Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 8:45 p.m. in "The City", where the current temperature under cloudy skies is 43°, but it feels like 36° with a brisk wind out of the west @ 12 mph. 

A Small Craft Advisory will go into effect at 2:00 a.m. tomorrow from St. Joseph to Grand haven and it will stay in effect until 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night.

Our overnight low temperature tonight will drop to 39° and we will only recover to a high temperature of 43° by mid-afternoon tomorrow. The morning will be cloudy while the afternoon will give way to sunny skies before we drop to a very chilly overnight low temperature of 30°. 

The sun will rise tomorrow @ 6:47 p.m. and set later @ 8:39 p.m.

I finally got out for some picture earlier today, but I only traveled as far as our own vast gardens located in the back forty of the palatial estate. However, with the daffodils in bloom along with our star of the snow perrenials, our irises, chives, and some plants for which I have no name, winter is slowly waning here on the shores of the "Big Lake." Without further ado, here are some of my favorites.

Green is good!

Our chives come back every spring.

A star of the snow flower with English ivy as a backdrop.

A white daffodil with a yellow center.

Our thanks to Debbie and John for this Cubs garden decoration. 

Last fall, our landscapers rescued this dogwood tree from between the garages and gave it a new home. It survived the transplantation and new buds are appearing.

Otherwise, we had an average day today. I took STWD to her doctor for a nail trim and later Mary and Ginger went to the big-box nearly everything store for a pick up. 

During our meals, we've been listening to The Lighthouse Keepers Daughter by Hazel Gaynor as narrated/acted by Imogen Church. We are both enjoying this story that is set in1838 Britain and in 1938 USA. Mary is more used to ear reading. I end to prefer printed books. But, this has opened my ears to another way of enjoying literature.

Tomorrow, we have very little planned. Mary will be trying a recipe for vegan Amish bread that I suggested was more in her wheelhouse, since it needs to be kneaded. Yeah, I know, a bad play on words.

That looks like enough for one day. Ciao/.