Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 7:00 .m. in "The City."

Mostly, I stayed true to my plans for yesterday. I did make a terrific vegan roast beest from a new recipe, that is definitely a keeper. Mary fashioned part of my efforts into our dinner, which included her secret recipe gravy atop the beest and some roasted potatoes. 

I didn't watch any baseball, mostly because the Cubs were off yesterday. They play tonight @ Wrigley Field, when the 31 - 21 Twins come to town for a game @ 8:15 p.m., as RHP Kyle Hendricks, 5 - 4, takes the mound. 

Sadly, the 21 - 28 Tigers were on the losing end of a game versus the 27 - 23 Indians, following their loss to the Cubs on Wednesday night. The Tigers sent rookie RHP Casey Mize, 0 - 2, to the mound to be pummeled by the Indians in a 3 - 10 loss. The Tigers and the Indians play again tonight when the Tigers send RHP Michael Fulmer, 0 - 2, to the mound for a 7:10 p.m. start.

My beloved, 19 - 32 Red Sox, defeated the 25 - 23 Marlins last night, 5 - 3. Sadly, the next opponent for the Sox is the dreaded 29 - 21 Yankees, who are surging towards the top of their division. The Sox will pit LHP Martin Perez against the Yankees for a game @ 7:30 p.m.

Mary made that aforementioned run to the Fast Lane™ grocery pick up as I worked in the kitchen. Actually, most of my work was clean-up after I had prepared the beest for one-hour of time in the oven. 

We followed up some time spent reading Mary Trump's book about her uncle, with a trip to the cemetery for some exercise for us and the fur-children along with some picture taking. We explored a new to us area that yielded some excellent photo-ops. I'll include some pix here.

Because I was curious, I learned that a group of wild turkeys is called a Rafter, not a flock. At any rate, while we didn't see any deer, the turkeys were very cooperative in the picture taking.

Like the deer, the turkeys have no predators within the cemetery nor the nearby Duncan Woods.

So, they wandered freely amongst the markers. 

Of course, since we were exploring a new area, many markers and sights were available for a photo-op.

Two "Lifelong Educators" are some of the "residents" of Lakeforest Cemetery.

We never expected to see a grotto for sitting and thinking in the cemetery.

An interesting root system.

When you look down from the location of the grotto, this is the view. 

An early color change for this tree. 

 A very interesting marker in this section of the cemetery. 

In the wooded area near the grotto.

2020 has been a strange year. That comes as no surprise to anyone who is alive and paying attention. I think that the change in the times for the train passage on the RSTL changed with the end of "The Season." With all of the other distractions this year, it is likely that we simply forgot. So, what has seemed like some odd times for the trains to pass by, may actually be the yearly norm. For example, late Wednesday and early Thursday morning, then late Thursday night, around 11:00 p.m., and early this morning @ 5:00 a.m. Mostly, I've been snug as a bug in bed when they pass by, so I may or may not have info to report on a regular basis. 

I did espy the northbound run of MMRR locomotives 2019 and 2025 @ 5:45 a.m. today when they passed by the manse towing two DBTCs, and 11 CHCs. 

The current temperature is 44º, but it feels like 40º due to the prevailing 8 mph wind. Today's high temperature is forecast to reach 63º and an RHI  of 47% with an overnight low of 41º. 

Today, I hope to stick more closely to my do as little as possible plans. More music, more puzzle solving, more Mary Trump. Sometimes, less is more.

The sun will rise today@ 7:28 a.m. and set later @ 7:48 p.m. Ciao.