In the words of the immortal Harry Caray, Cubs win!, Cubs win!, Cubs win! Or, as Jack Brickhouse, my favorite Cubs broadcaster, might have said, "Hey Hey!" Or, to quote the old third baseman, "This is the year!" Well, at least it's a beginning. The boys are now even for the season. A nice bit of alliteration, don't you think? The Tigers are now 5 - 0 on the season, as they once again beat the Indians, this time by a score of 9 - 5. My beloved Red Sox beat the Yankees, again, in a regular length game, 8 - 4. Friday night's game ended after 19 innings, 6 - 5. Only one Red Sox player didn't get into that game. Finally, the Caps once again hammered the Dayton Dragons, this time 13 - 3. In short, a great day or days in baseball.

The sun will rise at 7:08 a.m., and set at 8:28 p.m., after what has been forecast to be  the most beautiful day in West, MI this year. The forecast calls for rain later this evening and into tomorrow, but the day itself holds great promise for those of us who still have work to do in the gardens of the palatial estate.

Speaking of working in the gardens, Mary and I accomplished a great deal yesterday. I promised some pictures of the cold frame I've been constructing, so I'll do those now.

It all began here

Then the lumber arrived

Which allowed me to build these sawhorses

Which yielded the basic box for the cold frame

To which I added this top which we procured at the local Restore™ store, keeping with  our theme of re-purposing

We then added Mary's Violas for some color

Until this is how it all fit into the overall garden motif

I enjoyed myself during the process of constructing the cold frame, and I like to think that I exceeded expectations. Well actually, Mary says that I did, and who am I to disagree?

We have more to go, but this is a good start for one day. Since we had worked so hard, we decided it was time to journey to the Post to see Sally and the regulars. It turns out that it was Sally's B'day, so it was a doubly good day.

We returned home, ate our dinner of spinach lasagna, to which Mary had applied her culinary skills. We watched a movie on the Hallmark Channel™ and then it was time for Mary to watch her favorite movie, The Day After Tomorrow, while I finished the novel I've been reading. It was critically acclaimed, but I found the book confusing to read. Maybe it was just me, but I don't feel a need to read any more works by this author. Now I'm on to my next novel by Alex Berenson, Twelve Days, Since I like these books, it should be a lot easier to follow and enjoy. By Tuesday, Mary and I have some books to pick up at the library.

Phew! That's enough for one day. Ciao.