The indoor temperature here in the weather office is a quite comfortable 77° and my window A/C unit is holding its own. I know that the outdoor temperature is only 64°, but these upstairs rooms have poor air circulation, and with the high pollen counts, there is a need for a window unit and closed windows.
As is often the case, the view out the WW is dark, but this morning that's under clear-skies. According to my DTWS, the outdoor temperature is 65°. The Weather Window One Report is forecasting that we'll see sunny skies today and a high temperature of 77° after our overnight low of 62°. The NWS is forecasting no precipitation until Monday's 50% chance for scattered T-storms. The sun will rise today @ 6:28 p.m. and set tonight @ 9:14 p.m.
My apprentice trainspotter recorded both ends of the train run yesterday, noting that @ 8:30 a.m., locomotive #2019 passed by heading south, towing only five DBTCs. Later, she recorded the passage of that same locomotive heading north @ about 2:30 p.m., towing seven CHCs, and one DBTC.
I had to press my apprentice into service as I was busy early, getting ready for our morning safari to the farmer's market, and then later when I was in the kitchen making vegan Italian meatballs and vegan bratwursts. All endeavors turned out great. I've got those Italian meatballs down and I think that the bratwursts are in that category too.
Speaking of the farmer's market, we picked up some vegetables there that we aren't growing this year, including radishes, sweet corn, jalapeno peppers, and a ginormous head of cabbage.
Since I'll be grilling today, I'll grill the corn along with the bratwursts. Tomorrow, I'll make Coleslaw using the jalapeno peppers and the grilled corn and a few other ingredients.
Our dinner last night was Mary's pizza using the last of of my regular vegan sausages. I liked it, but then, I always do.
In baseball news, the 55 - 47, 1st place in the NL Central Cubs, avoided the sweep on their West Coast road trip, as they defeated the 52 - 51, 3rd place in the NL West Giants, 4 - 1. The Cubs used home runs by Javier Baez, Alberto Almora Jr., and Kris Bryant to win the game. Bryant was lifted in the 7th inning with a sore knee.
The Cubs had to use Tyler Chatwood as an emergency starter when scheduled starter, Jon Lester came down with a fever on Tuesday. Chatwood did a good job, but the win went to Kyle Ryan, 3 - 1. For only the second time in his career, Anthony Rizzo was tossed from a game by the home-plate umpire. Neither Rizzo, nor his manager, Joe Maddon, know what Rizzo said that got him tossed.
Today, the Cubs are off before opening a weekend series in Milwaukee on Friday against the 54 - 40, 3rd place in the NL Central Brewers with a game @ 8:10 p.m. EDT, as Kyle Hendricks, 7 - 8, takes the hill.
My beloved Red Sox, fell to the Rays yesterday, 2 - 3, finishing the game under a protest by Sox manager Alex Cora. Corawas protesting the substitutions made by the Rays and the order in which they came to the plate, which was decided by the home-plate umpire. David Price got the loss and is now 7 - 4. The 56 - 47, 3rd place in the AL East Sox are home tonight to meet the 60 - 35, 1st place in the AL East Yankees @ 7:10 p.m., when Rick Porcello, 8 - 7 gets the ball from manager Cora.
The 30 - 67, 5th place in the AL Central Tigers, found yet another way to lose, 0 - 4, this time to the 54 - 48, 3rd place in the NL East Phillies. Jordan Zimmerman, 0 - 8, took the loss. Nick Castellanos is still a Tiger, but trade rumors involving several teams, including the Cubs, are rampant before the July 31 trading deadline. The Tigers take the field tonight against the Mariners @ 10:10 EDT as Drew Verhagen, 1 - 0 and recently recalled from Toledo, takes the mound.
The West Michigan WhiteCaps, 13 - 18 in the MWL East, took a game from the 15 - 16, 4th place Lansing Lugnuts last night, 4 - 3. Those two teams play again tonight @ 7:05 p.m.
The fur-children got groomed yesterday and the bedding got laundered in their absence. Both Ginger and STWD look 100% better. Sugar got heavily de-thatched, something that I have been doing everyday too, as she is in full shed mode. Ginger once again looks cute with her tail plumage and trimmed face and torso. STWD looks like an improved version of herself.
Oh, here is picture of Ginger on a bench in front of one of our local chirches where Mary and she stopped to read in peace in the church's aptly named peace garden.
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Mary has begun work on my new kitchen apron using a cross-stitch pattern that is imprinted on the apron that depicts my Kitchen Aid™ stand mixer in the same color. Ciao.
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