Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

The window A/C unit is still on, once again due to the pollen count, so I can't open a window to let in the 72° outside air.  I am comfortable, but feeling guilty. Today's high temperature will be 77°, but that's where the similarities to yesterday end. I write that because, "They're Back!" Yes my loyal readers, the various statements and alerts are back in effect until 12:00 a.m. Sunday morning. A Small Craft Advisory, you know what that means,  a Beach Hazard Statement, you also know what that entails, and a Lakeshore Flood Advisory, as the "Big Lake tries to reclaim her shoreline from human encroachment are all now ongoing.


The NWS in GR has put a 40% chance of scattered T-storms into their forecast for Saturday evening too. The sun will rise here in GH @ 6:30 a.m. and set later @ 9:12 p.m. We have plans to attend a concert of the tribute band, Hotel California tonight @ 8:00 p.m., but with the 40% chance for T-storms in the forecast, well...

Speaking of music, we had a very pleasurable evening last night @ The Bookman. They had made arrangements for a local duo, Acoustic Oasis, to play for their customers. They were very good. A 12 string guitar, a mandolin, a banjo, a ukulele, and even a clarinet, all featured in their performance along with their excellent vocals.

Since we brought our camera specifically to take some pix, I took several for posterity. I've placed them here in no particular order.

These young men, Phil Petersen on the left, and Glenn Miller to his right were, Acoustic Oasis.

Phil played 6 string guitar.

And mandolin.

 

 

 

Plus ukulele.

Glenn, played both 6 and 12 string guitars, harmonica, and clarinet in his role as lead guitarist and lead vocalist.

Yes my friends, a man named Glenn Miller can also play trombone like his namesake, the immortal Big Band leader from the 1940s, Glen Miller. However, we did not get to hear him play that instrument.

Acoustic Oasis will be followed on Sunday by a duo consisting of Rick Hicks and Dave Schock. playing smooth jazz and blues.

Earlier in the day, Mary was on an organizational kick, which gave us a large number of things to donate to our local Goodwill™ store when Mary visited the grocery store in the same plaza later in the afternoon. Everything we donated was very serviceable and people should be able to make good use of the donated items.

Before her visit to the grocery store, she made a stop at St. Anthony's Catholic Church for their annual Quilt Show. She took many pix and so I've chosen a few to represent what she saw there.

A reminder of the video game, Pac Man™?

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the waters of the "Big Lake."

Here is yet another YouTube™ clip, featuring UFO Phil and his homage to the radio show,  Coast to Coast AM. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqWPCsNke24

This quilt took over one-year to complete by a home-schooled 12 year old girl. It features various themes and used a felting technique to make the individual squares pop out.

Beautiful!

 While Mary was out, I made a beest for sandwiches and also did some indoor chores. The fur-children and I were quite busy.

Later, before Mary traveled to Goodwill™ and the grocery store, I completed about 90% of my outdoor chores. I had to stop, because I was tired and Mary wanted to get going and get back before we had to go to The Bookman.

We stopped at JWs on the way home from The Bookman and as we were leaving, we spotted a young deer in a nearby parking lot, a victim of the ongoing encroachment of people in GH. I took several pix, but the one I've chosen, while seemingly blurry, shows the deer as it ran across the street in front of several cars. Sometimes you get a great photographic effect when you least expect it.

I wasn't ready, but the deer sure was!

Very quickly, in baseball news, the 55 - 48, are now in 2nd place by one full game behind the red-hot Cardinals in the NL Central, following the Cubs 2 - 3 loss to the 3rd place Brewers. The Cubs did make a trade for left-handed relief pitcher, Derek Holland. The Cubs hope to improve their offensive output tonight in Milwaukee, as Jon Lester returns from his illness and takes the ball @ 7:10 p.m. EDT.

My beloved, 58 - 47, still 3rd in the Al East, took another game in Fenway from the 1st place Yankees, 10 - 5, as Mookie Betts got three home runs. Andrew Cashner finally got his elusive 1st win. The Sox and the Yankees play again today @ 4:05 p.m., when the Sox send Eduardo Rodrigues against the Yankees, C C Sabathia.

The 30 - 69 tigers wasted a solid effort by starting pitcher Dan Norris, as they lost still another game 2 - 3, to the Mariners in Seattle. Can it get worse? We'll find out this afternoon @ 4:05p.m., when Tyler Alexander goes for the Tigers.

The West Michigan WhiteCaps were blown out yest again last night by the Lansing Lug Nuts, 1 - 9. Nuff said, the Caps and the Lug Nuts play again tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

As I mentioned earlier, we are planning to go to the Lynn Sherwood Waterfront Stadium for that concert by the Eagles tribute band, Hotel California. However, that is subject to change based upon that forecast for T-storms. Otherwise, we have no specific plans for today. We are better organized, we are more in tune with our environment, and all is right with the world. Ciao.