Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 6:30 a.m. in "The City."

I really am going to make this blog short so that I can finish before the sun rises @ 7:48 a.m. That same sun will set later today @ 7:16 p.m.

The NWS is forecasting a 50% chance of T-storms for later today, so naturally, the skies will be cloudy all day. Ye Hah! Our high temperature is also forecast to be 76° too.

Good news for those of you who are Cubs' fans and not Mets' fans. The Giants defeated the Mets last night in the NL Wild Card game by a final score of 3 - 0. The Giants come to Wrigley field Friday for the first game of their playoff series.

Tonight, my beloved Red Sox travel to Cleveland fort their first playoff game. The Blue Jays also travel, in their case to Texas, to face the Rangers.

Trainspotting yesterday was very fulfilling. At 10:10 a.m., locomotives 2019 and 2057 motored through our fair city at a relatively high rate of speed for the RSTL. In tow were 11 CHCs, two DBTCs, one GTC, and four DWTCs.

Later @4:20 p.m., the same locomotives rolled through, but I only know that they went through, I don't know about what type nor how many cars were in tow.

Why so you ask? Because Mary and I had just arrived @ Sporty's for some adult libations after my solo visit to the book club. I must note that my pie, pictured below, was a smash hit drawing rave reviews from everyone in the club.



Of course, now, the pie plate is empty. So you'll have to accept my opinion. I did save a piece for Mary and she too pronounced it super.

Speaking of super, before I left for the book club, I made a version of Coleslaw for lunch that both Mary and yours truly pronounced outstanding. I left out Mary's personal favorite ingredient, celery seeds, that I think have been making previous efforts taste too bitter.

Speaking of outstanding efforts in the kitchen, Mary tried a new recipe for vegan meatloaf that turned out great. The taste was excellent, but it may be necessary for her to get a food processor to more effectively blend the ingredients. The jury is out at this time.

I revised my paper cutting jig for our desktop pads and the new design works great. No need to buy pre-made refills as we can use the leftover paper from the indexing projects which we have in abundance. I also added a second coat of paint to the lid for the cold frame.

Today, Mary will continue indexing, I'll hopefully play with the girls and then read the Grand Haven Tribune. If the T-storms the NWS has forecast come to pass, STWD will be in her hide-e-hole again today. Me too. Ciao.