Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 12:00 a.m. in "The City."

Right now I have only one thing to say, "Brrrrrrrr! That's because here in GH, the current temperature is 54° as we head toward the overnight low of 47°. While those aren't  winter temperatures, we have had such warm and humid days of late, that we had acclimated ourselves to those conditions. We had the A/C on. We had the windows closed. We limited our outdoor activities to those that were necessary. Even STWD was content to stay inside and do as little as possible, and now this. Oh well, we'll be back into the upper 70° range in the next few days under sunny skies. Today, we will only have a high of 67°.

Yesterday Mary worked while I played. STWD and I took our walk and with the cool temperatures we had a nice time. After our walk, I stopped in at Guitar Haven, our local guitar store around the corner, literally, and picked up a new cord for my new to me amplifier. With that cord, I was able to plug in my chorus effects pedal and create some new sounds with Blue and Ivy. I'm not sure, but I think that the pedal is almost an antique by now, like yours truly. At any rate, all is well here in the music room/weather center/office.

Later in the afternoon, Mary and I set out to see what was to be seen in Coopersville. Not much, but we did get some things at the local coop grocery store there, that Mary wanted for her kitchen activities. She tells me that she will have to work today. Alas, I won't have to work.

Trainspotting minus one. I use that term, because the southbound run happened at 11:07 a.m., as locomotive #2019 went through pulling one BC, two, CHCs, eight DBTCs, three WTCs, and one GTC (Gray Tank Car). We didn't leave home until after 3:00 p.m., and the northbound run had yet to occur. I assume that it did, but I have nothing to offer as proof.

In sporting news, the men in blue are back. They won the first game of their double header 5 - 1 behind Jake Arrieta as he won his league leading 19th game. Game two, was also a success, as the men in blue once again defeated the Phillies, this time by a score of 7 - 3. Kyle Schwarber had two home runs and Kris Bryant hit his 87th RBI, a rookie record for the Cubs. The Cubs are now 24 games over .500. The Tigers were rained out in their game against the Indians. They will play a double header on Sunday. My beloved Red Sox fell to the Rays, 4 - 8. The Caps have their next game against the Lansing Lug Nuts later today.

The Michigan Wolverines have their home opener against Oregon State @ 12:00 p.m. today. The MSU Spartans play Oregon, tonight @ 8:00 p.m. The NIU Huskies play Murray State @ 3;30 this afternoon.

That about sums things up for yesterday and today. The sun will rise @ 7:21 a.m. and set @ 8:00 p.m. Ciao.