Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It ii just past 12:00 a.m. in "The City."

Well, we made it through our latest Winter Weather Advisory, which expires @ 4:00 a.m.today. Since early yesterday afternoon, we've gotten around six inches of heavy/wet snow. With luck and the increase in the high temperature today to 42° under sunny skies, the snow should be gone by the time Tuesday's morning rains begin to fall. One good thing, the high on Tuesday has been forecast by the NWS to reach 58°. In addition, the Small Craft Advisory for the shores of the "Big Lake" will expire by 2:00 p.m. today. We have a current temperature of 33° that feels like 24°.

The sun will rise today @ 7:03 a.m. and set later @ 8:27 p.m. If we were ready for spring before, we are really ready now!

We had plans to run some errands yesterday, but the snow covered streets kept us indoors. Even the fur-children were reluctant to go out for long. They too are so ready for spring.

By way of information, here is what the manse looked like yesterday,  courtesy of our Senior Staff Photographer, Mary.

Our front porch looking towards the street. Those bumps in the parkway are the rocks in our garden.

Our garage as seen from the back door across the snow covered deck and past the snow covered trees.

The tree branches in the foreground and the background were totally weaighed down by the heavy/wet snow.

No grocery store, no stop @ the craft store in Muskegon, no nothing. However, with a bit of assistance from Mary, I finished the crossword. I also made some vegan jerky, some spicy chickpeas, and some vegan sausages, two of which were part of our dinner along with couscous and a baked sweet potato ala Mary. Mary generally uses the microwave to prepare the sweet potatoes, but the oven produces a sweeter result. I like this way much better.

The 5 - 5, tied for 3rd place in the MWL East Caps, were postponed due to the snow, They are anticipating that their next opponents, the 4 - 6, 6th place in the MWL East Lansing Lugnuts will take the field with the Caps tonight @ 6:35 p.m.

Speaking of being postponed by the snow, the 5 - 9 in the NL Central Cubs were postponed in their series finale against the 8 - 7, 3rd place in the AL West Angels. No date is available for a makeup game as of this time. The Cubs travel to Miami to meet the 4 - 12 in the NL East Marlins tonight @ 6:05 p.m., when 0 - 2 RHP Yu Darvish once again tries to justify his 6 year, $126 million salary. At least right-fielder, Jason Hayward, has been hitting, a surprise to Cubs' manager, Joe Maddon.

The 8 - 7 in the AL Central Tigers would like to have been postponed, as RHP Jordan Zimmermann has fallen back to being his old self, walking people and being unable to get past the 3rd inning. The Tigers and Zimmermann fell to the Twins, 4 - 6. The Tigers are home on Tuesday to play the 8 - 6 in the NL Central Pirates @ 6:35 p.m. as LHP Matthew Boyd takes the mound.

My beloved, 6 - 10, 3rd place in the AL East Red Sox rode a terrific performance by LHP David Price to a 4 -0 win. The Sox are showing signs that they have returned to the form that took them to the World Series in 2018! The Sox have a rare day game today @ 11:05 against the also 6 - 10 in the AL East Orioles, as RHP Hector Velazquez takes the ball.

By the by, Tiger Woods won his 5th green jacket @ the Masters Tournament yesterday.

Today may or may not see us going out. If the city gets the streets cleared, we'll get to those errands that we postponed. Plus, it is tax day, so those must get in the mail today too. Ciao.