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", where my DTWS shows an outdoor temperature of nearly 41º. while the NWS is showing 39º. There is only a 1 mph wind blowing, so the temperature feels like 39º. 

Away from the shores of the "Big Lake" there is a Frost Advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. that indicates that sensitive plants should be covered for protection. 

Today's high temperature forecast calls for 59° under partly-cloudy skies this morning that will change over to sunny skies this afternoon. Tomorrow, the high is forecast to reach a very comfortable 64° under sunny skies. Will I be able to don my summer uniform for a few more days? Stay tuned to this station.

The sun will rise later this morning @ 7:47 a.m. and set later @ 7:18 p.m.

Well, I did it again, I tortured myself and watched the 1 - 3 Lions lose to the to the now 2 - 2 Saints, whom I had erroneously credited with a 2 - 1 record in my last blog, 29 - 35. The Lions started out strong, scoring two quick TDs off of turnovers, but then the Saints and their QB Drew Vreeze gave a clinic in how tha game should be played, as they scored 35 unanswered points before the Lions tried to once again get back into the game. The Saints defense was too much for Matthew Stafford and his offense and thus the final score. Mercifully, the Lions have a bye week next weekend.

The 3 - 1 Bears and their newly installed starting QB, Nick Foles, fared no better, as they too lost to their opponents, the visiting Indianapolis Colts, 11 - 19. The Bears defense spent a lot of time on the field being penalized, which didn't help much, but when he got the chance, Foles was not the "Comeback Kid" of last week's game when he came off the bench late in the game to look like the next coming of, dare I say it, Tom Brady. What can I say, the Bears are what they are. 

Next up for the Bears, is a visit to Soldier Field by the aforementioned Tom Brady and the Tampa Buccaneers next Thursday night. Brady still had the magic yesterday as he sliced and diced the Chargers with five TDs en route to a 38 - 31 win. Obviously, there was not much defense in evidence for either team, but Brady is Brady, so he'll give the Bears defense all they can handle. 

In between the Lions and the Bears, we took the fur-children for a walkabout to the cemetery. We almost didn't take the walk, as the rains had started up again, but the skies cleared and we all got some exercise. 

Since I had my camera along for the ride, I took a few pix of interest.

As I noted, when we started out, the skies were cloudy and rainy.

They cleared up shortly after our arrival and gave way to sunny skies. 

I took this shot at a distance,

of this marker for the final resting place another fallen police officer, he was attached to the Michigan State Police as a detective. He was shot by an unknown assailant in in Inkster, MI in 1968.

Today, I have that delayed appointment at the ENT specialist and that's about it for me. Mary will be glad to have me gone so that she and the fur-children can get some down time. 

When I return, Mary would love to travel to Hemlock Crossing County Park for some different scenery without the fur-children, but that trip is dependent on my return time. 

That looks like enough for one day. Ciao.