Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just after 8:00 a.m. in "The City."

The sun rose today @ 7:45 a.m. and it will set later @ 7:59 p.m.

The current temperature is 23° under cloudy skies with winds of 9 mph which make it feel more like 13°. Today's forecast from the NWS in GR is for the high to be 34°, also under cloudy-skies and also with 9 mph winds. A quick look out the WW (Weather Window) paints a different story, as the clouds on the horizon are painting a beautiful picture in shades of pink in the sunny-skies after dawn.

Yesterday, the NWS forecast called for rain-showers and snow in the morning propelled by Gale Force Winds. However, while those winds were present, the snow-event never came to pass. You might even call it a non-starter or maybe a bust. However, the temperatures until Monday, March 30, won't get out of the 40s. A chilly beginning to spring which began last Thursday @ 11:49 p.m. with the Vernal Equinox, that marks the meteorological start to spring. 

As I noted yesterday, I wanted to get some pix of the waves being caused by the windy conditions on the "Big Lake" and Mary assured me that as long as we stayed away from people we could go, and so we did, right after lunch. My non-waterproof DSLR camera was fine, as there wasn't any rain, but my non-insulated and also non-waterproof self felt chilled to the proverbial bones. The fur-children wanted to go too, but they got a walk later, so they were mollified by that.

Once we got to the Grand Haven State Park, we saw many people, some even huddled in the back of a pickup truck reading the Grand Haven Tribune, while others were doing what the "Third Coast" is famous for, surfing the waves on the "Inland Ocean."  I took some pix of them and of the area in general.

This surfer even achieved liftoff using his attached kite.

 Of course, one surfer knows another surfer, and so on.

Moving fast with those Gale Force Winds.

While we didn't take our own fur-children, another person brought one very happy fur-child to the beach.

When you're a dog with a very keen sense of smell, this must have been like finding a "Pirate's Treasure!"

In spite of admonitions about playground equipment, some people let their children play anyway.

On the leeward side of the south pier, the waves were not crashing very hard.

It was time to take a short cruise into the environs of GH and GH Township. Along the way, I took another pic of the current price for gasoline at the gas station that is part of our favorite grocery store, D & W.

Prices for gasoline that is low in demand are following the basics of economics, low demand equals low prices.

On to the township. More pix in areas we've never seen and then home to take an abbreviated walk with our own fur-children.

Not sure where we were in the township, but this structure caught our fancy.

Time to get home and give Mary a chance to work in the kitchen on our dinner. She had decided the night before that a pizza without any cheese, but with an abundance of veggies was in order, Several years ago, when we were in Pensacola, FL on winter hiatus, we stopped many times at a now closed place called Hopjacks. They made the most delicious pizza we'd ever eaten in the southern US.

So, Mary decided that she had enough vegetables to make her own version. Those included: portabello mushrooms, green and black olives, onions, leftover spinach, banana peppers, extra sauce, and garlic all atop Mary's homemade dough. It was was even better than Hopjacks. Plus, earlier this morning, I had the minuscule leftovers for a snack and like any great pizza, it was even better cold!

Many veggies chopped and ready to go!

Oven ready.

No longer any leftovers to worry about!

Today, we have nowhere to go and once again, all day to get there. It is time to start listening to the Flowerland Show on one of our local radios stations, WOOD from Grand Rapids. This program has run continuously for a long time and they give great advice on growing flowering plants and vegetables here in West MI.

Otherwise, we have two weekday editions of the Grand Haven Tribune to read and yest another chance to try our hands at the crossword puzzles from those. That's enough for one day. Ciao.