Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:30 a.m. in "The City."

I arrived back at my desk after letting Ginger and STWD out, just in time to hear George Noory intone his regular overnight greeting that is so similar to mine. Hey, maybe I should change to a new opening that pays homage to the late newspaper columnist/broadcaster, Walter Winchell, that goes like this “Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America, from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press!” I'll let my faithful readers weigh in on that one.

We have a current temperature of 44°as we head towards our overnight low of 41° under partly cloudy skies. In addition,  that aforementioned Small Craft Advisory, has been extended until 4:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon. Windy conditions with gusts from 15 - 25 knots and wave heights of from 3 - 6 feet are possible on the "Big Lake."

Later today, we'll rebound to a high of 53°, also under partly-cloudy skies. The sun will rise @ 7:56 a.m. and set @ 7:05 p.m.

In sports news, I've already covered the college football games for today, but I'll note that the Brewers seem to be for real, as they defeated the Dodgers last night in game 1 of the NLCS, eking out a win, 6 - 5. I don't believe that the Brewers can generate the same excitement by going to the World Series™ that the Cubs did in 2016. We shall see. Don't forget that game 2 in the series between those two teams is today @ 4:09 p.m. this afternoon, while the first game and more important game in the ALCS between my beloved Red Sox and the Astros is later tonight @ 8:09 p.m.

We did get that hinge picked up yesterday. It is nearly identical to the old one, however, the manufacturer slightly changed the design, so I have to use part of the old hinge and part of the new to complete the installation.

I almost forgot to mention that MMRR EMD GP38-2 locomotive #2019, pictured below, copyright Jon Hall, passed by on the RSTL @ 9:16 a.m. yesterday heading south. In tow were 13 CHCs, 6 DBTCs, 3 DWTCs, and 3 GTCs. Later @ 1:14 p.m., that same locomotive passed by heading north towing only 3 DBTCs.

We still haven't installed that new shelf in the spice cabinet. Maybe today. However, I did make those vegan sausages following my old recipe and as always, they turned out great. In fact, Mary used one to make pasta for last night's dinner.

Today's plans call for a walk with the fur-children, installing that hinge, maybe installing that shelf, finishing yesterday's crossword puzzle, picking up today's edition of the Grand Haven Tribune at The Bookman and getting up late. Sounds like plenty of activity for one day. Ciao.