Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and the world. It is just past 3:45 a.m. in "The City."

We have a current temperature of 70º under clear skies. Today's high temperature is forecast to reach 81º under partly-cloudy skies. That's 7º cooler than yesterday's high temperature! The Relative Humidity Index calls for the RHI to be 71%.

There is a 20% chance for rain in today's forecast, but that's for a stray shower or T-storm. It still looks as though the better chance for additional precipitation is still one week from today. I'll be watering tomorrow and for many more days to come. Sigh.

Good news, the high temperature is still forecast to fall into the upper 70s after today and the lows will be in the 50s.

According to the NWS, the barometric pressure is 29.94" and falling, while my DTWS shows 29.36" and steady. Neither reading is an indication that precipitation is, or is not in the offing.

The sun will rise this morning @ 6:51 a.m. EDT and it will set later this evening @ 8:46 p.m. EDT.

The now 13 - 4 Cubs and last-minute substitute RHP Alec Mills, sounded good for about five innings last night, but a few mistakes cost both Mills and the Cubs as they were defeated 3 - 4 by the Brewers. The Cubs still have the best record in baseball. Mills was a last-minute substitute for RHP Tyler Chatwood who was experiencing tightness in his lower back. The Cubs and the Brewers continue this afternoon @ 3:20 p.m. EDT, a change from the original night starting time of 7:20 p.m. EDT, due to the chance of inclement weather. RHP Colin Rea takes the bump for the Cubs.


I won't go into detail, but the Cubs have a series of double-headers versus the Cardinals to make up for the games not played. I'll take a wait and see attitude on those games, given the Cardinals Covid-19 test results of late.

My beloved 6 - 14 Red Sox lost their 5th straight last night, this one to the  13 - 6 Yankees. The Sox and the Yankees go again tonight @ 7:07 p.m. EDT when RHP Nathan Eovaldi, 1 - 1 will pitch for the beloved.

The 9 - 8 Tigers were slammed by the visiting 11 - 9 Indians yesterday afternoon, 5 - 10. The Tigers did not look good. RHP Ivan Nova, 1 - 1, took the loss for the Tigers. Tonight's game against those same Indians begins in Comerica Park @ 7:10 p.m. EDT when RHP Spencer Turnbull, 2 - 0, goes for the Tigers.

We collectively traveled to the Fast Lane™ stop for that grocery order that seemed to grow exponentially. We traveled a circuitous route on the way there and also on the way home. I had taken my camera along, only to think that I had left it on and drained the battery. It turned out that my camera was smarter than me, so when I flicked the on/off switch, I learned that there was plenty of power still available. My bad.

At any rate, I took a lot of pix on Harbor Island and thereabouts before we returned home. Here are several.

Our usual Spot # 1 was already taken.

The rain in GH has been scant, but that doesn't mean that the lakes and ponds are not overflowing.

Sometimes, a partially obscured object can be of interest.

As I previously noted, overflowing and algae covered.

We were on Harbor Island, the site of the now-closed BLP Sims Generating Plant.

And also the site of Linear Park.

From which I shot several boats in the channel leading to the "Big Lake."

This fishing charter boat was returning from Lake Michigan.

Our Senior Staff Photographer suggested this vantage point.

I just like trains.

We had a nice brunch of leftovers while watching Dharma and Greg, and then we finished two crossword puzzles. We also opened several packages that had been awaiting the prerequisite amount of time before opening.

Dinner was vegan Italian meatballs, not my best effort in my opinion, along with a side of cucumber salad made with garden-fresh cucumbers. We watched 1 1/2 episodes of Downtown Abbey before I retired to the media room for a short stay. I decided that I wanted to listen to the Cubs' game on the radio like I used to do. I fell asleep partway through that game before Mary came in and changed the station and saved me from hearing the loss.

Today, I plan to do some baking, some reading, and we hope to finish that episode of Downton Abbey. We and the fur-children should be able to return to the cemetery for more ambulation tomorrow. Ciao.