Good early morning GH. It is closing on 3:00 AM here in our fair city, and I just had to get up and blog a bit. I got Barb's notification that she is back. Glad to hear that all is well, especially since she was on a cruise on one of those oft ill-fated ships.

Our current temperature is 37 degrees, and the shower chances peak at 70% by late in the day, the same time as the the high temperatures peak at 56. If we can get out early enough on the various things that Mary wants to do, we can avoid the majority of the shower activity. Here's hoping that Mary was paying attention when they said that the newly minted host for UP, Steve Kornacki, doesn't start until next weekend.

As I mentioned in the last blog, one of the electricians called back and he was available for a service call after l:00 PM. He was prompt, and when shown our concerns, got right to work. He is a local contractor, and best of all, the chandelier that wasn't working, now is. Apparently, a loose neutral in the box above the fixture. When I rocked it to change the bulb, the connections came loose. Translated, the connections weren't secured properly in the first place. Then he moved to the ceiling fan in Mary's kitchen. Another lucky break for us. The entire fan was secured to the ceiling by two toggle bolts with a tenuous hold. No box nor other fastening device. At some point, very soon, they would have come out and the fan and its wiring would have come down in a crash taking out the ceiling, the wiring, etc. This was one of those times when it paid to call an expert. He knew what to do, got the correct parts, and then with a bit of a struggle, he got them installed and secured. Now, the fan is solidly mounted and will outlast the other parts nearby. We don't yet know the cost, his company will bill us, but the alternative would have been a lot more costly. Now we have an electrician here in GH. I should mention that the circuit breaker that I threw last night was the right one. Dumb luck will overcome skill every time. While the fan was down, I cleaned the top of the blades and now I can forget about anything but dusting them for awhile.

Right now, a short train is going by, heading north. As usual, the same two locomotives have reversed course and are once again headed to their northern terminus. Somehow, I like it. Much the same way that I enjoy reading the ship column by the man who writes for the Grand Haven Tribune. In all cases, his stories about the ships that come and go here in GH are of interest because they have a local slant. There was a book at the local indie bookstore that identifies some of the ships to be found in our channel. I'll have to check it out.

But for now, I am headed back to bed. It will soon be...Tea time and time for Sugar the Weather Dog to take me for a walk. Then, Mary has plans to visit some town I don't remember its name, but I know that it is north of GH.

My boys in blue had their own power problem on Friday. Their bats led them to a loss 1- 4 to the Braves. But, the Tigers won their home opener, rather handily, over the Yankees, behind two homers by Prince Fielder. My beloved Red Sox won, 6 - 4 over the Blue Jays and the White Sox were edged by the Mariners 8 - 7. It would have been a great day if they had lost and the Cubs and Tigers and Red Sox had won. I must give honorable mention to the White Caps, as they won their game final exhibition game 6 - 0 on Friday. The Caps are the "A" level affiliate of the Tigers. The Caps home opener is today, at 1:00 PM at the Fifth Third Ballpark near GR. I heard a shortened name for GR the other day, kind of like KZoo for Kalamazoo, but I can't recall it now.

Finally I'm done. Ciao.