Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 9:00 p.m. in "The City." 

Does it always seem that I am writing about the conditions on Lake Michigan? It does to me, and tonight's blog will see no deviation, as the NWS has issued yet another Gale Warning from St. Joseph to Manistee that will remain in effect until 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night. South Gale Force Winds up to 40 knots and waves as high as 10 feet are possible.

However, the winter weather in Michigan is mostly as it should be, with a current temperature of 28° that feels more like 15°, with winds out of the southeast @ 18 mph! Our overnight low temperature will drop to 27° before we rebound to tomorrow's high temperature of 44° with a 78% chance for rain in the afternoon and of course, windy conditions. 

The overnight low temperature tomorrow night will drop to 28°, but the high temperature on Thursday will only reach 32° with a chilly overnight low temperature of 14°. We will continue to see wide variations in the daytime temperatures from the 20s to the 40s as we head into March. 

The sun will rise tomorrow @ 7:42 a.m. ans set laer @ 6:16 p.m.

We had another visit from our snow service earlier today along with a visit by the snowplow driver who takes care of our neighbor. Collectively, everything got nicely cleaned up.

Ginger went to her grooming appointment earlier this afternoon and she looks terrific. STWD stayed behind, but she was locked out of her "Office" in Mary's Craft Room as we waited for the carpet to dry there. She has now once again happily taken up residence.

Since we had to pick up Ginger from her spa treatment, we decided it was a good opportunity to go downtown and make use of the heated sidewalks for some exercise and a photo op before we retrieved her.

Every winter in February, each merchant or organization creates a "Snow Person" to depict their business or organization. Not all of the snow people have yet been displayed, but here are some that were on display during our visit.

Odd Side Ales snow person is a Mardi Gras-themed display.

Whereas the Surf Shop snow person is Sandy, the coconut snow person.

The GH Dept of Public Works display is this Hard Hat wearing snow person

I'm not sure who this snow person was deployed by. Perhaps the Tri-Cities Historical Museum or a nearby jewelry store.

Jumpin' Java gave us this skiing snow person.

Dogs were the theme of this window display.

Otherwise, I have been happily reading a new book entitled The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig. Mary has this book in her electronic queue, so I can't be very specific. However, I can say that I am enjoying the book immensely. I also read two newspapers and worked on two crossword puzzles today too.

Speaking of Mary, she is currently listening to The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer along with cross-stitching another project. I tried reading the print version of that book, but it just wasn't working for me. Perhaps I should try watching the movie version instead.

Mary watched another session about birding presented by the chief naturalist for the Ottawa County Parks. She had also watched a session last Saturday morning. I am not that into birding, but she is enjoying the presentations. 

Tomorrow, it is time for more indoor chores and more reading. 

I should mention that I had the chance to play my ukulele along with a Zoom™ ukulele group last Sunday night and I plan to do so again this coming Sunday. I miss having a group with which to play music. Ciao.