Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:30 a.m. in "The City."

Okay, lets's get the bad news out of the way. In sports, all of my teams lost, they went oh-fer. The Cubs  now may be officially in that dreaded "June Swoon." They lost to the Marlins 6 - 9, leaving the Cubs with a record of 48 -25 in the N. L. Central. That's still good for a 10 game lead over the 2nd place Cardinals, who also lost.

I'd like to say that I'm sad to report that that other team from Chicago lost, but I can't. I mean that I can't say that I'm sad that they lost that is. Is that too much like Yoda speak? That's because they lost to the Blue Jays, 8 - 10 to fall to one game under .500 in the A. L. Central, one full game behind the Tigers. The Cubs face off, tee it up, play ball once again today against the Marlins, at 1:10 p.m.

Speaking of the Tigers, their bats fell asleep again, as they lost to the Indians, 0 - 6. Anibel Sanchez seemed to be pitching batting practice for the Indians, serving up home runs and long, loud outs to the Indians' hitters. That gives the Tigers an A. L. Central record of 38 -37, 6.0 games behind the Indians. Did I mention that they are one game ahead of the other team from Chicago? They Tigers face the Indians again this afternoon, also at 1:10 p.m.

My beloved Red Sox lost big time to the Rangers, 3 - 10. That leaves the Sox 3.0 games behind the Orioles, in the A. L. East with a record of 41 - 33. They play the Rangers again today at 3:05 p.m. Am I worried? Not any more than I am about the Cubs.

The Caps fell to the Lugnuts again, by an eerily similar score to their parent team, the Tigers, 0 - 6. That finds the Caps still looking up from the bottom of the Midwest League East with an 8th place record of 0 - 3.

I watered the lawns and gardens of the PE early yesterday morning and again yesterday afternoon. In between, I did some one-handed trimming and weeding. Unless the forecast from the NWS comes to fruition, they're calling for a.m. T-storms at 40%. However that forecast is for 11:00 a.m. @ 35%, while the 40% is for 2:00 p.m. I can't count on those rains or that forecast from the GR based NWS. Our current temperature is 74, humid degrees as we head for the forecast high of 83 also humid degrees. albeit with more breezy conditions.

Yesterday afternoon, Mary and I walked downtown to take a quick pass through the annual Art Fair in GH. As usual, we didn't buy anything. Mary has "chunked" out her index, but she will have to get more done today. We stopped at the Double Deuce for dinner and then at the Post for a quick libation before returning home. Not surprisingly, I got tired and went upstairs to bed to miss most of the Cubs loss to the Marlins and the Red Sox loss to the Rangers.

I did get up later to have a snack and to watch a romance on The Hallmark Channel. While I was downstairs, we witnessed an exodus of cars from GH, much like the ones we have witnessed following the fireworks on the Fourth of July or the ones that bring an end to the 10 day Coast Guard Festival™. We don't know what we missed that brought in the crowds, but so be it.

Today, more reading, more one-handed indoor chores, more one-handed watering, and hopefully better baseball outcomes for all my teams. No baking in the hot and humid temperatures, that's too much for the A/C to handle. We'll take an abbreviated walk with STWD whether the rains come or not. It is just too hot for the intrepid one and us. Plus, if the thunder boomers happen, Sugar will not even go out at all.

The sun will rise at 6:07 a.m. and set at 9:28 p.m. Ciao.