Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:00 a.m. in "The City."

I was wondering if it was time to change my signature sign in, you know the one that has opened my blogs for years now. Nah, I like it just the way it is, it just feels right.

At any rate, I am done with my highlighting. 513 pages of pink highlighted and blue commented pages are now on Mary's desk and not on mine. I finished up yesterday afternoon. That too feels right.

Yesterday was a good day if you don't consider the humidity. The cloud-cover through much of the day made being outside to water around 7:00 a.m. delightful. However, part of the day was another story. I just stayed in after our walk with the fur-children. Mary went to her haircut appointment and then settled in to do some indexing.

We have a current temperature of 71° as we drop to an overnight low of 67°. The NWS has downgraded the rain in their forecast for today to a 30% chance of isolated T-storms. I suspect that that means those T-storms will be isolated someplace other than the PE. We all know what that means. Today's high is forecast to be 82° after the sun rises @ 6:52 a.m. and long before it sets @ 8:44 p.m.

I'm getting ahead of the spiders this year. I am torn, as some spiders are beneficial, but these are the Brown Recluse variety that made Mary sick last year and actually caused me to get a slight rash from their bites. So in this case, it was them or us. They are losing the battle.

John came by yesterday to install our new storm-door in the back. We had picked it out and paid for it the day before at the big-box home center and then John picked it up with his trailer yesterday. In addition, he installed our new flag-pole holder on the front of the manse. I like seeing the results of his efforts on both projects as I don't have to do them. Adam is right, my time is better spent and my back thanks John too.

Baseball news yesterday was interesting. My beloved, 86 - 36 Red Sox had the day off before welcoming the 3rd place, 62 - 59 Tampa Bay Rays, to Fenway @ 7:05 p.m. The Sox have a 10.5 game lead over the 2nd place Yankees in the AL East. In addition, the Sox have two players who may be the AL MVP, J.D. Martinez and Mookie Betts. Both men are having stellar seasons, albeit in somewhat differing ways. Can anyone say co-MVP?

The 50 - 72, 3rd place Tigers, well once again, they were the Tigers, as they lost to the 2nd place, 57 - 63 Twins in an AL Central match-up, 8 - 15. I'm not sure that that score indicates an even match-up, given the overall weakness in the AL Central. Or, you can be positive and say that all the teams are evenly  matched. You could say that, if the teams in the AL Central didn't play inter-divisional and inter-league games. The Tigers try again to win @ the Twins home field tonight @ 8:10 p.m.

The 70 - 50, 1st place in the NL Central Cubs have a 3.5 game lead over the 2nd place Brewers following a 1 - 0 win over the 61 - 61, 4th place Pirates in Pittsburgh. Jon Lester tossed a shutout and recorded 8 Ks, with Ian Happ getting the lone tally on a 3rd inning home-run. In addition, as is often the case, Javier Baez sparkled in the field as he took an 86.1 mph throw from catcher Willson Contreras, to catch the speedy Starling Marte as he slid into 2nd. Can anyone say MVP in connection with Baez' name?

Cubs manager, Joe Maddon, said that Baez positions himself perfectly before receiving the throw from the catcher which allows him to tag the runner in one smooth motion. Of course, Contreras' high-velocity throw helped a lot too. The Cubs and the Pirates continue their series tonight in Pittsburgh @ 7:05 p.m.

The MWL East, 4th place Caps, fell to the 73 - 50, 2nd place in the MWL East, Lansing Lug Nuts last night, 2 - 3. The Caps and the Lug Nuts play again tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

Today, I have plans to do even less than yesterday. No watering, no highlighting/commenting and no distractions. I will be feeding the fur-children and going for a walk to The Bookman for today's edition of the Grand Haven Tribune with STWD, but that is about it. I have some pleasure reading to catch up on and also some play-time schedule with the girls, my neglected stringed friends. Mary has work to do. Ciao.