Good early morning GH. It is just past 2:00 a.m. in "The City." We have a current temperature of 61° as we head down to our eventual low of 53°. Today we will peak out at 68°, as the light rain continues throughout the day. That should be good for our vegetable gardens here on the palatial estate.

Mary and I got up late on Tuesday, picked up Sugar the Weather Dog from camp, and then we did some reading before we went out again for groceries and a light lunch. Then home again, where the freshly bathed Sugar promptly fell asleep on the newly washed couch cover and the floor. Once I'd seen enough of the evening news and a couple of game shows that I like, I went upstairs to watch NCIS and then off to bed. Mary wanted to watch a movie and knit, so she stayed downstairs. I awoke just a short time ago, and that's why I'm here at the keyboard. As an aside, Mary dud snap some pictures of Sugar looking extra cute as she was in dreamland. Had Sugar been awake, she never would have allowed that.

I never heard the northbound train yesterday morning, nor the southbound train this morning, so I don't know what's up with that. All I hear now are cars spinning their wheels outside the open Weather Window, as they hit the railroad tracks. I like being up at this early hour, because I can listen to the quiet. I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but the sound of trucks on the highway, the occasional car motoring down the street, and the trains as they rumble by, is very soothing. Plus, when I go back to bed, I am ready for a good night's sleep. Sleeping in shifts seems to work for me. Mary sleeps soundly from start to finish as the sounds of Coast to Coast AM drift into her subconscious mind. In the winter months leading up to the holidays, I listen to Christmas music, and in the other months, jazz or talk radio. Sometimes I listen to Coast to Coast AM too, so that I know what Mary is referencing when I go back to bed.

In sports, the boys in blue beat the Pirates in their usual inconsistent fashion, 7 - 3. The Tigers were rained out against that other Chicago team, in Chicago. My beloved Red Sox stayed consistent in their own inconsistency, as they beat the Orioles 1 - 0. The Caps kept up their winning ways as they defeated the Great Lakes Loons, 3 - 1. They are now 13 games over .500.

Today Mary and I are signed up for a session at the library on how to use the computers there for genealogy research. It should be fun, but I still have so much reading to do. When you read non-fiction that is 500 - 600 pages in length, it takes time. I also want to get in some time with the girls, so that will finish my free time today. Mary has to get to work on her latest project, and I know that I'll have highlighting to do, so that will also cut into my other reading. I may have to return some unread books for later checkout. They will be due on Friday, and  I have yet to start reading them. I'm just so busy in retirement.

Other than that, not much on tap for today, or for the balance of the week. Father's Day is Sunday and we hope to get together with Stephany and Adam for a few hours. Plus we have visitors coming later this month, that will also cut into Mary's work time, so I have to keep her on schedule. She works well against a deadline, but I don't, so one of my tasks will be to keep her nose to the proverbial grindstone. I can't handle those marathon editing sessions at the end of her efforts. I like to have a cushion. I just can't work like that, while she seems to thrive. Go figure.

Sunrise will be at 6:03 a.m. and sunset at 9:21 p.m. If I don't get back to bed soon, I'll meet myself getting up, I think. Ciao.