Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. across the nation and across the world. It is just past 11:30 p.m. in "The City."

The current temperature is a very comfortable 54° under partly-cloudy skies, following today's high-temperature of 66°. Tonight's low will drop to a very seasonal 48°. In other words, it felt like a spring day should. We spent some time on the deck reading after a tasty brunch, solving the weekend crossword puzzle, planting this year's potato crop, and doing a pawdicure on our fur-children. We had quite a busy day. Tomorrow's high is forecast by the NWS to reach 60° under cloudy skies with a 53% chance for T-storms in the morning hours. 

Earlier this afternoon, we walked to the library and the waterfront for some book pickups and picture taking. It has been a long time since we had been out in the world on an extended basis due to that Covid-19 pandemic.

Upon our return, I was tired. Fortunately, Mary was not as she always seems to be invigorated by a walkabout and so she prepared out Easter dinner of vegan steak, acorn squash, and fresh, never frozen, green beans that were cooked just right and then slathered in olive oil and garlic. 

I was tired after dinner and another episode of Legends and so I repaired to the media room for some TV viewing and napping. 

In baseball news, the 2 - 1 Tigers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, as relief pitcher Dan Norris, 0 - 1, proved totally ineffective and the Tigers went from a slim 3 - 2 lead over the 1 - 2 Indians to a lopsided 3 - 9 loss. Tigers centerfielder Akhil Baddoo, was one of the few bright spots, as he got a home-run on the first pitch of his first major-league at bat, a feat accomplished by only nine other Tigers' players before him

The Tigers take the field again tomorrow in Comerica Park @ 1:10 p.m. EDT, when Jose Urena toes the rubber for the Tigers against the visiting 2 - 1 Twins.

The 2 - 1 Cubs eked out a win over the visiting 1 - 2 Pirates, 3 - 2, as recently arrived starting pitcher, right-hander Zach Davies notched his first win as a Cub. He was ably assisted by closing pitcher Craig Kimbrel and some great work in the field by Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, and Javier Baez. The Cubs take the field again tomorrow night in The Friendly Confines @ 7:40 p.m. EDT, when another new Cubs pitcher, right-hander Trevor Williams makes his Cubs debut against the visiting Milwaukee Brewers.

Sadly, my beloved 0 - 3 Red Sox were trounced by the visiting 3 - 0 Orioles, 3 - 11. There were no real highlights in that game. The Sox take the field again @ Fenway Park tomorrow night @ 7:10 p.m. EDT, when the visiting 2 - 1 Tampa Bay Rays come to town.

As I noted earlier in this blog, we went walkabout and I snapped some pix along the way. Here they are for your perusal.

Looking north and east up the the channel of the Grand River. 

Southwest towards the mouth of the Grand as it leads into Lake Michigan..

This is the remnants of the chimney of the long closed Story and Clark piano factory that was toppled years ago by a strong wind.

I couldn't resist getting another angle on our coal tipple. 

Along the way, flowers were in bloom.

Some protected by shrubs.

And others just out in the open.

Once again I was experimenting, looking directly into the late afternoon sun.

Tomorrow, I have an appointment for my annual eye exam and probably some new glasses. That's about it for me. Mary will be crafting, reading, and staying out of the rain. A long time ago, we enjoyed walking in the rain, but age confers wisdom, at least for yours truly. So, I'll be driving to my eye appointment for glasses that I didn't need 47 years ago.

The sun will rise tomorrow @ 7:21 a.m. and set late @ 8 :14 p.m. Ciao.