Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:30 a.m. in "The City."

I was outside with GTTSD @ 1:20 a.m., and it was cooler than it has been of late, but at that time, there was no rain falling. However, the NWS has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Ottawa, County, between 3:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. We have a 70% chance of snow showers including winds possibly gusting to 35 mph. Right now, the temperature is 33° under cloudy skies. Today's high will be 31° Naturally, MDOT has urged people to drive carefully and use extra caution when they go out. Duh!

I did it! I made rye bread yesterday using the recipe from the Betty Crocker™ cookbook that is a staple in Mary's kitchen. It tastes great, but I have to work on my loaf formation. It is flatter than it is tall. Once again, my trusty Kitchenaid™ stand mixer did its magic. See the picture below.

Speaking of Ginger, as I noted yesterday, she is like a different dog following her recent grooming. I took a picture of her and she looks great, except, that she closed her eyes. I also have included a picture from a few weeks ago for contrast.

This is a picture from several weeks ago. Her hair had grown even longer since then.

I train spotted yesterday, but GTTSD didn't even stir from her bed in the living room. I only observed the southbound run of locomotives 2057 and 2019 @ 1:12 p.m. I don't know if there was a northbound run. At any rate, in tow were four CHCs, one GTC, and 10 DBTCs.

I also found time to change the bulbs in the light fixture over the sink in the kitchen. Unfortunately, as is all too often the case, of the three LED bulbs that we recently purchased, one was defective, necessitating a run to the big-box home center for a replacement. All better now, but that was just one more thing I didn't want nor need to do.

Today, we have to pick up some paint for the bathroom, weather permitting, and also go to the big-box everything store for a replacement humidifier. It is just too dry without one. Sigh, I hate the big-box everything store. I'd like to go the local Ace Hardware™, but they have very limited stock of humidifiers.

Otherwise, not much on tap for today. A few things that can wait, but the humidifier cannot. If I get lucky, the Word Champion Chicago Cubs could be on TV today. It depends on whether our cable system has that option.

The sun will rise @7:26 a.m. and set @ 6:29 a.m. Ciao.