Good morning GH. It is now past 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon in "The City." The sun rose at 7:48 a.m., but I waited to write this blog because Mary and I decided last evening to go down to the beach and check out the lunar eclipse that occurred between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. this morning. As it turns out, this eclipse had a rare effect, what scientists call a selenelion, which happens when the moon is setting and the sun is rising at the same time. The cloud cover before dawn was about 18%, which made for exceptional viewing when Mary and I got there. When I got up earlier, it was 55° and the forecast was for a drop to 47° as dawn approached. The only picture that I got at the eclipse viewing was this one. The winds they blew and the sand it flew and the stars were a magnificent sight.

This was taken at the place where we got the car stuck in the sand. My baking yak didn't like pushing it out.

In other news, Mary worked yesterday and I can't say I accomplished much of anything. Sugar the Weather Dog and I went out for our morning constitutional, but on our way back, Sugar heard one rumble of thunder, and we were off to the races. We couldn't get home fast enough. I played with the girls some and worked on some music, but the day got away from me. Later Mary and I walked over to the Post to see the folks there. Nothing special, but that was my plan for the day.

In sports, the Cardinals will face off against the Giants in the NLCS. The Royals will face off against the Orioles in the ALCS. Not my desired outcome, but I'm betting that the TV executives would prefer a series between the Giants and the Orioles. This is my round about way of saying that the boys in blue haven't been to the series in a long time and haven't won in over 100 years, while the Cardinals and the Giants have been there several times each. Next year never gets here.

Elsewhere in the news, I heard the northbound train go by about 2:45 a.m., at least I think it was the northbound run, because I didn't get up to look. I plan to edit for Mary today. That should complete my day now that we took a post-eclipse nap. The sun will set at 7:13 p.m. and then quiet will once again settle in on GH. Ciao.

P.S.

In a non-related topic, I took these pictures of the last tomatoes on the vines. Unfortunately, it appears that these tomatoes are growing on the pepper plant. I don't get it.

I don't think these are peppers. They look like tomatoes to me.

On the left are the regular tomatoes. On the right, the "Pepper Plant" tomatoes.