Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. We've just passed 5:30 a.m. in "The City." Our current temperature of 37° is the expected low for today. After the sun rises at 7:52 a.m., the day will be sunny and bright with a high of 61° and a 0% chance of precipitation. Monday will open with scattered clouds which will give way to a sunny afternoon and a high of 65°. Tuesday is another story, as the temperature will remain in the lower 60s, but the chance of T-storms increases to 100%. Sugar the Weather Dog will not be happy.

Saturday was a beautiful day. After listening to Auto-talk, The Pet Files, and the newly expanded Flowerland Show, now two hours instead of one, we set out to do some errands in Holland and the local environs. A stop at the accountant, then on to the big-box stationery store to replenish our printer paper supply. Once we were done there, we set our GPS to take us to the park pictured below.

This is a very rare picture, as Mary consented to be in it. 

Still working on my framing skills.

This is a big park.

Many years ago, Adam took Mary and me to the Bauler Playlot in Chicago. As Adam's G'ma used to say, the name Bauler in Chicago was very well known. Alderman Mathias "Paddy" Bauler was famous for owning a saloon, and coining the phrase, "Chicago ain't ready for reform." Paddy was often quoted in the columns of famed Chicago columnist Mike Royko, also a Chicago legend.  However, Mary and I never knew that there were so many people named Wendt in Michigan. This park is very big, with a ball field, tennis courts, picnic groves and ample parking. Best of all, it is located in Holland. I hope that Adam and Steph appreciate that we have a park named for "our" family. We finished our Holland trip with a stop at the Asian food store for some things that are hard to find in GH.

In sports, the Spartans of MSU defeated the Boilermakers of Purdue, 45 - 31, to go to 5 - 1 in the Big 10 and the lead in the conference. The Wolverines of Michigan squeaked out a win over the Penn State Nittany Lions, 18 - 13. Sadly, for Northern Illinois Husky fans, the Central Michigan Chippewas defeated the Huskies, 17 - 34. 

We walked at the Post to see the group and have a few libations. Sally said they had been busy all day.  

Today, we have to rake some leaves and then go to the big-box everything store. Mary has a theory that if we stay ahead of the falling leaves, we'll do fine. I have plenty of bags to assist in the effort. Last year we put out a large number. This year will be no different. 

That will be enough for the day. Sugar the Weather Dog will provide her assistance in the form of a trip to the "Bone Zone."  This will be one of her last trips. The sun will set at 7:06 p.m. Ciao.