Good early morning GH. It is nearly 5:00 a.m. in "The City." Our current temperature is 52° as we drop to our morning low of 51°. If we don't get any rain today, we won't get any for at least five days as the temperatures stay right around 70°. I suspect that Mary or I will be out watering the gardens on the palatial estate today, and probably Friday for sure.

Just to change things up a bit, the trains did go by this morning. One, traveling south, about 12:30 a.m., and the other going north, at about 3:45 a.m. The sound made by the southbound train told me that it was a long one, while the sound made by the northbound train was likely just the two locomotives. In both cases, I didn't feel like looking.

In sports, the boys in blue fell to the Giants, 0 - 4. The Tigers eked out a win over Oakland, 6 - 5. My beloved Red Sox are on a roll, having beaten the Braves for the second game in a row, 6 - 3. The Caps were once again hammered by Bowling Green, 2 - 10. The Blackhawks return home tonight, down 3 - 1 in their series against L.A. Can they repeat as Stanley Cup champions? We'll know more tonight.

Yesterday, Mary and I collectively placed the flag stones in the gardens of the palatial estate. They are a gorgeous shade of red, or pink, or? Mary will tell me later. Whatever they are, I like the look. Very random and rustic looking. Mary wants to put in mulch, but my back says it can wait. One of the reasons that we need to water today is that Mary had to move a few plants that would have been covered by the stones.

Afterwards, we went to the newly opened farmer's market in Muskegon. It has the potential to hold dozens of vendors, but on a Tuesday in late May, it was only about 1/3 occupied. We did get some eggs and peppers. Oh, we got chives to plant, which is another reason we have to water.

Since we were near to our favorite north of the bridge watering hole we stopped in, ate lunch, and then headed home. I discovered that the book I am reading is mostly accurate historically, as one of the characters referenced is now known to Mary and me. We both learned of this person and his organization and work during the completion of a recent project. As students of history, we were both surprised to learn how little we knew of his activities and their results.

Today we'll walk downtown with Sugar the Weather Dog for a loaf of bread, no jug of wine, and the newspaper. That should make for a complete day. I am going to read more from that book I just mentioned and change the strings on Bridget after which I will get in some playing time. I may also stop in at the local guitar store to get a back up set of strings. Like I often say, when possible, I try to buy locally in order to support the efforts and continuation of our local merchants. If we allow the big box stores or on-line e-tailers to put them out of business, we will regret it.

Otherwise not much is happening. Our intrepid weather dog got her first upstairs biscuit yesterday, so now she is sleeping next to the bed n anticipation of a repeat. As long as Mary and I don't have to go downstairs to complete the morning biscuit charade, I don't mind. Sunrise today will be at 6:08 a.m., and sunset at 9:12 p.m. Ciao