Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:30 a.m. in "The City."

It is official, the Cubs' bats have found new life, Anthony Rizzo switched to using bats made for Matt Szcur and so Rizzo found his batting stroke. Is it the bat? Probably not, but baseball players being among the most superstitious people going, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. 

Starting pitcher Jon Lester was dominant during his seven innings of work, holding the Dodgers to just one run. Addison Russell got a clutch home run, along with Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant has found his stroke, and the Dodgers seem to have lost their Mojo. All of those factors combined to give the Cubs an 8 - 4 win over the Dodgers. The Cubs now have a 3 - 2 NLCS lead and they will be back in the "Friendly Confines" again Saturday night @ 8:00 p.m. to try for that needed win to propel them to the World Series™. Keep the faith!

Yesterday we took the morning safari with both of the fur-children,  Everything went well as we walked downtown and then stopped at the library to return and check out some books. Mary went in while I sat outside with the girls. Here is a picture of us on the bench out front. I think the guy in the hat was a nice perch for Ginger while Sugar was at his feet. A lady entering the library thought that we were all cute. I have to agree.

Late last night, Mary was knitting in  the La-Z-Boy with Ginger in her lap. Ginger seems to have the bathroom habit thing mostly worked out with one minor exception. She did not please Mary later when Mary left the room. We'll work on that. 

After semi-completing, some work in the man-cave, I did get in some bike riding in the early afternoon while Mary worked on the index. I traveled to the local big-box home center in search of some hardware items and grass seed. My search was totally successful. As always, it felt great to get out on my bike, if even for a short ride. 

The current temperature is 44° under partly cloudy skies. Later today, the NWS has forecast a high of 53° under mostly cloudy skies. The sun will rise @ 8:06 a.m. and set @ 6:51 p.m. There is only a limited 20% chance of rain in that forecast.

No other plans for today. We will take the morning safari and then I'll settle in to do some repairs to Susanna's resonator box using the hardware items I picked up yesterday. I also have a project in the man-cave for which I'll be using another of the items I found. All in all, I'll have a good day of reading, tinkering, and watching the world go by. Ciao.