Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:00 a.m. in "The City."

I am going to follow the KISS formula once again

We have a current temperature of 69° as we drop to an overnight low of 67°. Later today, after the sun rises @ 6:41 a.m. and before it sets @ 8:58 p.m., we will have mostly-cloudy skies and a high temperature of 79°. We had a good amount of rain yesterday and that means that I didn't have to water nor will I have to water today. However, the forecast from the NWS indicates no significant chance for rain for the next several day, so I'll be back out there.

I finally gave up on all of the potted veggies and pulled the last one yesterday. With the increase in water rates that came August 1, it seemed like a good idea. I still have to water the flowers and other things, but I won't be wasting water on veggies that will never grow.

Baseball news yesterday was good if you are a Cubs fan, as they stayed in first place in the NL Central with a record of 65 - 47 following a 3 - 1 win over the Kansas City Royals with their AL Central record of 51 - 60. Javier Baez got his 25th home-run and his NL leading 88th RBI in support of Cole Hamels. The Cubs and the Royals play again tonight @ 8:15 p.m.

The Tigers, well they are still in 3rd place in the AL Central, with a 47 - 66 record following their loss to the 56 - 58, 4th place in the AL West Angels, 2 - 6. The Tigers and the Angels play again tonight @ 10:07 p.m. EDT.

My beloved, 79 - 34, 1st in the AL East Red Sox, were off yesterday before they open a series in Toronto against the Blue Jays tonight @ 7:07 p.m. The Sox still have a nine-game lead over the 2nd place Yankees.

The 3rd in the MWL East, 58 - 55 White Caps, eked out a win over the 51 - 61, 4th place Dayton Dragons, 2 - 1 last night. The Caps are off today before they move on to Bowling Green, KY to play the 1st place, 73 - 40 Hot Rods tonight @ 7:35 p.m.

A short trainspotting report from yesterday. At 8:40 a.m., MMRR EMD GP 38 - 2 locomotives 2025 and 2019 passed by on the RSTL heading south with no cars in tow. Later, @ 3:35 p.m., those same locomotives passed by heading north towing four CHCs, four DBTCs, and two GTCs.

The new indexing project is now in. So once Mary prints out the pages, I'll be off the air for a few days as I devote my time to highlighting and commenting,

We ran some errands yesterday and had dinner at the favorite watering hole, which was surprisingly busy for a Monday following Coast Guard Fest. Oh well, we got a table and had what we have dubbed the Sarah Special, chips topped with re-fried beans, and cold vegetables.

We managed to get the fur-children out for their walk after the rain ended about 2:30 p.m. yesterday. We should have better luck today.

I finished my latest novel and now I have to decide on my next read. That assumes that the highlighting/commenting doesn't take over my life. Ciao.