Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 10:55 p.m. in "The City", where the current temperature per my DTWS is 45°, while the NWS is offering 42° under cloudy-skies. The 10 mph wind out of the west makes it feel more like 36°. We'll be dropping to a low-temperature overnight of 33° before rebounding to tomorrow's high-temperature of  42°, which will be four degrees warmer than today.

My DTWS is showing a barometric pressure of 29.15" of Hg and falling, while the NWS is reporting 29.76" of Hg and rising. 

That bit of good news about tomorrow's warmer high-temperature is tempered by the forecast from the NWS of a High-Wind Watch from early Saturday morning until Saturday evening for Central, South-Central, Southwest and West-Central, MI. Steady winds of 20 - 30 mph with gusts up 60 mph are likely to cause downed trees, power outages, and make driving hazardous.

But, the NWS isn't done yet. In addition to that High-Wind Watch they have issued a concurrent Gale Watch from St. Joseph to Manistee from 5:00 a.m. Saturday until 7:00 p.m. Saturday night. As morning nears on Saturday, winds will increase to 45 knots and produce waves up to 14 feet in height! I expect that the surfers will be out.

I had a good visit to P/T today. I am making steady progress and thus my stamina and balance are markedly improved. I have two more appointments scheduled for next week and at that time, my therapist, Ben, will evaluate me and decide if more P/T is warranted.

Also earlier today, I spent about one-hour tuned into a photography seminar that covered Composition From the Ground Up, delivered by Graham Elliott, a wildlife photographer from England. I learned some new things, but I also learned that there are things that I've been doing that are good techniques. I may have to try my hand at shooting some black and white pix too, but something always seems to hold me back. 

Mary almost took her wing-gal, Ginger, for a walk in Duncan Woods. However, when she was going down the road into the parking area, she quickly discovered that although our Jeep Renegade has all-wheel drive and anti-lock brakes, it does not have the ability to steer on ice-covered roads that didn't get the ice melted beneath the tree canopy. So, she and Ginger turned around and went on to a pick-up at that big-box nearly everything store. Ginger was disappointed that they hadn't stopped at Duncan Woods, but discretion being the better part of valor, as the ubiquitous they say, not stopping was a more sound choice.  

By the by, the lights on the top of our Christmas tree stopped working. So, I have ordered a tool that is supposed to find the burned out bulb and help me solve the problem. We shall see.

Tomorrow, with the chance of showers in the morning, I may read more and play some music. Mary will continue to cross-stitch and listen to her book. That's all folks. ciao.