Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:230 a.m. in "The City."

Well, ladies and gentlemen and other interested partiers, those aforementioned pictures are now hung securely on the walls of the Palatial Estate. When we get the photos of the photos that we plan to send to the artist, I'll post them for all to see.

Yesterday was an exciting day here at the Palatial Estate. At about 7.30 a.m., we were awakened by the sound of chainsawing and the throbbing hum of a chipper as the city crews began the removal of the tree in the parkway. We took some pictures of the work as it unfolded. I

We looked out to see the work truck.

That supported the basket with the chainsaw operator cutting the first branches.

As the work progressed, the tree became smaller and smaller.

More and more, the tree became less and less.

Until all that was left were some logs and sawdust

The crews moved the massive logs to the truck  by hand and machine for removal.

A rare photo of the intrepid one as she investigated the activities. The old maple was rotten at its core.

We returned from the morning safari with STWD  to see that the crews had taken a break for sustenance.

Finally, a decades old tree was reduced to this stump and some sawdust.

All in all, it was quite a day for Sugar due to the noise and the activity. In between the trains came through.

Locomotives # 2019 and 2057 were southbound at 9:41 a.m. towing 15 CHCs, two DBTCs, and three DWTCs. At 1:42 p.m., the same locomotives returned heading north, towing cars that were no longer empty. There were seven CHCs, five DBTCs, one GTC, two BCs, and two DWTCs, filled with HCl acid that were bringing up the rear. 

Elsewhere, I continued my reading of the Grand Haven Tribune along with some crossword solving. I also read more of the Last Open Road, and I'm still laughing as I think about it.

We took advantage of the relatively warm temperatures late yesterday afternoon to walk to the Post and enjoy that activity. A new bartender who is taking the shifts that Sally used to work, greeted us and she seems very pleasant and efficient. 

Today, I have to get to work on highlighting the latest indexing project. I'll mix that with some household chores as Mary does her work. I think I get the book before she does. That's before she does what she calls chunking. That means that the knitting of my hat, or the creation of my window valances should resume apace, or not. 

A current temperature of 54° that feels like 49° on this rainy early morning, will lead to today's high of 56° with an 80% chance of T-storms. What that means to STWD is more time in her hide-e-hole. 

The sun will rise at 7:28 a.m. and set at 8:11 p.m. 

Don't forget that the MLB regular season opens on Sunday to that old call, "Play Ball!". That's just four days away. Ciao.