Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:00 a.m. in "The City."

Ginger and I were outside @ 3:00 a.m. and the skies are indeed partly cloudy and the weather is as described by the NWS, fair. The current temperature is 69° to 72° per the NWS and my own DTWS. Today's high is forecast by the NWS to be 86° with a 30% chance of isolated T-storms. Thursday the NWS is forecasting a high temperature of 76% with a 50% chance of a.m. T-storms that changes to 82°by Friday and a 60% chance for T-storms. I have little faith in the NWS. They warn of weather events that never come to pass and I end up watering. Sigh.

We accomplished very little yesterday. That's okay, as I had time to read and then go to my Tuesday evening art class. I may never achieve great things artistically, but I am enjoying my time and some of my efforts are good.

Sports news yesterday was mixed.

The Cubs blew out the Mets, 14 - 3 to move back to 32 - 32 and 2nd place in the NL Central. The NL Central is a weak division when compared to the AL East or West and the NL East or West. The Cubs need to feast on weaker teams within their own division. They also need to be more consistent in their pitching. Jon Lester dominated the Mets last night, but the night before, the Mets clobbered John Lackey. As for Jake Arrieta, well, he has been very inconsistent. He is not pitching like a man who wants/deserves a big Cy Young winner type of big-money contract. The Cubs and theMets play again tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

The Tigers got down early to the D'Backs and yet the Tigers managed to stage a comeback, as predicted by their announcers, only to fall in the end 6 - 7. That loss gives the Tigers a 30 - 33 record in the AL Central and sole possession of 3rd place. The Tigers host the D'Backs again tonight @ 7:10 p.m. Is Miggy slowing down? Are the Tigers pitchers being shelled early? Possibly both.

My beloved Red Sox topped the Phillies 4 - 3 to move to 36 - 28 in the AL East. They are three games behind the division-leading Yankees with a record of 38 - 24. The Sox and the Phillies play again tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

The Caps were rained out in Bowling Green yesterday for their game against the Hot Rods, Both teams attempt to play again tonight @ 5:35 p.m. The Caps have a three-game lead in the MWL East over the Dayton Dragons. The Caps are 41 - 22.

We had a visit from the cable company technician yesterday to resolve our slow internet speed. It is somewhat better, but around here, that's a relative plane of existence. Only time till tell.

Today we have nothing specific on our agenda except perhaps for a visit to the cell phone store for some questions regarding our replacement phone. Too many duplicates in the calendar etc. Oh, I have to mow the lawns of the vast PE.

Otherwise, I plan to read more, play with the girls more and that's about it. Mary, I don't know.

The sun will rise @ 6:04 a.m. and set @ 9:26 p.m. Ciao.