Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 9:15 p.m. in "The City", where the current temperature is a brisk 27° under cloudy skies that feels like 27° with only a two mph wind out of the south. 

The NWS is still including a Small Craft Advisory in their forecast from St. Joseph to Manistee until 10:00 p.m. tomorrow night. That forecast calls for winds out of the west @ 10 to 20 knots changing to southwest winds from 15 to 25 knots that will propel waves of two to four feet in height that will gradually build to four to seven feet. There is also a slight one percent chance of snow tonight too.   

The sun will rise tomorrow @ 8:12 a.m. and set later @ 5:15 p.m.

We had an average day today. We did a few things around the manse, but mostly we accomplished very little. I finished a crossword puzzle and that was about it until we set out for the library for a drop-off and pick up and then we traveled to Grand Haven State Park and Beach and the nearby Mulligan's Hollow ski area for a photo shoot. At the State Park, I took some pix of the sun as it dropped towards the lake. Here are a few that I like.

Prior to the Small Craft Advisory, the lake was relatively calm.

I'd have missed this gull against the cloudy sky if Mary hadn't pointed it out to me. 

The sun was mostly obscured at about 3:30 p.m. this afternoon.

The beach was deserted with the cold air temperatures. 

As I noted, we also made our way over to Mulligan's Hollow Ski Area near the YMCA where they were making artificial snow on a cold day. Tomorrow's high temperature of 43° will be 16° warmer than today, which may make their work short-lived. But, I did get some good pix.

The snowmaking machines were the only snowstorm in our area today.

There were two machines at work today.

How long will the snow last? 

After our stops, we took STWD to her doctor where she got a good report. For a 15-year-old dog, she is doing great, but she does have cataracts and she is nearly deaf.

Right now, Mary is getting a headstart on the indoor chores which I'll finish tomorrow. Mary is still waiting on the floss for her almost finished cross-stitch project. We know that it has arrived at our local USPS location and is just waiting for a new day to be delivered.

We did receive an order from the big-box etailer today that was supposed to be delivered yesterday. I quickly assembled our new end table and it should be a good fit for my needs. 

Tomorrow, the balance of those indoor cores, some painting, some music for me.

Mary wants to complete her cross-stitch project and get it into the frame she has planned to display it. 

I think that's enough for one day. Ciao.