Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 12:30 a.m. in "The City."

I just considered taking GTWD out for a midnight safari to the backyard, but then I remembered Mary's admonition about overdoing a good thing for Ginger. So we didn't go. She didn't seem to mind, so I'm guessing that I was the one overdoing the outings. not Ginger. I am betting that she will be back sometime soon with a real need.

Yesterday the weather started out nice, but when Mary and I decided to take a walk with the fur-children, STWD didn't want to go. We had heard on a recent program on WOOD radio called The Pet Files, that when older dogs, a group to which the intrepid one belongs, don't want to go, they are sending you a message that they don't have the energy nor desire to go for long walks like they did when they were younger. I can identify with that, and apparently, so can STWD.

At any rate, when we were walking, I too succumbed to a similar feeling and I wanted to head home before Mary and Ginger. Perhaps I too am showing my age. I came home and spent some time in the La-Z-Boy resting before GTWD arrived and took a flying leap into my lap. So much for resting. Sugar came up when Ginger got down and then Ginger tried to join the two of us and all bets were off. Sigh.

So, Mary suggested that we take a ride to a yarn shop in Wyoming, MI. I knew I could handle riding in the car, so I agreed. Mary picked up a couple of patterns, one for a sweater vest for yours truly, and a type of needle for her crafts.

We had a nice ride in the country what had been a sunny day but on the way home the skies looked threatening and some raindrops were falling on our windshield, so we simply headed towards home. Well, first we stopped @ the Tip-A-Few for some adult libations. The "Tip" was packed with people enjoying their last day of holiday revelry. I guess that means that GH will be back to the regular off-season pace by later today.

Trainspotting yesterday did occur, but the southbound run of locomotives 2057 and 2019 was a short-lived passage on the RSTL as the10:29 run was just those two locomotives, with nine CHCs, and two DBTCs in tow.

The northbound run with the same locomotives was even more abbreviated as those locomotives were towing only four CHCs and one DWTC. It must have cost more to move the locomotives and pay the crew than the Mid-Michigan Railroad made in profit.

I hope to return to bed shortly so that I can get that sleep time that I missed last night.

Today the sun will rise @ 8:16 a.m. and set @ 5:22 p.m. We have a current temperature of 36° under cloudy skies. Later, the high will reach 40° with a 40% chance of showers this morning and windy conditions. By tomorrow, Wednesday,  the high will reach a more seasonal 23° with a 60% chance of snow showers and winds of 25 mph. I'll be inside baking cookies today for our book club meeting on that chilly and windy day. Ciao.