Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 5:30 a.m. in "The City."

This really should be a short one that follows the KISS formula, since I have no pictures to include.

I found out why Ginger and I didn't see the northbound run of the train on Monday afternoon. That's because it didn't happen until 11:00 a.m. yesterday. So to recap, @ 11:10 a.m. on Monday, MMRR locomotives 2019 and 2025 were spotted heading south towing 18 empty CHCs. Yesterday, while I was out watering, I spotted that same tandem of locomotives heading north towing 12 CHCs., all loaded.

Baseball news yesterday was 50/50. The Cubs remain in 1st place in spite of their loss to the 3d place Pirates last night, 4 - 5. The Cubs and the Pirates resume their abbreviated series tonight in the NL Central @ 7:05 p.m. The Cubs also added relief  pitcher Brandon Kintzler to their bullpen in a trade with the Washington Nationals.

My beloved 1st place in the AL East Red Sox got defeated by the 1st place in the NL East Phillies yesterday, 1 - 3. The Sox are off today before welcoming the Yankees to Fenway Thursday night @ 7:10 p.m.

The Tigers, well they are still in 3rd place in the AL Central, but their 2 - 1 win over the last place in the NL Central Cincinnati Reds, didn't make much of a difference. The Tigers and the Reds play again this afternoon @ 1:10 p.m.

The Caps moved up to 3rd place in the MWL East with a 6 - 5 win over the South Bend, IN Cubs.  The Caps move on to Midland, MI to play the 8th place Great Lakes Loons tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

We traveled to Field's Fabrics yesterday to get Mary's "free" scissors and came back with fabric for a table cloth. We also purchased the fabric for a fleece blanket that I will be making as soon as the fabric for one side comes in, probably by Thursday. One side will feature the Cubs™ logo, while the other will have the logo of my beloved Red Sox™. All that is required is some cutting and tying along the edges. I think I am up to that task.

I have a P/T appointment this afternoon. I believe that my shoulder is benefiting from the therapy and the exercises that I am doing. Of course, as many doctors might say, there is also the placebo effect. Whatever, I'll take it.

Otherwise, I don't have to water today, I don't have to do anything that is not on my list of pleasurable things to do.

We have a current temperature of 68° under mostly-clear skies. Today's high is forecast to reach 78° with only a 10% chance for precipitation. As of now, the NWS is forecasting a 40% chance of morning T-storms on Thursday. The sun will rise today in under one-hour @ 6:35 a.m. and set later tonight @ 9:06 p.m. Ciao.