Good early morning GH. Here in the Weather Center, it is a very comfortable 65 degrees. Unfortunately, outdoors it is a much chillier 44. However, no real precipitation appears on the National Weather Service map as interpreted by the Weather Channel site until Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. In the northern part of the state, there is a risk of a frost this early morning. Feels just like an early morning in the desert. So for those of you who live in one of those, you know what we are feeling.

Over the last two days, we have seen a swing of about 30 degrees in the temperatures, much like the price of gasoline here in our state. The latest prices place regular gasoline at $4.16/gallon. Fortunately, we don't drive all that much. I bike ride or we walk, and that mitigates the cost for transportation quite a bit.

Over the last couple of days we have had help with the lawn mowing from our neighbors. We planted some vegetables to replace our fading tulip patch and have spent some time in the "Bone Zone." As the day wore on yesterday, we even spent some time on the deck. In short, another couple of days in paradise, to paraphrase both the Eagles and Jimmy Buffett.

Over the last two days in sports, there have been some dramatic turns on events. The boys in blue, who were looking like they had turned a corner, dropped two to the D'Backs 4 - 12 and 4 - 8. What is there to say? The Tigers handily beat the Orioles on Saturday, by a score of 10 - 3 and then fell to those same birds, 2 -4 on Sunday. However, they remain in first place in their division. My beloved Red Sox crushed the Yankees 11 - 1 on Saturday and then won a rain shortened game on Sunday night 3 - 0. That puts them firmly in first place in the American League East over those same Yankees by a full three games and two and one half over the Orioles. The Caps didn't fare so well. But that's why there are minor leagues where players learn their craft.

In hockey news, the Blackhawks beat the Kings twice over the weekend, 2 - 1 and 4 - 2. The latter game wasn't as close as it seemed. Someone on the sports talk show after the game said that the Kings goaltender would have to be spectacular while the Hawks goalie just needed to get the job done. Well he did.

In auto racing, local driver Brad Keselowski failed his second inspection for having the front of his car too low by NASCAR standards. In spite of his failure, he still managed to finish fifth. Simon Pagenaud won the Detroit Grand Prix over the weekend,

Otherwise not much is happening. Barb is doing well and Adam and Steph just returned from a VW show in Wisconsin. If the show was as good as the pictures, then I am certain that they had a good time. Me, with no lawn to mow and only...Tea time to distract me, there only remains letting Sugar the Weather Dog take me for a nice long walk. A visit on Saturday to the farmer's market and a trip to the art show on Sunday, both with Sugar, made the weekend very pleasant. However, yesterday once again called for long pants and windbreakers instead of the shorts and t-shirt that I wore on Saturday. Oh well, that's Michigan for you.  Oh, by the by, I have to take Sugar for a Pawdicure today, but that's about it. Ciao.