Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 7:00 p.m. in "The City", where under cloudy skies, the current temperature is 37° and it feels like 37° with a slight wind out of the east @ two mph. 

Our overnight low temperature tonight will drop to 29“ before we rebound to tomorrow's high temperature of 40° under partly cloudy skies with the low-temperature tomorrow night forecast by the NWS to once again fall to 29°. 

The sun will rise tomorrow @ 8:07 am. and set tomorrow evening @ 5:10 p.m. We have no watches advisories, alerts, or warnings in the forecast at this time.

What a day in sports if you are a Detroit Lions fan, as the now 6 - 7 Lions rode the over 300 plus-yard passing performance of QB Jared Goff to a stunning 34 - 23 win over the 10 - 3 Vikings! Are the Lions showing some life? Will they make a run into the playoffs? Or, will they fall back to earth and become those Lions that we've all come to know and love? Stay tuned, as the Lions have a bye week next week before taking on the 4 - 8 Panthers on Christmas Eve. 

As for that group of men who like to pretend that they are a professional football team, one that more closely resembles the group which was once called the "Spare Bears", they had a bye week today and they will face the 12 - 1 Eagles next Sunday @ 1:00 p.m.

We managed to do myriad indoor chores today, listen to more of our shared ear-read, travel to the downtown area, stop for petrol, and make a donation at the Goodwill Store™ before we stopped at our own City Beach for a Mary and Ginger walkabout and a personal photo shoot for me.

The afternoon skies at the City Beach were very overcast, partially obscuring the outer lighthouse.

And the inner one too.

This gull was slicing his way through the foggy skies.

And way out there, these people were probably fishing, I believe.

This gull didn't bother to waste energy trying to fly.

And the beach by the State Park was mostly deserted.

With the exception of a few brave souls, Mary, and Ginger.

Tomorrow I have a visit to the lab at Trinity NOCH for some tests and that's about it. I probably have not mentioned it previously, but I am scheduled for a left-knee replacement one week from tomorrow, with a right knee replacement about ten weeks after that. 

71 years of living, walking on concrete, and bike riding took a toll on my knees. I've escaped knee replacement for the last several years with injections that provided a cushion between the bones in my knees, but those are no longer working, so....

Later tonight, I will be sitting in on my regular Sunday night Simple Songs for Ukulele session. So that is something to look forward to. Ciao.