Brrrr!  Good morning GH. It is just past 2:00 a.m. in "The City." Our current temperature is 50° as we head down to our anticipated low of 46°. Once the sun rises at 6:03 a.m., we'll get back to 68 mostly sunny degrees. Sunday we'll have a few more clouds, but the temperature will still be approaching 74° with only a 20% chance of rain. That means I"ll have to water today.

When Mary, Sugar the Weather Dog and I went out for our morning walk Friday, I opted to wear long jeans and forego my regular shorts. Mary never wears shorts, so she didn't have a choice to make. Both Mary and I chose to get our sweatshirts out of summer storage because the 17 mph winds made it cold enough to almost see your breath. When we returned and Mary was working at her desk, she actually had to close her office window and put on her half gloves to work at her keyboard. I put on my slippers and a jacket to work at mine along with playing the girls.

Speaking of Mary, she just published her blog at http://marygoeswalking.blogspot.com/. She has included numerous pictures from our recent trip to Detroit. We had gone to see our first ever night baseball game. Some pictures are of me, and for that I apologize. Mary is like Sugar, she doesn't like to have her picture taken. I am not very photogenic, but I don't care if I get my picture taken, because they look just like me. I think that only super models are okay with having their picture taken, because that's their job. I have heard, that they worry about paparazzi taking unauthorized photos sans makeup and favorable lighting. Only children are generally unabashed about being photographed.

Friday was a day that found us singing some, playing some, reading some, and working some. We even held hands and were careful as we crossed the street and marveled at the growth of our garden. My thanks to Robert Fulghum for his format, which he used in All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Upon our return, we enjoyed Mary's famous Swiss cheese and sauerkraut sandwiches for lunch. Mary has added a new and tasty wrinkle to her efforts. She now warms the sauerkraut before placing it on the sandwich. To use a shopworn phrase, "Totally excellent." We did go out for dinner, but I had to ask Mary to drive, because my baking yak is still baking. I hope to resolve that soon, but the doctors are being elusive.

In sports, the boys in blue eked out a win over the Phillies, 2 - 1. That's one in a row. They are on a roll. The Tigers are rolling too, backwards. They have been very inconsistent lately, losing last night to the Twins, 0 - 2. Early in the season, they were enjoying success, but now they are struggling. I know they will right the ship, just as I hope that my beloved Red Sox will. The Sox trounced the Indians last night, 10 - 3, to move back to just five games under .500. That's two in a row for the Sox. The Caps moved back into the division lead. with a 4 - 2 win over the now second place South Bend Silver Hawks. For those who care, it took two overtimes, but the L.A. Kings won Lord Stanley's Cup, beating the N.Y. Rangers in five games, this last one by a score of 3 - 2. It might just be me, but hockey, in June, in L.A., seems wrong.

Today, we want to walk with Sugar the Weather Dog, and then I'll settle in to rest my baking yak. I'll do more highlighting and avoid my music stool to rest my yak. Mary will work at her desk after we return with Sugar. We are hoping to avoid breaking out our heavy coats if we don't go out until later in the morning. We have acclimated to the cool temperatures here, but even the waitstaff at our favorite watering hole went back to long pants and sneakers to ward off the cold, and they're native Michiganders. The sun will set at 9:23 tonight. Ciao.