to take into account the effect that Lake Michigan has on the communities near her shoreline. 

What that means is that the NWS issued a Special Weather Statement for Ottawa, County until 9:00 a.m. today. They stated that one to four inches of heavy, wet snow fell on West Michigan overnight. I'll give them their due and mention their forecast for Ottawa, County centers on the areas immediately west of Kalamazoo, MI. What a perfect place to insert a YouTube clip from the Swing Era Big Band of Glenn Miller with Tex Benteke and Marion Hutton and the Modern Aires singing I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo. If you look closely, you'll see Glenn Miller playing trombone in the scenes where the band is on camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVUI-0iqb5Q

Here in GH, we do have a little bit of ice clinging to many areas, but mostly water. The sun rose @ 7:35 this morning and it will set later @ 5:22 p.m.

However, the NWS has continued their Small Craft Advisory until 10:00 a.m. Monday from St. Joseph to Manistee. Wind-speeds of 10 - 20 knots with gusts possible up to 30 knots, may produce waves as high as nine feet in height!

I don't know about you, but it would seem to me that if my automobile needed to be updated several time in one week or its performance would noticeably slow, which mine did, is one of the least desirable aspects of life with computers. Just saying. 

Yesterday, part of the indoor chores were completed and I took time after we got back from an aborted run to get my cell-phone a new SIM card along with a stop at that big-box nearly everything store and a short walk with Ginger at Lake Forest Cemetery. I had walked STWD before we set out. I also took time to make more vegan Italian burgers and meatballs.

It seems that with the heavy traffic caused by that bridge reconstruction, which is stopped by the inclement weather, that we can go to an alternative location north of Holland more quickly. So, we set an appointment to do that tomorrow.

Otherwise, not much is happening here in GH. except for the continuation of our indoor chore day, more reading, and more cross-stitching. Mary is making excellent progress on her latest effort. She says she is a slow cross-stitcher, but so what, it's not like we have any pressing plans.

Ciao.