Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:00 a.m. in "The City." Interestingly, when I open my blog each day, I see how many hours have passed since the last time I opened the site. It has been 22 hours.

I had a great experience yesterday. I was lying in bed, and Mary heard the train whistle. I grabbed my camera and flew downstairs. This was the ultimate for me, areal train passing through close enough to feel the heat of the locomotive. I just had to take some pictures. I think they belong right here.

I just had to include a photo of the sun rising over the trees and the crossing as I waited.

Anticipation.

Locomotive 2019 entering the crossing.

Two CHCs.

Bringing up the rear, a lone DBTC.

And that's the trainspotting report for Friday. Not a long train, but very real.

In other news, I finished my highlighting duties, albeit after Mary confused me with a cryptic note that said. "Not indexed." Turns out that this was a note to herself to indicate that she had yet to index this section, not that I didn't have to highlight it. Fortunately, it was only an additional two pages. I'm done for a day.

We traveled to the Post after I finished and that is always a good thing. Home, Mary's soon to be famous cheese bread with tomato sauce, nap time. A side note. Our visit to the Post was even more rewarding. Sally pulled out a handful of quarters. I checked them and lo and behold, one was a 2015 Homestead quarter, the first to be issued this year. I'm still looking for a 2014 Everglades "D" for my other America the Beautiful collection. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, I hope.That same collection also uses the 2015 Nebraska Homestead quarters, both the "P" and the "D" editions. Thanks Sally.

In sports, the boys in blue aren't quite there yet. That was the expectation, but as a die hard fan, I always hope that, "This is the year!" The boys lost 4 - 8 to the Royals. Speaking of teams that aren't there yet, the Tigers fell to the Angels, 0 - 2. My beloved Red Sox are fading too, losing to the Rangers, 4 - 7. The Caps also lost, to the Ft. Wayne TinCaps, 4 - 5. That makes my teams 0 - 4 for the day. Tonight the Blackhawks go for the win in Anaheim and a shot at the NHL Finals. 

I hope to get to the man-cave and place some of the items that Adam and Steph gifted to us the other day. I have a sign to place and a light to hang. If I play my cards right, that could take several hours. I'll need to stop for lunch, but that's a small price to pay. 

It is also time for some interplay with the girls. I can never get enough of that.

I may get to transplanting a cucumber plant too, but that can wait. 

The sun will rise at 6:09 a.m. on a cloudy day with an 80% chance of T-storms by 10:00 a.m. The high is expected to be 60°. That's spring in MI for you. Outside the WW no precipitation is happening at this time. We will walk to the farmer's market this morning if it is not raining too hard or thundering. STWD will go along if there is no thunder. It looks as though we need to get out early to avoid the rain and thunder. 

The sun will set at 9:16 p.m. The showers will continue through tomorrow. Come to think of it, the rain mitigates against my transplanting plans, so that cucumber plant will wait. Ciao.