Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just after 6:30 a.m.

We have a current temperature of 66º under partly-cloudy skies. With wind-speeds of 3 mph, it feels like 65º. Considering that the forecast that called for T-storms/rain yesterday morning fell apart, I had to water again.

High-temperatures for the next few days are forecast to be in the upper 70º to the mid-80º range.  We anticipate an overnight low of 63º tonight.

The current barometric pressure is 30.00" and rising according to the NWS, while a separate reading of 29.40" on my DTWS shows falling pressure. Go figure. I'll have to rely on my WW and STWD for a more accurate and immediate forecast.

I spent more than a few minutes in the vast gardens yesterday, watering and weeding.  I also spent some time in the kitchen. Mostly, I worked the weekend crossword puzzle, edited some music, and read my latest novel, A Minute to Midnight, by David Baldacci.

After watching our first episode of Downton Abbey and dinner, I retired to the media-room to watch as the Cubs defeated the Twins in an exhibition game in an eerily empty Wrigley Field, 4 - 3. LHP Jon Lester pitched well and left with a lead that the Cubs' bullpen nearly squandered. So what else is new?

The Cubs open their "Regular" season on Friday night @ "The Friendly Confines: @ 7:10 p.m. EDT. when RHP Kyle Hendricks takes the ball for manager David Ross.

My beloved Boston Red Sox were rained out in their final "Pre-Season" game against the currently homeless Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays have been banned from their home park, Rogers Field, in Toronto, Canada due to the Covid-19 pandemic, so they had hoped to play home-games n Pittsburgh, but the state of PA has nixed that plan. Perhaps the Jays will call the Blue Jays AA team ballpark in Manchester, New Hampshire home for this truncated season. The jury is still out on that.

At any rate, the beloved open their shortened "Regular" MLB™ 2020 season @ home in Fenway Park when the Baltimore Orioles come to visit and RHP Nathan Eovaldi takes the mound @ 7:30 p.m. EDT.

In a side note and sad note, former Red Sox OF Mookie Betts, who was traded to the LA Dodgers, signed a 12 year, $365 million contract with the Dodgers yesterday. He is guaranteed $65 million as a signing bonus. Ah, what might have been for the Sox. But it is good news for Betts.

The Detroit Tigers fell to the Cincinnati Reds yesterday, 1 - 2, as they had slumber in the lumber once again. The Tigers open their "Regular" season on Friday @ The Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati when they take the field against the Reds @ 6:10 p.m. EDT, when LHP Michael Boyd takes the ball.

By the by, Baseball is life! That being said, here is my first song of the season from YouTube™, John Fogerty's Centerfield. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnWQd70br9g

Otherwise, we hope to get to my studio valances today. In preparation, I think, Mary picked up her knitting yesterday. I hope that she is getting into craft mode to facilitate those valances. If not, she enjoys knitting and hasn't picked it up in quite some time, so I'm okay with that too.

Otherwise, more music, no watering, and "Whatever comes our way", to borrow from the Steppenwolf song, Born to Be Wild, used in the 1969 movie, Easy Rider, also from YouTube™. And you thought that I couldn't find an appropriate way to close this blog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egMWlD3fLJ8
 Ciao.