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

Well, it had to happen, the boys in blue were thoroughly drubbed by the Reds, 5 - 13. Once the floodgates opened in the bottom of the 5th, when the Reds poured it on and John Lackey and Trevor Cahill were like the fire department in Fahrenheit 451, where the firemen came to pour gasoline on a fire for books. The results were not pretty. Baseballs were flying out of the yard so fast, that Cubs' outfielders must have gotten whiplash watching them pass overhead. Sadly, that means that the Cubs will only tie a record and will not set one for most games won at the start of the season. However, they still have a record of 13 - 5 and are still leading the NL Central. The boys play in Cincinnati again this afternoon, before taking Monday off and then welcoming the Brewers on Tuesday night.

The Tigers too were thoroughly outplayed, as Anibal Sanchez and his teammates were simply outplayed by the Indians who romped, winning over the Tigers, 1 - 10. The Tigers now have a 4th place standing in the AL Central with a record of 8 - 8. My beloved Red Sox also fell down on the job, losing to the Astros, 3 - 8. The Sox now have a record of 8 - 9 in the AL East, good for 3rd place. The Caps were the only winner, defeating the Dayton Dragons, 4 - 2. The Caps have moved up to 4th in the Midwest League Eastern division.

We did spend some time in the gardens of the PE yesterday. I dug the soil as Mary planted. Fortunately, Mary did not let me overdo and saved my Yak from too much exertion. We'll do more today. We had planned on the rains coming last night and this a.m. to water everything, but there is nothing in the forecast from the NWS until the T-storms that are expected with an 80% chance Monday night. A personal look out the WW confirms the absence of any precipitation. Today, we'll finish planting the items we picked up yesterday afternoon. Some perennials for long lasting greenery and beauty, along with some annuals and a hanging basket for color. Plus, we got some additional seeds for herbs and spices. Mary planted those seeds and all of the annuals while I hung the basket after we got home.after we stopped in at our favorite watering hole for dinner.

I had sent a recipe for vegan egg salad sandwiches to Mary which she tried for lunch yesterday prior to walking with STWD. Alas, the recipe was better on paper. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained. We took an extended morning walk yesterday, which led to a visit to the big-box home center/garden store, and later to a visit to the big-box garden center near Allendale.

I did get in some time with four out of five of the girls yesterday, and that was all good. Plus, I started another novel last night which I'll continue today after the morning safari and I'm sure, a more satisfying breakfast/lunch. Mary says that she may or may not get to the creation of a beest or ham after gardening and the mornig walk.

Other than the previously mentioned gardening activities, we will be watching CBS Sunday Morning and enjoying a breakfast of bagels and a schmear. I think we have an onion that we were given the other day to add to the mix. We don't have a tomato, as that went into the faux egg salad yesterday. So, I'm not sure of Mary's plans for that activity.

The sun will rise at 6:49 a.m. and set at 8:39 p.m. Ciao.