Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 12:00 a.m. in "The City."

It was noted by an old friend of mine, Dennis, that I haven't been blogging regularly of late. Well, the truth is that my yak recovery has been slowed by a cold that I seem to have picked up shortly after my last visit to the yak doctor's office two weeks ago. That was the follow-up visit to have the sutures removed from my yak, and whether the cold was a result or a coincidence, I'll never know. At any rate, the energy that my yak is requiring to recover makes getting over the cold, which is still hanging on, more difficult. I am just now recovering my hearing. Hopefully, I'll be back to full normal in a few more days.

However, I was able to accompany Mary and Ginger on a walk to the waterfront early yesterday afternoon. The total distance there and back is approximately one mile, so that is a decided improvement over recent walks. While we were out, I took some pictures of the waterfront to memorialize our trip. I'll include them now.

This is taken looking south down the channel, from the intersection of Harbor Drive and Franklin, near our favorite watering hole.

This one I shot near the studios of WGHN radio, our local radio station here in "The City", also looking south.

This one was also taken near the intersection of Franklin and Harbor Drive, and it shows Dewey Hill and the cooling tower at our municipal power plant, looking north.

We weren't supposed to get up until noon yesterday to allow us to get in some much needed rest. The fur-children decided it was time to getup earlier, so Mary took them down for their breakfast around 9:30 a.m. Somehow, Ginger decided it was a good idea to wake me from my slumber in the media room where I had fallen asleep in my upstairs La-Z-Boy, by launching herself into my chest while I was asleep.

I decided it was time to get up too. I got dressed only to learn that Mary had hopes of staying in bed until noon. Generally, the fur-children have settled into our routine and so they were OK with sleeping in too after they had their breakfast and morning constitutional. While we were downstairs, Mary made us a quick breakfast snack of cheese and spinach sandwiches and then we returned to the boudoir to rest once again. I fell asleep and didn't awaken again until nearly 11:30 a.m..

We took that aforementioned afternoon safari after Sugar and Mary had gone to the The Bookman and picked up the weekend edition of the Grand Haven Tribune and a biscuit for Sugar, who stayed behind when we safaried to the waterfront.

Once we got home, we planned our trip to GR for my periodic MRI to check on whether I have any brain cells left. We made a hotel reservation for Saturday night to stay over until my Sunday appointment. Our plan was to hit a few pubs and see an exhibit at the Public Museum, but we realized later that afternoon, that there is an anti-gun march scheduled for the entire downtown area of GR during that same time on Saturday. So, we'll make my appointment and then have a leisurely lunch after that.

Speaking of meals, I mentioned to Mary that I'd like to have a homemade pizza for dinner last night and so she set to work making the dough and some vegan bacon for a topping. When coupled with pineapple, it was delicious.

I also sent some time reading my latest novel and I am nearly done. I am liking this one, Night Moves, by Jonathan Kellerman, very much.

Today, John will be by to do some additional tasks here in the manse. I find that I can accept his doing what I can't or don't want to do very easily. Mary will run some errands while I rest. She is much faster when I'm not in tow.

We have a current temperature of 32° under clear skies. Today, the high is forecast by the NWS to reach 45° under sunny skies. However, we will be hovering in the upper 30s and lower 40s for the next 10 days or so. Winter is letting go slowly here in West Michigan. The sun will rise today @ 7:49 a.m. and set later @ 7:56 p.m. Ciao.