Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

It was mostly a quiet day yesterday. We arose around 10:00 a.m. and then ate breakfast before taking the morning safari with STWD. While the safari itself was uneventful, the chilly winds blowing out of the west made for a brisk and abbreviated walk.

That's a good way to segue into the weather from yesterday and for later today. Yesterday we reached a high temperature that was in the upper sixties and the winds made that feel much lower. We have a current temperature of 53° under cloudy skies with some light rain falling. That rain may morph into a 70% chance of T-storms later this morning, actually about 5:00 a.m. The NWS forecast indicates that those storms won't last long and then we'll have a high temperature of 69° with lighter winds and cloudy skies.

Sports news yesterday can best be described as a holding pattern for all of my teams. My beloved Red Sox still have a magic number of one, as they lost their AL East game to the Yankees by a final score of 4 - 6. That gives the Sox a division record of 92 - 65. The Sox came from behind several times, but the chance to take the lead and win the game came down to Big Papi in the top of the ninth with two men on. He whiffed on the final pitch of the game and so the Sox will be waiting for another day, as the 2nd place Blue Jays won their game. The Sox and the Yankees play again tonight @ 7:05 p.m. in an attempt by the Sox to win the division if the Blue Jays lose.

The Tigers crushed the AL Central division champion Cleveland Indians by a final score of 12 - 0. The Tigers still languish in 2nd place with a one game deficit in the Wild Card race. I am afraid that the rotund songstress is warming up for a swan song. The Tigers face the Indians again tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

The NL Central division champion Cubs, behind a solid pitching performance by John Lackey, defeated the fading 3rd place Pirates by a final score of 6 - 4. That gives the Cubs a record of 101 - 56. The Cubs are now finishing up the regular season as they await the playoffs and home-field advantage throughout. The Cubs and the Pirates play again tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

I cut the new shelf for my office closet down to size before Mary soloed to the big-box everything store yesterday while I stayed behind and played with the girls. I got in some play time with my ukulele, Leilani and also with Ivy, my 12 string. When Mary returned, she put in some time on the current index and explained my highlighting responsibilities before we set out to Spring Lake to have my glasses adjusted once again. They seem much better now.

A stop @ Stan's and then home to await the evening of NCIS and Bull, followed by NCIS New Orleans. Mary pointed out a flaw in the story line for Bull as there seemed to be no one responsible for paying the substantial fee for the service that Dr, Bull, and company, provided. A fatal flaw? I don't know, but they need to tighten up the continuity.

Tonight we will be giving another chance for the new series, Designated Survivor to become part of our regular and very abbreviated TV viewing schedule. Other than baseball and news, we don't watch much TV.

I will get to some highlighting and reading of my latest non-fiction book after safariing with STWD and meals. Mary will be indexing as I get to avoid watering for yet another day.

The sun will rise @ 7:39 a.m. and set @ 7:30 p.m. Ciao.