Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 7:30 a.m. in "The City", where my DTWS is displaying the current temperature as 37.6° which closely parallels that of the NWS which is showing the temperature reading as 38°. Both of those temperature readings will be the overnight/early-morning low. In addition, the current barometric pressures are 29.45" of Hg and falling per my DTWS and 30.09" of Hg and rising, courtesy of the NWS.

Of more import, is the Gale Warning that has been issued by the NWS that will go into effect @ 4:00 p.m. today and continue until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow from St. Joseph to Manistee. Gale force winds of 40 knots will propel waves up to 11 feet in height. Mariners are strongly urged to stay in port, or seek sheltered mooring. Mariners should assume that small craft may be be capsized if they are foolish enough to go out into the waters of Lake Michigan.  Naturally, no one should venture out on the piers. To paraphrase Gordon Lightfoot in The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Gales of November need to be remembered.

The sun will rise this morning @ 7:45 a.m. and set later @ 5:15 p.m.

In college football news, the 9 - 2 Spartans of MSU suffered a serious beat-down at the hands of the 10 - 1 Buckeyes of The Ohio State University, 7 - 56. The Spartans were never in the game and in fact they were down 0 - 49 @ halftime. The Spartans will still get a bowl bid, but they have no hope of winning the Big 10 crown. The Spartans host the 7 - 4 Nittany Lions of Penn State next Saturday @ 3:30 p.m.

The best chance for a Big 10 title for a Michigan-based university now rests with the overall 10 - 1 Wolverines of Michigan, who administered their own beat-down yesterday versus the 5 - 6 Terrapins of Maryland, 59 - 18. The 7 - 1 in the Big 10 Wolverines play host to the 8 - 0 in the Big 10 Buckeyes of OSU next weekend @ 12:00 p.m. in the Big House in Ann Arbor, MI for all the marbles.

We went walkabout with STWD and Ginger, yesterday afternoon and then returned the Weather Dog to the manse and went back downtown after sunset to see the lights of Christmas. We mistakenly thought that all the lights would be lit on the trees in Central Park and in front of the GH City Hall. But, we were wrong. Those Christmas trees won't be lit until after the Jingle Bell Parade on December 4, 2021. Oh well, we had a nice walkabout and I shot some interesting night pictures too. 

The fountain in Central Park with the Loutit Library and the community center in the background.

A long-range shot of Washington Ave. from near the Ottawa County Courthouse looking west.

We were crossing Washington Ave. when I stopped to shoot towards Dewey Hill. to the west.

The streets of GH were mostly devoid of pedestrians on a beautiful Saturday night in downtown.

Looking east in the downtown.

Adjacent to St. John's Episcopal Church @ 6th and Washington.

All in all, it was a great night to go walkabout and enjoy the crisp air and the scenery of our little city.  While we were out, I took this shot of one of the planets visible in the clear winter skies. There were others, but one bright planet looks like another.

Planets don't twinkle, as they reflect light, whereas stars do, as they are producing their own light.

We got all of our indoor chores done yesterday, I finished a book, Mary is still enjoying learning more about Lady Bird Johnson, First-Lady to our 36th POTUS, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Lady Bird was herself an avid outdoors-person and the first of the many First-Ladies to interact directly with Congress. She was a strong advocate for her husband, but also a very vocal advocate for the beautification of America. 

Today, I have another crossword to solve, some outdoor chores to do with Mary's help, I may bake some cookies and accomplish a few sundry other things. No Lions football for me today. Mary will continue her own craft experience and also continue her "Reading" of the Lady Bird Johnson Biography. Ciao.