Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 2:30 a.m. in "The City." Yes my loyal readers, I'm back to my old schedule. If you want to know why, my only answer would have to be. Don't know why, but maybe"

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We have a current temperature of 33° that feels more like 26° with winds of nine mph. The NWS has forecast a Freeze Warning until 8:00 a.m. today. Temperatures are forecast to fall into the mid 20s with even some low 20s tonight. Some fruit trees will start to experience damage after several hours of temperatures of 25° or colder. Apparently, there is an unseasonably cold and dry air-mass in place.

As the clouds scattered out and winds diminished last night, the temperatures fell off rapidly. Damage to some fruit trees can begin after several hours of 25° or colder. Other sensitive vegetation could sustain damage without protection. A Freeze Warning is issued when temperatures are forecast to threaten outdoor plants or fruit trees. Those with agricultural interests in the warned area are advised to protective action. Any potted plants normally left outdoors should be covered or brought inside away from the cold.

The sun will rise today @ 7:00 a.m. and it will set later @ 8:29 p.m.

As I noted in my last blog, sometime after I went to bed last night, I had a visitor to the studio. Ginger, the youngest of our fur-children had stopped by. She had left me a souvenir of her visit, one of her favorite toys. She was probably more interested in what could be found in my waste can, but I prefer to think that she left her "slightly" chewed stuffed squirrel as a souvenir of her visit. At any rate, I returned it to her yesterday after we had washed and replaced the linens on the bed under which Ginger likes to take refuge with all of her toys.

That's mostly what we accomplished yesterday. I watched the northbound and southbound runs of MMRR locomotives 2019 and 2025 as they plied the rails past the manse, each time with fully laden cars in tow.

The southbound run @ 9:13 a.m., consisted of 10 CHCs and six DWTCs. The northbound run occurred @ 1:20 p.m. with those same locomotives towing 14 DWTCs, three DBTCs, two GTCs, and 10 of those BGCs (Black Gondola Cars.)

We did find time to open the myriad boxes that seem to accumulate each day from the various internet e-tailers. Plus, we ordered, for delivery, some replacement fence sections that had been damaged when that tree fell and took out our electric power.

I read more of my latest novel, What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr too. I have promised Mary that she would definitely like this book. So, I also had to promise not to reveal any of the story to you under penalty of a bad ending for me.

At 6:00 p.m. last evening, I watched and slightly participated in a Facebook™ video presentation conducted by Justin of The Camera Shop in Muskegon and Mike of Olympus Camera regarding ISO settings and multiple exposures on Olympus Cameras. These seminars are held weekly on Wednesday evenings and similar seminars are held @ 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoons with a different representative from Olympus Cameras during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine. Like all things photographic, I have a lot to learn.

Oh, I made some of my "Not likely to be famous, but tasty nonetheless" Cole Slaw yesterday. Our last grocery order included a head of cabbage that looked like it had been fertilized with steroids. I could barely hold and grate one-half of it, so I was pressed into duty. Mary did the clean-up of the errant and flying shreds after I was done grating.

Today, I will read more, write more, play more music, and try to avoid anything more strenuous than doing some indoor chores. Mary will likely read more and color more too. She may not agree with my assessment, but I think she has a gift. Ciao.