Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 5:30 a.m. in "The City. I hadn't intended to get up, but as "They" often say, "The best laid plans of mice and men..."

At any rate, that Small Craft Advisory has been extended until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow from South Haven to Manistee. Winds of 15 to 25 knots may propel waves of 3 to 6 feet. on Lake Michigan. 

The current temperature is 21° under clear-skies and it feels like 21° with only a 1 mph wind out of the south. That 21° is our overnight low before we rebound to today's high temperature of 43°, also under clear/mostly sunny skies. The overnight low tonight will drop to only 37°. The sun will rise this morning @ 7:24 a.m. and set this evening @ 812 p.m. Currently, the NWS is reporting a barometric pressure of' 30.54" of Hg and steady, while my own DTWS is showing 29.92" of Hg and also steady.

We finally made it. Opening Day for MLB and my favorite teams, the Chicago Cubs, the Detroit Tigers, and my beloved Boston Red Sox. Let's get into the details of their first games. 

The 0 - 1 Cubs and 0 - 1 RHP Kyle Hendricks, began the season under 2nd year manager David Ross, with a 3 - 5 loss to the 1 - 0 Pittsburgh Pirates. Hendricks was not sharp and issued three of the 11 walks given up by the Cubs yesterday. The Cubs have the day off today and they will resume play against the Pirates Saturday afternoon when RHP Jake Arrieta takes the mound for a 2:20 p.m. EDT start. Arrieta is back for another stint with the Cubs following a departure for the $$ a few seasons back. 

My beloved 0 - 0 Red sox were rained out in their opener at Fenway Park yesterday. The Sox and RHP Nathan Eovaldi hope to get the game in today @ 2:10 p.m. EDT. 

The 1 - 0 Detroit Tigers behind very sharp 1 - 0 RHP Matthew Boyd and featuring 37 year old Miguel "Miggy" Cabrera starting @ at first base for the first time in several seasons, got the win over the 0 - 1 Cleveland Indians, 3 - 2. Miggy got off to a great start in Comerica Park in spite of a blizzard on the shores of Lake Erie. Miggy got his 350th home-run that just cleared the wall in right-field. You almost couldn't see the ball as it went out, the snow was falling so heavily. He also turned in a sparkling play at first to hold off the Indians, 3 - 2. It was Tigers' manager A. J. Hinch's idea to give Miggy the job at first this season instead of Miggy being a full-time DH and it paid off. 

The Tigers are also off today before they return to the field @ 1:20 p.m. EDT Saturday with RHP Julio Teheran taking the ball.

Yesterday, we finally got rid of the donations to Goodwill. Mary has been packing them for so long, that even she couldn't remember what was in all of the boxes and bags. Oh well, we obviously didn't need the donations so they should go to new homes and new purposes.

Since we were out, we took along my camera and after what seemed like what might become a fruitless search for a phot-op, we landed in nearby Duncan woods. We journeyed up some pathways that were steeper than we at first thought, but I go some great pix to share.

The immortal Yogi Berra once said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it!" So we did.

Once again, I was experimenting with settings on my camera and I captured the sun through the trees along the way.

Back to the pathways.

These paths are steeper than they look on the dunes of Duncan Woods.

Like many trees in the woodlands here in our area, the trees are allowed to fall and decay without the intervention of humans.

I especially like how this shot turned out.

We decided it was time to head home and feed our fur-children. Upon our arrival and with my camera in hand, I took some pix in the vast-gardens of the manse.

This trio of daffodils is growing near our deck.

Sometimes, when you see the right picture, snap the shutter.

Today, we have only one mission. We are off to the phone store to get a Sim Card for my new phone. We've been putting that chore off as we awaited our "Independence Day" of April 1, that was two weeks from our second Covid-19 vaccination. 

Otherwise, I have some things awaiting my attention in the man-cave, but they can wait as they are related to outdoor activities that will not be starting anytime soon. Ciao.