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

Yesterday was mostly unremarkable unless you factor in a few stops. A walk with the fur-children to Chow Hound™ for a fresh supply of treats first thing in the morning. Later, there was a stop at a garden center to pick up some vegetable plants and some annual flowers. along with seven bags of Dairy Doo™ an organic soil improver. Finally,  there was a stop to pick up some glass for the top of the cold frame and a stop at the carpet store to pick up our new area rugs and yet another stop at a big-box home center for some paint. See, I told you it was an unremarkable day.

With the exception of the morning safari, all of that was after lunch and about one hour of gardening in the gardens of the vast PE. I'm tired just remembering all of that.

Sports news yesterday was mostly bad. The Bulls lost to the Cavaliers, the Cubs fell to the Pirates 5 - 6, the Tigers fell to the Mariners 0 - 8, and my beloved Red Sox fell to the Yankees 1 - 3. The Cubs have the day off before a weekend series at Fenway Pak against the beloved. The Tigers play later this afternoon against the Mariners and the beloved play once again against the Yankees.

The only good news was that the Caps soundly defeated the Ft. Wayne, IN TinCaps 8 - 2, to tie the South Bend, IN Cubs @ 12 - 8 for a share of 1st place in the MWL East.

I must have been reading a forecast from the Onion yesterday as none of my weather observations were accurate. We have a current temperature of 61° under mostly cloudy skies. Later this morning, there is a strong chance of showers and possible T-storms. Temperatures in the 50s will preclude the wearing of my summer uniform for another few days. I did get to wear it uniform for the last two days, so it is not a total loss.

Today, I am taking the day off from work. Mary will be indexing, but I'll be reading and playing with the girls after the morning safari that will likely be abbreviated due to the rain.

The sun will rise @ 6:43 a,m., and set @ 8:41 p.m. Ciao.