I awoke a short time ago and tossed and turned. So, I got up to get somethings, like this blog, accomplished. That being said, let me jump right in and give you the facts dear readers, just the facts, well mostly, with some of my personal opinions thrown in.
We have a current temperature of 73 muggy degrees, as we drop to our overnight low of 69°. After the sun rises @ 6:50 a.m., the skies will be mostly cloudy, partly due to that smoke from the western wildfires, and the 20% chance for showers today. The forecast from the NWS for Thursday still shows a 50% chance of showers/T-storms. Here's hoping, says the guy who is in charge of watering everything on the PE. The sun will set tonight @ 8:47 p.m.
Baseball news yesterday was .250, in baseball parlance. Three out of the four teams that I follow went down to defeat, the notable exception were my beloved, 86 - 35, 1st place in the AL East, Red Sox, who eked out a 2 - 1 win over the 65 -57, 2nd in the NL East Phillies. Rick Porcello returned to form, striking out 10 over seven innings, as Brock Holt sealed the deal with a pinch-hit home -run as he stepped in for Porcello. The Sox and the Phillies play again tonight @ 7:05 p.m. as Nathan Eovaldi takes the hill.
The still 1st place Cubs looked flat, as they fell to the 2nd place Brewers, 0 - 7. The Cubs still have a two -game lead over the Brewers in the NL Central. The Cubs and the Brewers play again today @ 2:20 p.m. EDT.
By way of information, the Cubs' $126 million dollar man, Yu Darvish, is nearing a rehab start. He threw a simulated three-inning game yesterday and according the Cubs, looked and felt good. Brian Duensing, who is also on the DL did some long tossing to test his ailing shoulder. Best of all, Kris Bryant took some ground balls before the game and may be back soon.
The 50 - 70, 3rd place in the AL Central Tigers, fell to that other team from Chicago, 3 - 6. That other team is in 4th place in the division. Those two teams take the field in Detroit @ 1:10 p.m. EDT today.
The 60 - 60, now 4th place in the MWL East, White Caps lost to the 56 - 63, Ft. Wayne, IN TinCaps last night, 1 - 5. The Caps return to the field tonight to face the 72 - 49, 2nd place Lansing Lug Nuts @ 7:05 p.m.
Trainspotting yesterday was easy. A single locomotive, # 2025, was seen traversing the RSTL both north and south. At 9:27 a.m., #2025 was towing 10 CHCs, nine DBTCs, many of those were extra long, one DWTC, and one GTC, heading south.
At 2:05 p.m., #2025 was heading north, towing one CHC and five DBTCs.
We got out yesterday for my P/T appointment and for a short trip to the grocery store after we walked the fur-children. That walk didn't last long due to the lousy atmospheric conditions and the high humidity that accompanied the 85° temperature. During our grocery trip, we made a stop at Stan's for adult libations before we came home to one of my favorites, grilled vegan hammish and cheese sandwiches accompanied by tomato soup. What's not to like for a man with simple tastes.
Mary took our camera to the back-forty to take some pix of the various plantings out there with her macro lens. I've included the ones that I like below.
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| Mary's pink is in full bloom. |
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| I especially liked this pic of her Hobbit door behind the geraniums. |
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| The first flowers on our mums. |
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| Our water pump and its flower bucket. |
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| I especially liked the composition of this shot looking through our backyard flower garden into our neighbors. |
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