Good early morning GH, It is just passing 4:00 AM here in "The City" and the temperature in the Weather Office is 80 degrees, while outside it is 74. We were supposed to get rain, but I don't think that one clap of thunder on Friday afternoon and a few drops of water count. It was all over the TV to be on the lookout, but the only genuine prediction/reaction came from Sugar the Weather Dog when she hightailed it to the hide-e-hole to escape.  She didn't stay long.

I mostly didn't accomplish much on Friday. The heat kept me indoors except for the two abbreviated walks that Sugar took me for in the early morning and the early afternoon. I watered the gardens, read the newspaper, worked the crossword and had lunch after...Tea time. But that was about the extent of my ambition. Mary was hard at work, so I was left to my own devices. Oh, I did the laundry too, but that is just part of life like everything else.

Today, I started my morning by reading the story about Schoep and his owner. Schoep the arthritic Sheperd mix was 20 years old when he died on June 15. If you look up the story on You Tube, Schoep wsa named for the iconic Wisconsin ice cream company and you'll find that the bond between he and his human was strong and unbreakable. His human thinks that when he adopted Schoep at six months, Schoep had been abused by a previous human. A lot of love and a lot of play and Schoep was a wonderful companion for 20 years. My favorite quote from Schoep's human was: "I breathe, but I can't catch my breath," uttered by Schoeps human following Schoeps passing. I understand how he feels.

Otherwise, today is Irish jam and the requisite walk(s) by Sugar of me. I think if it wasn't for Sugar, I wouldn't get out much. In truth, it is all about her.

In sports, the baseball season has resumed and the boys in blue were victorious over the Rockies 3 - 1. They are only 15 games back and eight games under. Hope springs eternal in the hearts of Cub fans everywhere. The Tigers maintained their slim 1.5 game lead over the Tribe after losing to the Royals 0 - 1. My beloved Red Sox topped the Yankees 4 - 2, and continue to cling to their tenuous lead over the Rays by 2.5 games. The Caps fell to the Bees of Burlington, IA 0 - 3. Now they are a game under 500, but still only 5.5 games behind Bowling Green, just like the Lake County Cougars.

So, until...Tea time happens in a few hours, I have to get back to the serious business of sleeping the day away and awaiting my program about car repair. You can never get enough about 20 year old cars with 250,000 miles on them and the owners that love them. Ciao.