Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 5:00 a.m. in "The City."

I'm once again going to do my best to follow the K.I.S.S. formula for this blog.

Sports:

Cubs, 1st, L 4 - 10, Cardinals, Again tonight @ 8:08 p.

Tigers, 2nd, L, 4 - 7, Royals, Again today @ 1:10 p.

Beloved Red Sox, 1st, W, 6 - 4, Rays, Clinched playoff berth, Rays again today @ 1:10 p.

Michigan Wolverines, W, 1st, Big 10, 49 - 16, Nitney Lions, host WI Badgers next week, 3:30 p.

MSU Spartans, L, 6 - 30, 5th Big 10, WI Badgers, @ Indiana next Sat. 8 p.

NIU Huskies, L, 0 - 4 in MAC, @ Ball State Cardinals next Sat. 3:30 p.

We had a great trip into the countryside of West MI yesterday. Our first stop in Sparta was mostly tame. One apple vendor for Apple Fest. It was a great day for kids, with lots of activities and a great petting zoo, that included Louie, the pot-bellied pig. That took us about 10 minutes, so we decided to go on to Rockford, MI.

It turned out that it was their annual fall festival that included a car show, the regular farmer's market, @ which we got the apples that had impelled us into the countryside in the first place. We had a great lunch of veggie hot dogs @ The Corner Bar after viewing some of the cars in the show. I took a few pictures of the cars just to memorialize our stop.

A very nice "Bimmer."

An excellent AMC AMX 

A pair of close relatives to the AMX, an AMC Javelin, and an AMC Gremlin X.

A rare 1969 Chevrolet Camaro convertible, one of many 1969 Camaros @ the show.

A stop at the yarn store there where Mary got a project book. She already has enough yarn for a whole lot of future projects.

We headed for home with a stop at a garden center in Spring Lake that is now closed for the season. We purchased some Pansies and a Mum, both of which are expected to come back next year, depending on many factors between now and next spring.

A stop @ the favorite watering hole on the other side of the bridge, Stans, and then home for an NCIS marathon and a dinner of roast beest and biscuits smothered in Mary's mushroom gravy. I still like the gravy.

We have a current temperature of 55° under clear skies. Today's high is forecast to be 78°, but how that will happen, I don't know. The NWS has no precipitation in the forecast, but Kyle Underwood, a meteorologist @ WOOD TV/Radio, says that showers are possible overnight tonight and into Monday. I'll have to trust STWD for a more accurate forecast. However, she has been weird about her forecasts lately, not really wanting to go out and hiding more often, so her accuracy is in question right now. Go figure.

Today, not much on tap. Pro football, maybe, Pro baseball, definitely. Gardening to place the newest members of the PE gardens and then reading and crossword solving. Mary will do some reading, cooking, and crafting too. All of those activities after the moring safari. The sun will rise @ 7:36 a.m. and set exactly 12 hours later @ 7:36 p.m. Ciao.