Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature under cloudy skies is 36°, but it feels like 29° with a wind out of the west @ nine mph. No surprise there, as there will also be a Gale Warning going into effect from St. Joseph to Manistee beginning at 4:00 p.m. today and extending until 2:00 a.m. tomorrow. Windspeeds of 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots are possible as are wave heights up to eight feet on Lake Michigan. Surf is up again this spring. 

We had some snow yesterday afternoon that was less than one inch. It rained too. Today's high temperature will be about five degrees warmer than yesterday, as we hit a daytime high of 41° before an overnight low of 31°. The rain should hold off until later in the day and then we may see an additional snowfall of less than one inch with more rain also in the forecast from the NWS. 

Our current barometric pressure per my DTWS is 29.12" of Hg and steady, while the NWS is showing 29.72" of Hg and falling. The sun will rise this morning @ 7:39 a.m. and set this evening @ 8:03 p.m.

Sad to say, the Michigan Men's Wolverines Basketball team fell to the Villanova Wildcats, 55 - 63 last night. The NCAA tournament rolls on, minus the Wolverines. 

We had an average day yesterday. The fur-children were reluctant to go out due to the wet weather, as neither STWD nor Ginger are big fans of getting their paws cold and/or wet. I can't disagree, as I am quite content to stay indoors on days like yesterday and today too. However, to borrow from The Rolling Stones, "You can't always get what you want..."

Mostly, I read more of my novel, Mary listened to more of hers, and we both read two newspapers. I soloed on the crossword puzzles from each.

Oh, I had a short visit to the dentist that was less than one-half hour in duration to repair a cavity. No Novacaine was required, so I had none of the usual side effects from that. 

Mary had pressed some tofu for many hours that became part of our dinner with a side salad.

Today, we have no specific plans. I'll probably play some music, as the lighting in my studio is too dim to get the colors right when painting, I may have to resort to some pencil drawing in black and white. Or, is that graphite on white.? We shall see. I'll probably finish my novel too and start another. 

Mary is happily cross-stitching and ear reading and staying out of the weather, just like yours truly and the fur-children. Ciao.