Good morning GH.  I knew that Sugar the Weather Dog would have trouble yesterday evening with the storms and my concerns were borne out when I found her lying on the landing between upstairs and downstairs before I went to bed.  Mary says it is because she, Mary, was downstairs and I was upstairs, and Sugar was torn between her duties as Chief of Security and her need to protect us both and her fear of storms.  I think she made the best of a tough choice if that is so, and I commend her for her efforts on our behalf.  Lots of people in town yesterday for the final day of the Lake Michigan Kite Fest.  Mary and I went down to the beach and saw some amazing sights and kites. a nice bit of alliteration, I think.  A flying octopus, a space shuttle, flying cows, the list just goes on and on.  Mary purchased a dragon kite that she will fly when no one is looking.  I like her idea.  She can fly while I swim, a win-win for both of us.  Yesterday, Mary made some killer sweet potato drop biscuits, and I helped.  My job was to sift and to cut the margarine into the sifted mixture of flours, and corn meal etc.  I think the success was due in large part to my efforts.  That's my story and I am sticking to it. We got some vegetables for our hanging planters yesterday, and they will be planted today.  Met our backyard neighbor yesterday after we returned.  He is the owner of the Mustang that inhabits the driveway there.  It will be back for the summer soon.  He admits that he doesn't know much about mechanics, but he does enjoy driving the car which he has had since his high school days.  He and his wife are teachers and he is also a Tigers fan.  Me, I was just enjoying being outside on the rear patio.   As soon as the deck is finished, I will also be enjoying that.  It hit the low nineties here in the PM.  Currently, the desktop temperature is showing 57 degrees, a better than twenty degree drop.  Nineties and clear are expected again by the holiday weekend.  Right now, skies are cloudy and there is some evidence of rain.  I would prefer a somewhat more steady weather pattern, but alas, that isn't currently in the offing.  Anyway, I have rambled long enough, so it is.....Tea time.