Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just after 7:30 a.m.

We have a current temperature of 65º under partly-cloudy skies. With wind-speeds of 6 mph, it feels like 65º as we head for today's high temperature of 81º, also under partly-cloudy skies. That temperature forecast and the lack of rain until at least Monday's 60% chance for morning T-storms, means that I have to water again today.

High-temperatures for the next several days are forecast to be in the upper 70º to the mid-80º range.  We anticipate an overnight low tonight of 64º.

The current barometric pressure is 29.93" and rising according to the NWS, while a separate reading of 29.54" on my DTWS shows steady pressure. As usual, I'll have to rely on my WW and STWD for a more accurate forecast.

The sun rose this morning @ 6:27 a.m. and it will set later @ 9:14 p.m.

I picked my first of many cucumbers from our vast vegetable gardens yesterday. There are at least two more ready to be harvested. Here is a pic of our first fruit. I was certain that our first harvest would be late this week and I was right. There's is nothing better than fresh veggies from the garden to make a day more enjoyable. I believe that Mary in her role as Chief Cook and Bottle Washer will be turning this beauty into a nice salad later today.

Our Senior Staff Photographer chose a regular teaspoon as a way to give a size comparison.

I finished two crossword puzzles before we departed to take the fur-children for a walkabout in the Lake Forest Cemetery yesterday afternoon. It's a quiet place to walk, mostly undisturbed, and to take some pix of the flora and fauna of our little hamlet. Our Senior Staff Photographer took some great pix of the tombstones, the flora, and also three deer that did their best to go unobserved by the fur-children. 

Like yours truly usually does, Mary chose shots that caught her eye.

We collectively chose these markers due to the names.

Nice contrast between light and dark.

STWD sniffing and enjoying her first outing in over a week with no air-quality issues.

A marker for an infant who loved a scant six-months in the early 1850s.

I think Mary's pic of this tree stump is better than any I've tried to capture.

I like playgrounds and industrial scenes, Mary likes trees.

If you look closely, there is a fawn and its companions in this shot.

All pictures were taken with our Senior Staff Photographer's trusty Olympus Tough Camera.

We segued towards home and since Mary had preplanned and prepared our dinner of tofu fried rice from another old family recipe that she modified. Here's a pic of her efforts on that fried-rice with mushrooms, carrots, and peas to accompany the tofu. I liked it and I hope that she plans to make it a keeper and a regular feature on our menu.

Due to Mary's pre-planning and preparations, we were able to finish the first episode of Downton Abbey and also episode two. We have found a great replacement for Outlander and Poldark.

Once dinner was over, I moved upstairs to read more and watch some not so good TV news about our nation and the world before settling in to watch Bull Durham, one of my favorite baseball movies. Mostly I read and zoned out. Here is one of my favorite scenes from that movie which starred Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins, courtesy of YouTube™.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBUS3vQtDCA

I finally toddled off to bed and that's where I was until about 6:30 a.m. this morning.

Our plans for today include some indoor chores, that aforementioned watering, and for me, the first "Regular" season game of the Cubs and the Tigers.

Just as a reminder, Baseball is life! Therefore, I'll be enjoying the Cubs and Tigers' games tonight in our media room after dinner.

Mary will continue to read her pandemic book, The End of October, by Lawrence Wright and I plan to play with my girls in my studio and read. I edited more music yesterday, so I am anxious to try it out and move some of the chords to their proper places, if necessary. Computers and word-processing programs are a great invention versus the old days of hand-written or typed music. I can make as many changes as I like and reprint the music as I deem necessary. Ciao.