Good afternoon GH. It is just past 3:00 p.m. in "The City." What's that old saying? I think it is something like, "Good things come to he/she who waits."

At any rate, I was tired last night, so rather than get up and blog, I stayed in bed until Mary woke me to find out that, yes, I was asleep, and no, I didn't know what radio station was playing. Then she decided it was time to go for her morning walk, so she left the phone next to the bed. Naturally, it rang and woke me a second time. Another old saying is that there is no rest for the wicked. However, I can vouch for the reality that there is no rest for everyone either.

In trainspotting yesterday, the southbound run passed through at 11:37 a.m. Locomotive #2019 was on a solo run, towing a single BC, seven CHCs, and six DBTCs, one of them very rusty. Judging by the way the cars were rocking on the rails, they were MT. At 4:52 p.m, the same locomotive made its journey north, towing 11 CHCs, two BCs, nine DBTCs, and one WTC. No trains today.

In sports, the boys in blue had the day off to get ready for the Pirates this afternoon. Right now they are ahead, 3 - 1. The Pirates are four games ahead of the boys for the first Wild Card slot. The Tigers lost to the Twins, 1 - 7. My beloved Red Sox fell to the Orioles, 0 - 2. The Caps finished off their series against the Lug Nuts, with a 14 - 5 drubbing. Tomorrow, they take on the Cedar Rapid Kernels in the Midwest League Championship Series at 6:35 p.m.

Today was a great day for bike riding, so I did after I walked with STWD. I stopped in at the Habitat for Humanity Restore and got a $14.99 frame for $5.00 to make my bulletin board. With the cork I had ordered and some spray adhesive, the picture frame became a very attractive bulletin board.

I did a bit of grocery shopping at Health Hutt, but the bananas that I got for Mary didn't survive the trip home intact, so that caused an impromptu baking session with STSD backing me up.

That's about enough for one day. The weather report shows the current temperature is 75° under partly cloudy skies. The sun rose at 7:24 a.m. and it will set at 7:55 p.m. No rain is in the forecast until Friday and Saturday, the days Mary and I have plans to attend the Irish Music Festival in Muskegon. There are tents for the entertainment, but it is still not as much fun in the rain, Ciao.