Good morning GH. We have a current temperature here in the Weather Center of 70 degrees. Outside, according to the sophisticated readout from my personal weather station and the Weather Channel app, it is 52 with a minimal chance of precipitation.

Speaking of minimal chances of precipitation we have the contractor coming over today to begin fixing those windows. He came by yesterday, told us what we needed to hear, and then called to say he could start the job today. He may have to finish later, but it is not a crisis, so that's fine with us.

Speaking of house related things, my plans for the duct didn't work. That's because, as it turns out, the duct wasn't blocked by a piece of wood, but a huge amount of soft insulation. I know this because the epoxy didn't stick to anything and when I stuck the hose of my shop vac down the duct, I got a full reservoir and the duct wasn't even empty. So, plan B is to do nothing further. What's that they say about the best laid plans of mice and men?

In general news, Mary and I went to the farmer's market in Spring Lake yesterday. We picked up a few ready to eat vegetables and also some vegetable plants that I was tasked to plant in the garden. That didn't take long, and now we'll have some celery and parsley. When we got back, Mary made a lunch of sandwiches and fried green tomatoes. Excellent fare for a late lunch.

Not much on tap for the day. A walk with Sugar the Weather Dog, the contractor and more guitar. Mary has to work, and I have to watch. A nice trade off I think.

In sports, the boys in blue had the day off, but they drafted a power hitting third baseman 2nd in the annual draft. They take on the Pirates today at Wrigley. The Tigers beat the Rays 5 - 2 behind a great pitching performance by Max Scherzer, and great all around baseball by Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez and the rest of the team. They play the Tribe of Cleveland today as Justin Verlander takes the mound. My beloved Red Sox defeated the Rangers with the help of a walk off homer by none other than "Big Papi," 6 - 3. Today, they take on the Angels of Anaheim. The Caps got their lunch handed to them by the Great Lakes Loons, 1 - 4. Better luck tonight guys.

In other sports, the Blackhawks defeated the Kings in LA, 3 - 2. The next game is in Chicago on Saturday. The Hawks lead the series 3 - 1. Their likely final round opponent, the Boston Bruins, lead their series 3 - 0. I like the idea of a final composed of two of the original six teams.

It was all good in basketball, as the Heat lost to the Spurs, by four points. Not a huge margin, but a win for the Spurs and a loss for the Heat.

Time for a return to bed before an early wake up call and then...Tea time etc. Ciao.