Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:00 a.m. on a beautiful morning in "The City."

Sadly, even a Diehard Cubs fan has to admit that the boys in blue are human, as they lost in ChiTown, to the Rockies, 1 - 6. Oh my, now they have a record of 8 - 2, and they are still leading their division. I also noticed that that other team from Chicago has an identical record and they too are leading their division. The Tigers also had a rough day, as they are still in 3d place, losing to the Astros, 0 - 1. My beloved Red Sox have moved up to 2nd place with a record of 5 - 4, after they defeated the Blue Jays, 5 - 3.

The Sidewalk Saga continued yesterday. The city crews showed up before 8:00 a.m. to remove the forms from yesterday's work and to change the height of the Buffalo Box in the driveway approach. The Buffalo Box is used to control the water main that feeds the Palatial Estate. By way of information, the term Buffalo Box is derived from B-Box, the means the city has for turning off the water coming into a home. The phrase originated in Buffalo, NY.

At any rate, they soon laid the forms for the driveway approach and the concrete truck came more quickly to drop the last of the concrete. Here are some pictures of their activities.

Start 

To

Almost finished 

Finished

While the men were hard at work, Mary, STWD and yours truly decided that the first really great spring day in "The City", required a safari to the waterfront. So, we walked east on Columbus, stopped at the library to make some returns, and then a second stop so that Mary could pick up a baguette at The Baker's Wife, more on that later. We finally we made it to the waterfront.

The channel leading to the "Big Lake", was calm and at first we thought it to be free of boats, something that will likely change today. 

Calm and peaceful.

But alas, the boats were just farther out and returning from their morning sojourns. 

Though small in this picture, they were there.

Still, the morning on the waterfront in "The City" is a sight to behold. With the intrepid one stopping every few feet to take in the spring smells, we finally made it home, although I had to make a detour to Health Hutt myself. That's where the baguette comes in. Mary had a plan. She had picked up some eggplants from Health Hutt previously, but needed some mozzarella cheese to make Eggplant Parmesan, which turned into Eggplant Parmesan sandwiches for our lunch. They were excellent.

You'd think we were done, but those rocks that the city crew dug up on Thursday, became what we have named, Havenhenge in one of the flowerbeds of the Palatial Estate.

Mary had the vision. I like it.

Strangely, we resisted the urge to place our initials in the wet concrete out front. I guess that means that, "The world will little note, nor long remember", our time in "The City." Oops, I was channeling our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, there for a second.

However, the trains have returned to the reality scale train board, at least yesterday. At 9:11 a.m., locomotives 2057 and 2019 were slowly making their way down the tracks towing two BCs, two CHCs, four GTCs, and four DBTCs that were bringing up the rear. Later, at 2:20 p.m., those same locomotives returned heading north. In tow were a lone CHC, and two DBTCs that were bringing up the rear. As proof of their passage, I offer the following. 

In freshly washed livery, the locomotives crossed our street.

Yes, that is a DBTC behind a CHC as viewed from the front porch of the PE, and overlooking the newly laid driveway approach.

Once lunch was over, I repaired to the gardens to plant some potatoes and do a bit of cleanup work, and build Havnehenge. Not too much work, so as not to overtax my Yak. Then we were off to the accountant on tax day. We finished there, stopped for our chiropractor appointments, and capped off our outdoor activities with a stop at JWs. 

Today, is my Irish Jam at the library and it is also Earth Day here in "The City." I guess that is true many places today. The weather promises to be perfect. We are currently at 50°, but we have a real feel of 47° due to almost no wind. Today's high is predicted to be 71 sunny degrees by the NWS. Tomorrow, 68° with similar sunny skies. Other than reading the last two days of the Grand Haven Tribune, taking the morning safari with STWD, jamming, and doing the crosswords, I have no plans. Mary is finally going to get started on the backlog of projects that have been in abeyance in her craft room. I am sure that she has other plans too, since I will be out in the afternoon. 

The sun will rise at 7:01 a.m. and set at 8:29 p.m. Ciao.