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

Yesterday's trainspotting was interesting. At 9:38 a.m. - 9:40 a.m., locomotives 2057 and 2019, looking freshly washed and sporting the regular Mid-MI RR livery, passed by heading south with the following empty cars in tow. 11 CHCs, eight DWTCs, a single GTC, and three DWTCs that were bringing up the rear. Worthy of note, was the various ages of the DBTCs. Some looked very new and were probably the latest, though hardly safe design, while others looked as though they had been is service since the joining of the railroads at Promontory Point, UT.

Like often happens, Mary heard the afternoon northbound passage before I did. This time, the passing took only one minute. The same cast of locomotives passed by towing 13 DBTCs, some marked with a cargo of anhydrous ammonia, one DWTC, one GTC, and finally, a single BC that was bringing up the rear.

Sports news was not so good, as the now 11 - 4 boys in blue lost to the Cardinals, 3 - 5. The Cubs are still leading the NL Central. The Tigers slipped past the Royals 3 - 2, leaving them with a record of 8 - 5, good enough for third place in the AL Central. My beloved Red Sox handily dispatched the Rays, 7 - 3. With a record of 7 - 7, the Six reside in second place in the AL East. The Caps played a game at noon yesterday., and fell to the Lake County, OH Captains, 1 - 8. Sadly, a record of 6 - 7, leaves them 3.5 games behind the division leading Captains, Sigh.

The forecast delivered by the NWS for rainy overnight conditions missed the mark once again. As I gaze out the WW, just a little rain has fallen. The NWS was giving the forecast for precipitation a  90% chance. A current temperature of 57° matches the desktop weather station temperature of 57° and also feels like 57°. As of now, the NWS is predicting a morning of scattered T-storms. Sure, and I've got a bridge etc.

We didn't get up until late yesterday, so my plans for tinkering in the man-cave got pushed back until today. That's okay, because I'm retired. Mary made a superb lunch of fried cauliflower that she had shredded, mixed with the mushrooms that she had also prepared and shared with STSD, along with julienned carrots, onions, molasses, tamari, and other assorted spices. This one's a keeper.

Dinner was the remainder of the roast beest that is now all gone, along with sweet potatoes. Now Mary has to decide whether to make another beest or a vegan ham roast. I don't care, as I like them both. I think they are about the same in prep time, but I think one takes more cooking time than the other.

In between, we journeyed to the Sherwin-Williams paint store to get an additional gallon of stain for the deck and some stain and sealer for the bathroom cabinetry. We were advised by the young man at the store that we should wait until Friday to buy the deck stain at a significantly lower price and also that we needed to sand one of the drawer fronts that I plan to refinish in the bathroom, down to the bare wood to ensure the best color match. So that got added to my man-cave tinkering later today.

We also are now able to drive on the newly poured concrete driveway approach, so our Soul is now in the garage. That's a good thing, because today the garden center that sells the soil that we like to use to grow our vegetables opens for the season. We'll do that directly after the mornig safari. Since we can now get the car into the driveway, unloading the bags of soil and other things that we purchase, will be much easier.

We both took the morning walk with STWD to pick up the Grand Haven Tribune, but Mary wanted to walk farther than I, so she and the intrepid one continued on while I returned home. Once there, I pulled more dandelions and moved some of my tinkering items through the outer doors of the man-cave to the downstairs. I got in some time with the girls and revised some music too.

That about sums up yesterday and today. Don't tell Mary, but since I was downstairs earlier, I emptied the dishwasher and individually washed and rinsed the stack of dishes and utensils that she had used to prepare that superb luncheon and dinner. When they had dried, I returned them to their rightful places and arranged the measuring cups and spoons in their proper order in the storage drawer. I also cleaned the oven and stovetop. I know she likes to do those things, but I only get to be in the kitchen sometimes.

The sun will rise at 6:53 a.m. and set at 8:33 p.m. Ciao.