I got up early this morning and burned a new image of Raspbian with Samba that I had previously saved on my laptop. I had to mount the hard disk but once this was done it was functional. I then did some port forwarding of the new IP for nodered on the condo router. It was a success, after setting https to false in the Alexa skill I was able to control the Sonos via the web and logging into Traviata. Next I got the voice skill working successfully. I am able to pause, change volume and select various favorites. It won't select anything in the music library yet but this is still a work in progress. Earlier this morning the two used Panasonic cameras I was watching on Amazon were 15% off today so I bought them. The seller has 100% feedback so I should be good except that they are used. They are BL C10 models which are exactly what I have on the Lanai now, an older technology that are only 640x480 but they are PTZ and adequate for monitoring the plant shelves. Lunch was a new (for us) variety of Progresso soup called Chicken Tuscany. It's a white bean in a clear broth which was delicious.
On the home control front I heard from Joe who has successfully gotten nodered running on his Pi. We did a short walk today around Forest Circle. The sun came out and we had to remove our jackets for a very pleasant walk.
Alexa is successfully controlling Sonos in the condo. Now I want to get some presets built to select our music library favorites. After a reduced cheese and crackers without wine we ordered a large pizza from the Italian Grill.