Good morning, good evening, wherever you may be in "The City" or its environs. It is just past 2:00 a.m., and the current temperature is 66° as we head down to a low of 62°. The view out the Weather Window is dark. No lightning nor cars on this early Monday morning. The sun will be rising at 6:35 a.m. and setting at 9:01 p.m. in our post Coast Guard Festival™ city. Things are once again a bit quieter here in our little corner of the world. We love hosting the festival, but a breather is in store. We are still in tourist season, so we have plenty of visitors to our fair city. Don't forget to visit marygoeswalking.blogspot.com for more pictures, and Mary's unique slant on what is happening or has happened in GH, including the Coast Guard Festival™ and the Grand Parade. I like her pictures better.

Next up is the Michigan Pirate Festival. Pirate re-enactors from the historical to the fanciful sail into our city to the delight of  both young and old. Our Irish Jam musicians will be there to help welcome the pirates. The Loutit District Library along with Harbor Island, will be home to the pirates for several days. More fun activities and visitors to GH. Sidewalk sales, Art on the Riverfront, and Walk the Beat follow shortly thereafter. Walk the Beat brings together hundreds of musicians and offers prizes at many venues in the Tri Cities area for those musicians. It should be fun.

I heard the southbound train go by earlier, but I didn't feel like getting up to look.

In sports, the boys in blue took two out of three from the Dodgers, beating them 7 - 3 Sunday afternoon. An all too rare win for hard luck pitcher Edwin Jackson. My beloved Red Sox fell to the Yankees, 7 - 8 Sunday night. The Tigers swept the Rockies with a final game score of 4 - 0 Sunday afternoon. The Caps were not as fortunate Sunday afternoon, as they dropped two of three to the Ft. Wayne Tin Caps, this time 3 - 5.

Looks like I'll be watering again today. In spite of that forecast for rain on Tuesday, I know the right thing to do is water the gardens on the palatial estate. If I do, it may rain. If I don't, it won't. Is that a silly, superstitious way to look at things? Probably, but here in GH, I don't count on the weather forecast much anymore.

Otherwise, with the exception of watering, not much is expected to happen today. I will read the Grand Haven Tribune after I return from my morning walk with Sugar the Weather Dog. I have numerous books o choose from after that. Plus, the girls are always there for me. I also have to go back to my highlighting job. I've been prepaid for my efforts, so I can't delay for too long. It is also time to pull in the Coast Guard flag from the eaves for another year. That should be enough for today. Ciao