Good morning GH. Remember that 60% chance of showers? It must have been somewhere else, because it wasn't here. We still show a a 50% chance, but there seems to be little activity outside the Weather Window. Go figure. Sugar the Weather Dog is sleeping soundly beside the  bed, so I doubt that that is even a real possibility. We have a current temperature of 66 degrees. Surprise, it finally started raining a few minutes ago. Sugar failed to sound the warning. The rain seems to be short lived and I hear a train a'comin. Sounds like that horn happy engineer is at the throttle. This one is a bit longer than last night's train, but the composition is the same.

On Thursday, I finished my editing chorea and played a little whistle. Remember that commentary about my aching shoulder? Ditto. Sugar and I got in two walks, but at one point she wouldn't go out as she seemed to sense a front passing through. Even Sugar the Weather Dog can be wrong. Mary and I walked downtown and I got my bean fix from the boss, so the day closed out nicely.

Today, since it is unlikely that the predicted rain even will happen, I plan to mow the lawns on the palatial estate and then read more. I wish my aching shoulder would let me play more music, but that seems a dream at this point. I can still do yard work, but anything that requires repetitive motion from my shoulder is too painful. So perhaps more reading and sitting.

Speaking of reading, I just started a new book entitled How to Create the Perfect Wife, by Wendy Moore. I know it sounds like a cookbook, but it is sadly a true story of Thomas Day, an 18th century British writer and radical who unable to find the perfect wife, set out to create one. Interesting so far, but bizarre.

Otherwise, not much is planned for, nor happening today. That rain thing likely changes the plans for that outdoor work.

In sports, the Pirates fell to the Cardinals 1 - 9 while the Braves fell to the L. A. Dodgers 1 - 6. Tonight, the Tigers face off against the As as my beloved Red Sox tee off against the Rays. It is showtime. Here's hoping that the best team wins. The Cardinals look unstoppable, and I'm hoping that will be true of the Red Sox, at least in the early stages of the playoffs. When we get to the finals, I will have to choose if both the Tigers and the Red Sox are still in it for the American League.

So that's about it for now. I need to get some additional sleep and get ready to face the new day as the Sun rises at 7:46 AM for...Tea time. Ciao.