Good early morning GH. According to the non-sophisticated analog display on the desktop, we have just passed 3:30 AM. Our current temperature is a chilly 53 degrees. Any threat of showers is only 40% for today. What's not to like. Our high today may reach 60. By week's end, the lower 70s is possible. I just hope that the fall-fest scheduled for downtown on the 19th is not the same as spring-fest, at least temperature-wise. The post uses that one as a fund raiser and I assume that this one is intended to be the same. It was so chilly in the evening that people stayed away or indoors. Only another two weeks to go.

On Sunday we got up late and started to take a walk with Sugar the Weather Dog. Mary said that she was fine, but when we hit the corner and the wind hit her full on, she decided it was time to turn back. She was more warmly dressed than me, since I was in my regular summer uniform of shorts and a t-shirt. So Sugar and I soldiered on. However, when the rain drops started to fall, Sugar was ready to come home. We made it in time, and watched as the rain became more steady and intense.

As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, we thought that we might go downtown for a viewing of the Lions game. By the time we were ready to go, Mary thought I needed to change out of my summer uniform shorts and give in to long jeans. I am glad that she insisted. Even with a fleece and those long jeans, it was cool as the wind whipped down Washington and Harbor Drive. We did take our umbrellas, but by game's end, they weren't necessary.

We ended up at our alternate watering hole and watched the Lions lose to the Packers, 9 - 22. We couldn't see the Bears game as I suspected, due to a local blackout, but that was no loss as they too fell by a score of 18 - 26 to the Saints. I always used to say that I saved three hours on a Sunday afternoon by not watching the Bears. Now I invest that same time in the Lions. Since I haven't suffered as long as the people who have lived here all their lives, I can take it. I wish I could say the same ting for the boys in blue.

The Tigers play at home tonight, hoping to get out in front of their 1 - 1 series tie with the As. My beloved Red Sox also play tonight in Florida against the Rays. The Sox have a 2 - 0 series lead.

While we were sitting at our alternate watering hole, we saw what we thought to be a small ship making its way up the channel. It turned out to be a bit larger. Here's a link to the Manitowoc, the ship we thought was small. http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=367341010 She's not as small as we first thought. It is likely that she was visiting the local BLP dock with a load of coal for the power plant that we visited on Saturday. If you need more information on her, you need to go to the Grand Haven Tribune's web site http://www.grandhaventribune.com/ and peruse one of the columns by Dick Fox under the title "Ship's Log."

Today, more work for Mary, more walks for Sugar and me, and of course, the chance to play more music. We have an HVAC contractor coming tomorrow, I think, or maybe today, as Mary thinks. In either case, we'll be here. However, if the estimate get's to be too much, I'll live with another sweater and a small electric heater.

I hope to hear from the neurosurgeon's office today too regarding my recent MRI results. Ciao.