Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 12:00 a.m. in "The City."

Yesterday was a great day. We began our quest to visit all 11 stores participating in the 2017 Yarn Quest. We made stops at six stores. They included: Grand Haven's own Needlesmith, and then we traveled on to Garen Huis and the Flying Pig Yarn shops in Holland. We stopped for lunch at the Mexican restaurant in the same plaza as the Flying Pig where we had a plate of terrific bean tostadas.

From there it was on to Country Needleworks in Jenison, MI followed by a stop @ the Threadbender Yarn shop in Wyoming, MI and finally on to the Michigan Fibre Studio in Grand Rapids. While in GR, we had an adult libation

Here is a picture Mary took of our swag from every stop.

Yarn and six parts to an 11 part pattern were our prizes for the day.

It was getting late and since Ginger had been dropped @ Doggie Daycare in the early afternoon, we had to get back to GH. We did take advantage of a sale @ Sherwin-Williams in GH that gave us 40% off on each of three gallons of paint which John will be using to repaint the front porch and garage.

We picked up Ginger and then stopped at the big-box home center for some hardware and garden supplies. We tried to get some additional food for STWD, but our veterinarian had none in stock. Fortunately, the staff @ Haven Animal Hospital called another nearby veterinarian's office where we were able to get a fresh supply. All three members of the pack were exhausted by the time we arrived at the PE.

Mary had plans to make the spaghetti with mushroom bolognese sauce but opted instead to make a veggie pizza. She used several leftover items from the refrigerator such as broccoli and cannellini beans, along with freshly sliced onions and chopped grape tomatoes topped with nutritional yeast. The pizza turned out delicious.

Before baking.

After baking.

I was watching the Cubs on TV, but they were romping all over the Pirates, so I went on to other activities. The final score was 14 - 3. The Cubs are now 11 - 8 and in 1st place in the NL Central, one full game ahead of the Reds. The Cubs and the Pirates play again tonight @ 6:05 p.m.

The Tigers and my beloved Red Sox had the day off.

The Caps took one from the Ft. Wayne, IN TinCaps 4 - 2, to move to a record of 10 - 8 and 3rd place in the MWL East, just behind the South Bend Cubs. The Caps play the TinCaps again today @ 12:00 p.m.

Mary took the day off from indexing to make the Yarn Quest and I was along for the ride.

The current temperature is 62° under partly cloudy skies after a high yesterday of 73°! Today, the high is forecast to reach 70°, also under partly cloudy skies. We plan to do some work in the gardens of the vast PE and enjoy the nice weather. Wednesday's high is forecast to be 72°, but the rain chance has been reduced from 100% to 20% before going back 90% on Thursday with a high of only 60°. We'll stay in the 50s and 60s for several more days. May maybe just around the corner, but this is Michigan.

Mary will get back to indexing after our gardening and I'll get back to retirement. The sun will rise today @ 6:46 a.m. and set tonight @ 8:39 p.m. Ciao.