Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:30 a.m. in "The City."

The NWS is showing a current temperature of 63° under mostly clear skies. The high today is forecast to be 76°, very comfortable, especially in light of the 56% relative humidity that is also in that forecast. The low-temperature this morning s supposed to be 60°. I know that it felt great when I was out with the fur-children around 2:30 a.m.

We still have a beach hazard warning in effect until this evening, with five to nine foot waves and wind speeds up to 30mph! Today's high after the sunrise @ 6:58 a.m.is forecast to be 76° under mostly sunny skies. The sun will set later @ 8:36 p.m.

Speaking of the sun setting, the 71 - 53 in the NL Central Cubs, fell to the 52 - 74 in the AL Central Tigers last night, 1 - 2. The lone Cubs' run came on, wait for it, a solo home run off the bat of Anthony Rizzo while on his knees. As you may have noticed, there is a trend with the Cubs lately, they can't score runs. With that in mind, the Cubs acquired Daniel Murphy, a career .299 hitter from the Washington Nationals. He is expected to play tonight in Detroit when the Cubs and the Tigers play @ 7:10 p.m. The Cubs certainly need some punch in their lineup.

In that vein, the Cubs regular third-baseman, Kris Bryant took batting practice before the game last night and said his ailing shoulder fells much better. He should soon be ready for a rehab start or two in the minors.

Meanwhile, the Cubs regular shortstop, Addison Russell, is nursing a couple of injuries ofhis own, a bruised thumb and also a sore shoulder of his own. He is s tough kid who has been playing with the pain for a while this season.

Also on the injury front, the much-maligned, Yu Darvish, he of the $126,000,000 six-year contract, was finally diagnosed with regard to his ailing right pitching arm. He has a "Stress Reaction" in his right elbow, the one on which he had Tommy John surgery a few years ago and also a muscle issue. According to those in the know, it takes six-weeks of no activity to allow a "Stress Reaction" to heal. So, that means that Darvish will not pitch again this year. He hasn't pitched since late May. So much promise when he was signed last winter, so little reward. Maybe next season. Maybe.

My beloved, 88 - 39, 1st in the AL East Red Sox, fell to the 73 - 52, 1st in the AL Central Indians last night, 3 - 6. They play again tonight @ 7:10 p.m. in Fenway.

The 63 - 64, 5th in the MWL East White Caps, fell to the 55 - 71, 8th place Dragons last night, 4 - 7. The Caps and the Dragons go at it again tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

I espied the northbound run of locomotives 2019 and 2025 has they passed by @ 11:57 a.m. on the RSTL layout yesterday. I don't know if there was a southbound run earlier while I was out at the big-box everything store. At any rate, the passage included four CHCs, and six DBTCs.

Mary was outside with the fur-children earlier, and she took some pix of the moon. I don't know what they indicate/represent, but they are interesting.

The moon through the trees to the southeast.

Same

Same

Mary was shooting southeast, but she doesn't know what this is. Neither do I.

As such, it is probably a good thing that we are scheduled for a class on Friday evening at The Camera Shop, but there is also that forecast for rain with accompanying cloudy skies that same evening. So this class, entitled Sunset Photo Walk with Olympus, is iffy at this time.

Today, I have my next P/T appointment for my left-shoulder. It is mostly feeling better, but more therapy is a good thing. I plan to ride my bike at this time since the temperatures will be much more conducive to that endeavor. I'll return home to continue work on that picnic blanket that I am making and read more of my novel. All of that after a walk with the fur-children. Mary will continue working on the index. Ciao.