Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 10:00 p.m. in "The City." We have a current temperature on the deck of the manse of 40.5° with a wind out of the northwest blowing @ 10 mph according to the NWS. That wind makes it feel like 33°. The NWS has extended the Small Craft Advisory for areas along the shores of Lake Michigan from St. Joseph to Manistee until 12:00 a.m. tomorrow, but they anticipate that another one will be issued sometime tomorrow due to an incoming weather-front. Currently that Small Craft Advisory is in effect due to winds of 30 knots and wave heights up to seven feet.  

The sun will rise tomorrow morning @ 7:57 a.m. and set tomorrow evening @ 5:11 p.m.

As of now, my DTWS is showing a barometric pressure of 29.45" of Hg and falling, while the NWS is reporting 29.45" of Hg and rising. Go figure. Our overnight low is forecast to be 34° with tomorrow's high-temperature reaching 48° with an overnight low-temperature of 44°. We anticipate a few warmer days this week which would allow me to get to those outdoor Christmas decorations that I had planned for today. Instead, I did two crossword puzzles before I walked STWD. Then we traveled to the Kerstmarkt in Holland, where we purchased some new ornaments for our tree. Before we added those to our tree, I took some pix.

Kerstmarkt is Dutch for Christmas Market.

Looking west.

Same direction, different angle.

As I said, we purchased some additional ornaments for our tree.

The aforementioned Chicago Cubs, Covid-19, and Gnome ornaments

Since we were out and I had my camera, we stopped off at the City Beach of Grand Haven to get some shots of the setting sun and other sights to be seen there, including our Senior Staff Photographer.

Our Senior Staff Photographer contemplating the waves on the "Big Lake."

 

Our Senior Staff Photographer likes this one better. I think that any shot with her in it is a good shot.

The sunset was gorgeous!

The strong winds were an impediment to the flight of this lone gull. 

I especially like this sunset pic.

Once home, along with the pix of the new ornaments, I took some pix of our themed Christmas tree and the ornaments that are part of that theme. Here is one of those pix. 

As usual, our Christmas tree displays ornaments feature places we've visited, activities we've done, and other things that capture our whimsical way of thinking.

All in all, it was a great day. 

I hope to get to those outdoor decorations tomorrow along with some indoor chores, more music, some painting, and other sundry things. Maybe I've put too much on my agenda. We'll see.

Mary continues to listen to her latest book, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play, written and narrated by the author, Nick Offerman. She shared some of the book with me, and it is very interesting. I'll check it out at the library when it becomes available. Ciao.