Good early morning GH. It is just past 3:40 a.m. in "The City." Our current temperature is 60° as we head down to our low this morning of 56°. Today, Sugar the Weather Dog, Mary, and I had best get out early to avoid the possibility of showers that increases from 0% at 8:00 a.m. to a peak of 70% by 12:00 p.m. But, that is the "forecast." So whether I'll be watering the gardens of the palatial estate and doing other outdoor duties because it didn't rain, or whether we'll be welcoming the dust damping wetness is, as always, open to change. If is doesn't rain, nothing shows up on that "forecast" until Sunday at the earliest.

Wow, the boys in blue managed to eke out a win over the Mets, 2 - 1. Now they are just 13 games under .500. The Tigers were the victims of an awakening of the Blue Jays bats late in the game, as the Tigers lost 3 - 5. My beloved Red Sox have now lost two in a row, this time to the Indians 3 - 5. Sigh. So much for a winning streak. The Caps were once again beaten by Fort Wayne, this time 3 - 4. What is it about losing to teams with a sub .500 record?

Monday Sugar and I took a short walk to pick up the newspaper. We had to take a slight detour because Sugar just can't resist running in all directions at once to get to the various other dogs that we see. Instead of a short walk, it became a circuitous route to avoid confrontations. Sigh. While we were out, Mary was supposed to go to the local medium box grocery/butcher store and the independent book seller, but she got distracted and was still home when Sugar and I got back. When she finally left, I was reading. By the time I got upstairs to play the girls, Mary had made it to both stops and returned. She does walk a lot faster than I. Thus, I got in just one tune and was then summoned to come see what she bought. Good things to be sure, but I never got back to the girls.

Otherwise, we finished reading the newspaper and I worked the crossword. Then back to reading the biography that I have been enjoying. I find biographies from the period when our nation was young and growing, fascinating. I've always said that if I were so inclined, that's the time period I'd study to get my PhD.

Our small family, including our "fur baby", spent a quiet afternoon. We decided that my baking yak could handle a short walk to the downtown, so I fed Sugar before we left and we were off. We had dinner at the newest eatery in the downtown, and it was very good. A bit pricey perhaps, but very good. Then it was time for home.

The Post was closed when we passed. I hope that Sally is okay. Since we couldn't stop there, we came home. We did a quick check on the schedule change for the weekend baseball games and found that indeed, the Red Sox and Tiger's game had been rescheduled to Sunday night by ESPN. I watched more TV and then I was ready for bed. Mary wasn't, so she stayed downstairs and just came to bed a short time ago.

Today, a bit of housecleaning and perhaps that outdoor watering in lieu of the promised rain. I should also mow the lawn too. That's a long process on our estate, so I'm hoping for rain to give me break from both activities. Either way, it will then it will be time for more reading. That's enough for one day I think.

I didn't hear a southbound train earlier, and as of 3:45 a.m., I had yet to hear the northbound train either. Since it seems as though the horn happy engineer has been at the throttle lately, I think I would have heard one by now. Wait, I have now officially stayed up long enough so that I hear a train a comin'. Since I have the benefit of experience, I'll bet it has twin EMD GP 38 locomotives. Yes it did, and that was all.

So until the sun rises at 6:05 a.m., and sets at 9:18 p.m. Ciao.