Good morning GH. It is fast closing on 4:00 AM here in the big city, and as I gaze out the Weather Window I see dark. Surprise! Our current temperature is 29 clear degrees. We are supposed to get to the lower 50s today and the chance of precipitation is next to nothing. Of course on Monday, the temperatures are expected to get into the lower 60s and once again, with very limited precipitation. But watch out on Tuesday and beyond, when we see a continual drop in in temperatures and an increasing chance of precipitation on Tuesday.

Saturday was a great day. Sugar the Weather Dog and I took a short walk and then Mary made a nice lemon, garlic and olive oil vinaigrette dressing for salad. We had a nice sandwich to go with, and it was all good. Mary and I then journeyed to a local garden center, where she got some seeds for her upcoming garden. She got seeds for cold weather crops like lettuce, kale, and spinach. Now all we need are the containers she plans to use for her plantings. I agree with her that the soil around our palatial estate may be contaminated with over 100 years worth of unknown chemicals, and so containers are a safer alternative. The various flowering plants are fine, because we don't eat them.

I took my traveling guitar, which I just named Bridget, in honor of the fact that I play Irish music on her. Of course by shape, guitars are female. After an unrequited stop at the big box hardware store in town, Mary dropped me at the library for my Irish Jam session. We had about 30 players, and as always, I had a great time. I like to think I am improving, and the chance to play with others is a good way to do it.

Later, I walked Bridget home and then met Mary downtown for drinks. They had a young man playing guitar and singing, and he was good. I liked him, but it was guitar and vocals, so what's not to like.

We didn't get to watch UP, with Steve Kornacki due to the ongoing coverage of the tragedy in Boston. However, he is supposed to be back on Sunday, and I hope a spirited discussion of the events surrounding the Marathon and their aftermath will ensue. We should agree not to rush to judgment.

Otherwise, I have a book to finish by Tuesday, before it must be returned. I just finished a book entitled Black Irish, by Stephan Talty, which has a young woman of Irish descent as a detective working for the Buffalo, New York PD. She was adopted by her very Irish cop father as an infant, and has her own set of demons chasing her, some of them related to her own history. I liked this book much more than the last one I read. Now am on to Night Ranger, by Alex Berenson, and so far, it feels good. Time will tell.

Otherwise, not much on tap for the day. More reading, more relaxation, and of course...Tea time as we watch UP. So, until there is more to say, Ciao.