Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 5:30 p.m. in "The City." 

The current temperature is a very seasonal 38°, although it feels more like 32°, with a breeze out of the southwest @ 8 mph. The skies are partly cloudy, and the sun will set this evening @ 6:32 p.m.

Today was a good day, well mostly, as Mary and Ginger went to that big-box nearly everything store for a grocery run and a walk downtown in the "Promised Land", while I was here at the manse, continuing to print-read the novel Mary recommended to me, entitled, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin. It turns out that although this novel is outside my regular reading genre, I like it. Who knew?

Not surprisingly, the grocery run did not go smoothly, as we had to go back to that big-box store so that they could actually swipe the credit card that they had not properly done during the previous visit. 

However, since I was along for the ride this time, I had my camera at the ready and took a few shots of things that caught my eye along the road and here at the manse. So, it was not a waste of time after all. Here are some pix I chose to highlight my efforts today.

At the Salvation Army Headquarters here in GH, the Auxiliary Gardens now have picnic tables for sitting after a hard day of gardening. 

But as of this date, the gardens are still snow covered and not ready for planting.

We also journeyed out to Hofma Preserve, where I took a shot of this barn across the street.

Once again, our daffodils are buried in the melting snows near the deck.

And out in the Vast Gardens, where they continue to spread more each year.

But now that we are safely back at the manse, we have returned to our regularly scheduled activities, already in progress. Mary is once again cross-stitching, I am here in my office/studio blogging, and also trying to use my new Bluetooth™ headphones to listen to my music.

That's enough for one day. Ciao.