Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is 29° under snowy skies with windy conditions. Today's high is forecast to reach 32° under skies that will be snowy until mid afternoon.and windy most of the day  The sun will rise today @ 8:16 a.m. and set later @ 5:19 p.m.

There will be a Gale Warning in effect today until 7:00 a.m. Those Gale Force Winds will be blowing @ 35 to 40 knots and producing waves as high as 12 feet from Holland to Manistee. Those same strong winds will cause hazardous waves which has necessitated a River Flood Warning from now until 7:00 p.m. Sunday!

There will also be a  Lakeshore Flood Advisory in effect for the "Big Lake", also until 7:00 a.m. Minor beach erosion and lakeshore flooding are expected for Mason, Oceana, Muskegon and Ottawa counties. Parking lots and roads along the immediate lakeshore will experience minor flooding.

The NWS has issued a Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 7:00 p.m. tonight. Drivers are warned to add extra time to the morning commute and to expect poor visibility throughout the day and early evening.

Finally, there is also a Flood Advisory in effect until 12:45 p.m. today. Flooding caused by recent heavy rains has already overflowed into low lying areas in most of the communities along the shores of the "Big Lake."

Well, that's five advisories or warnings. Not necessarily unusual, but the effects of Climate Change are becoming very evident throughout our part of the world.

I watched around 4:00 a.m. as the crews from our very own Grand Haven Dept. of Public Works plowed in the end of our shared driveway. The street in front of the Palatial Estate is now very passable, unfortunately, our shared driveway is not. Fortunately, our neighbor appears to have taken off a few days from work for the holidays, so once our own snow-removal service comes by later today, we should be good to go.

We had homemade pizza for lunch yesterday with Mary's hand-tossed dough and my vegan Italian sausage coupled with pineapple. It was delicious. Dinner was mostaccioli ala Mary with the balance of my own vegan Italian meatballs. That too was delicious.

Yesterday we got our errands run and that will allow us to stay indoors today. We have some indoor chores to do, but that is mostly wash, dry, watch, and fold.

No walk for the fur-children today. They may have four-paw drive, but we don't and neither of us bounces nor heals as well as we used to.

Mary is making slow progress on my apron and it should be finished sometime in January. I hope to spend some time in the man-cave and do more reading today. I am currently reading a novel by James Patterson and Brendan Dubois entitled The First Lady. So far, I like it. As both Mary and I have often said, if we can't get into a story by 10 to 15 pages, we won't waste our time.

Tonight, is the annual dropping of the ball at Washington and and Harbor Drive at 12:00 a.m. When we were younger, New Year's Eve was a big deal. But now, not so much. We'll wait for coverage and pix by the Grand Haven Tribune.

So, that looks like enough for one day. I'll add some pix of the snowfall once the sun rises this morning. I hope to be able to get the pix before snow removal and after. But if I don't... Ciao.