Good morning or good evening GH. It is just past 5:00 a.m. in "The City." We are currently "enjoying" a temperature of 73° as we drop to an overnight low of 71° under a new moon. Once the sun rises at 6:59 a.m., we'll see the day's temperatures soar to a forecast high of 79° near the shores of the "Big Lake." We'll also be "enjoying" the high humidity that we have mostly missed this summer. While we have a 50% chance of scattered T-storms, it seems likely that I'll be watering today. Sugar the Weather Dog will let me know how important that 50% chance really is.

Sugar and I took our morning walk yesterday. Since it was Sunday, there was no need for us to go towards the newspaper office. So we headed one block east and then proceeded south to the other side of GH. Well only about eight blocks, but for Sugar, that's the other side of GH. By the time we reversed the above procedure, we were ready for rest. I gave Sugar her ritual biscuit and then watched some morning news. Breakfast was blueberries mixed with Special "K"™. I find that I like that cereal. Of course there are few cold cereals that I don't like. I can think of only two or three.

Over the weekend, I had a scare. My cuckoo clock stopped running. I thought sure it was on its way to the "Clock Doctor." But, a slight movement to the side of no more than one-eighth of an inch, and voila, the cuckoo was back in full voice. I know that the cuckoo was the bane of Adam and Steph's existence when we lived in our old home in Illinois. When they would come to stay in "The Country" as they referred to our home, they would stop the cuckoo because it used to sound every hour on the half hour right above where they were sleeping.

Now the clock resides at the end of the hall in our bedroom and I find it oddly comforting. The clock is special to me because it was my paternal grandmother's, then my parents, and now mine. That makes it an antique, an heirloom and a keepsake. Plus, it is an eight day movement from the Black Forest of Germany. According to the clock doctor that makes it more rare. So, I"ll be sure that someday it resides on the wall at Steph and Adam's. That would make it a fourth generation clock.

In other news of the day, I played the girls, transcribed some music and read the balance of that book I started on Saturday. Both books I checked out on Thursday aren't due until early next month. So I"ll get them back by week's end. I have a couple of books on the shelf that are part of my personal collection, They don't have to get back, so maybe they'll be next. There is a book on our Kindle™ about the history of the Beatles that I have been meaning to get to also.

In sports, the boys in blue swept the Orioles for only the boys second sweep this season. Two of the three winning pitchers were trades from the Orioles. The boys beat the Orioles 2 - 1 behind  33 year old "rookie" pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada, a pitcher originally signed by the Orioles. He came to the Orioles from a big career in Japan and almost immediately needed Tommy John surgery. He was a pick up in a trade last year by Theo Estein. The Orioles are six games ahead of the Yankees in the A.L. East™ and 16 games ahead of my beloved Red Sox, who lost to the Mariners 6 - 8. The Tigers trounced the Twins 13 - 4, but still remain two games behind the Royals in their division. The Caps fell to the South Bend Rail Cats in 11 innings, 3 - 6.

That looks like enough for the weekend and today's activities. The sun will set at 8:32 p.m. tonight, and I'll be helping Mary edit later today. Ciao.