Good morning GH. It has just passed 8:30 a.m. in "The City." Since the sun already rose, I'll note that it will set at 9:13 p.m. this evening.

It looks like the T-storms/precipitation are over until the weekend. STWD repaired to her hide-e-hole last night when she heard the first clap of thunder. We don't expect to hear more until the 40/50% forecast for this weekend. According to the NWS, we have a current temperature of 68°, whereas, the DTWS is displaying 73.8° with raindrops on the display. The view out the WW is sunny.

We did spot trains yesterday @ 9:34 a.m. and @ 2:07 p.m. respectively. The regular cast of locomotives passed by in reverse order as they headed north in the afternoon. The a.m. southbound run consisted of empty CHCs, 14, DBTCs, nine, DWTCs, three. The northbound run had fully laden cars. They were: BC, one, CHCs, 24, DBTCs, six, GTCs, one, DWTCs, three.

Sports was a split. The Cubs made me nervous right up until the final out in the bottom of the 9th. The boys went to 31 - 14 in the N.L. Central, 1st, with  a 9 - 8 win over the Cardinals. The Tigers didn't fare so well, as they lost to the Phillies 5 - 8. The Tigers are once again a .500 team in the A.L. Central at 23 - 23, still good for 4th place. following their loss. My beloved Red Sox once again romped over the Rockies, this time with a score of 10 - 3. The Sox are now sporting an A.L. East best record of 29 - 17, good for a 2.0 game lead over the Orioles. That other team from Chicago is slumping, losing to the 2nd place Indians 3 - 4. That other team has only a .5 game lead over those same Indians, The Caps were rained out.

Today, knees at the orthopedist and salad lunch at the hospital. That's enough for me. Mary gets to skip watering for one day. Ciao.