Good early morning GH. It is just past 3:00 a.m. in "The City." Our current temperature is 64° as we head down to our eventual low of 55°. Today, after the sun rises at 6:03 a.m., the temperature will rebound to 74° under partly cloudy skies. In addition, as the day wears on, the cloud cover is supposed to increase in the late afternoon and overnight into Wednesday, when we are anticipating an 80% chance of rain. Like always, I'll believe it when I can see it. My "Weather Window" is very accurate. Much like the infamous "Weather Rock" in Bermuda and all over the world, when you can see the results of a weather phenomenon, you don't have to guess, you know.

Mary and I had a great experience on Sunday. We went to our first Tiger's game in Detroit. They were playing  my beloved Red Sox in what was to have been an afternoon game, but which had been arbitrarily rescheduled to a night game by the TV people for a national game. In any event, I was in a state of bliss, as I had a team in the race that couldn't lose. My beloved Red Sox, on the strength of a prodigious blast in the top of the ninth by Big Papi, defeated the Tigers 5 - 3. Unfortunately, the Red Sox quickly returned to their losing ways on Monday, as they lost to the Orioles 0 - 4. The Tigers also lost again on Monday, 5 - 6, to that other team from Chicago. The boys in blue after having put together a five game winning streak, have now lost two in a row, this time to the Pirates 2 - 6. Ouch! Good news though, the Caps reclaimed first place in their division of the Midwest League, by a half game over their latest opponent, the South Bend Silver Hawks. The Caps won 6 - 2.

I'd like to think that because I was wearing my lucky "Southernmost Red Sox Nation" T-shirt along with my new Tiger's hat, that I had a hand in the game. Yeah, I'd like to think that, but then I'd also have to think that luck is real and not the result of circumstances coming together in just the right combination.

No northbound train yet, but I expect one soon, after I didn't hear a southbound  run at midnight. Unlike the weather, the trains tend to run on a pretty reliable schedule. I'll add in info as it becomes available.

Today, we have to pick up the intrepid Weather Dog from camp. Before we do that, we have to wash her couch cover and vacuum the carpets in preparation. Mary favors using the dog hair picker upper on the cover, I think shaking the cover outdoors will do just fine. Then back to relaxing and waiting for the rain to fall.

The other day, Mary ordered a new leash for our "baby." It is made by the same people who made Sugar's Thundershirt™. If the leash works as advertised, it is supposed to reduce Sugar's urge to pull on a walk. It should arrive by today. So far, Sugar has been able to thwart our best efforts to rein her in, so here's hoping.

Our tomato plant has exploded in size. I think it nearly doubled in two days. Probably wishful thinking on my part, but it is definitely larger.

So until the sun sets at 9:21 p.m., I'll be signing off. Ciao.