Sunshine

I thought I needed to record that. We probably will teeter on the divide between "Partly Sunny" and "Partly Cloudy" today, though one can hope that the "Partly Cloudy" doesn't run down the gutters into the leaf-clogged catch basins...

Also warm, by the standards of a Maine December, with temperatures back into the 40s F again today. T'ain't natural, and no good will come of it. Especially no-good for the ski resorts and snowmobile lodges. But averages tend to average out somewhere, so we watch the northern sky with a sense of foreboding.

Will go out for a walk shortly -- take 'em when you can get 'em. Don't know if I'll be ambushed by Tiger again. He came charging across the street last night, with many complaints about how his family has been abusing and neglecting him. Not a bad act for a cat somewhere over ten years old.

Also batted my heels when I tried to leave before he was through with me.

Further

Shortly after posting that last, the sky cleared off. Or, at least as clear as we can get with the humidity levels and low sun angle. Even full sunshine looks a bit wan at this turn of the season.

No cat ambushes on the walk. Appears that both our Main Cats and Emergency Back-up Cats* were sleeping off a night of debauchery.

*Stolen from Dave Barry, with serial numbers removed and a new paint job.