Good early morning GH. It is just past 1:00 AM her in "The City" and the breeze coming in the window of the Weather Center feels great. While my sophisticated digital instruments here in the center show the temperature at 82, the equally sophisticated weather application on my PC shows it to be 75 with a possibility of isolated T-storms. I'll wait for the more accurate Sugar the Weather Dog to tell me what is really going to happen.

I apologize for no blog yesterday, but sometimes when you get up and go walk abut with your Weather Dog, and then you get busy helping Mary, the day just gets away. However, since Sugar and I were out anyway, I decided to take some pictures of "The City" as a way of further acquainting my readers with my newly adopted home. I 'll include those at the end.

Today, more help for Mary and a trip to the pharmacy for my regular prescriptions. Otherwise, not much on the agenda. In fact, I will be doing some work for Mary right after I complete this blog so that I can get a head start.

I couldn't let the railroad situation pass without mentioning that the signals rang for nearly one hour yesterday morning, but no train appeared. Like I've been known to say, "Go figure."

A quickie sports report and then pictures. The boys in blue finally pulled the pin on pitcher Matt Garza, sending him to the Texas Rangers for three minor league players. They also edged the D'backs 4 - 2 to stay close at 15.5 games behind the Cardinals. The Tigers got past the other Chicago team 7 - 3 behind another fine performance by the now 14 - 1 Max Scherzer. They also moved 2.5 games ahead of the Tribe. My beloved Red Sox fell to the Rays 0 - 3 and now have a very slim lead over those same Rays of 0.5 games. However, they are a full 7 games ahead of the Yankees, so some things are going good. The Caps fell to the Chiefs of Peoria. IL, a former Cubs farm team and now an A level affiliate of the division leading St. Louis Cardinals 7 - 3. Ouch. Wow, that didn't come out so quick.

Now, on to the pictures, of which I have chosen four to get me started. More later, and then work for Mary, before bed and then...Tea Time.

I've included two shots of this scene that helps explain why "The City" can support so many restaurants and bars and which causes our population to swell to 10 times its regular size every year. The crowds the fest brings to town are part of that love/hated thing I mentioned the other day.

However, the local economy benefits from the presence of the tourists, as the price for available housing doubles during Coast Guard Fest.

This is the office of the folks who will be extremely busy over the next two weeks making our Coast Guard Fest successful.

This plaque is located in Central Park as are several others throughout the city. I'll include more of Central Park next time.