Good early morning GH. It is just past 4:00 a.m. in "The City." Our current temperature is 48 chilly degrees, but it feels like 44°. The National Weather Service forecast for this morning is for an actual low of 45°. However there is hope, as today's high should reach 65 sunny degrees with a 0% chance of precipitation. Sunday, when they will be running the "Greatest Spectacle in Motor Racing" in Indianapolis, IN, well actually Speedway, IN, is supposed to be nearly perfect for automobile racing with a high of 79° under partly cloudy skies. They have had several rain delays over the last few years, so here's hoping.

Friday morning in GH found me walking with Sugar the Weather Dog. Unfortunately, Sugar was distracted by other dogs in "Her City", and so she wasn't able to complete her assigned tasks. It took a second walk later with Mary in order to facilitate those. When Sugar loses focus, she can't be persuaded to use her time efficiently. Today we'll stay in bed for the morning and then go to the farmer's market, the bakery, and the library. I like Saturday morning radio with the Autotalk show, the veterinarians show, and the Flowerland show. Later, if the spirit moves us, we'll return to the Post for the second day of the "Battle of the Bones." We spent some time there yesterday afternoon, and the samples we had were enticing. More vendors are expected today.

I managed to get the cracked board on the front porch glued together yesterday after I returned from my unrequited walk to the big box stores. Now all I have to do is re-affix it to the building, so I am half done. I got the gardens on the palatial estate watered and pulled a few weeds too, so I felt that I got a lot accomplished before I had to sit down and help Mary edit her project. That turned out to be a relatively short task, so that gave us time for that trip to the Post. Today Mary has to revisit a past project for some changes, but that shouldn't take too long.

There is supposed to be a meteor shower visible here and elsewhere in the U.S. during these early morning hours, but we have too much light pollution in our part of the city to allow it to be visible. Too bad, visible meteor showers aren't all that regular.

No trains this morning, due to it being Saturday morning and a holiday. They should return next Monday/Tuesday morning.

I located the paint for the porch deck and the railings, so when the spirit moves me again, I'll get those off of my to do list and move them to my to done list. No rush, because like my old neighbor Marshall painting his windows, I know that those jobs will get done sometime this summer.

In sports, the boys in blue, after a 5 - 1 win in San Diego on Thursday night, were hammered by the Padres 1 - 11. The Tigers righted the ship against Texas and won their game 7 - 2 after a loss the previous day. My beloved Red Sox were not helped by my wearing their colors on Friday, as they lost to the Rays, 0 - 1, that too after a loss of 2 - 7 the day before. The Sox appear to be in free fall. I can officially say that I am worried. The Caps are tied for second place in their division with the Dayton Dragons, whom they beat 1 - 0 yesterday.

That looks like enough for today. No watering, no additional tasks, no automobile trips, planned or unplanned. Having walked over to the big box stores yesterday and having to dodge the heavy traffic, it would take a trip to pick up my million dollar lottery prize to get me in a car, and even that could wait. That assumes that I ever won that million dollars. Ciao.