Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 9:30 p.m. in "The City."

The weather here in the Tri-Cities area today was noticeably cooler than yesterday. We have a current temperature of 60° under partly-cloudy skies that feels like 58° with a wind out the north @ 12 mph. The NWS is forecasting an overnight brisk low-temperature, an almost fall-like 49°! We still have those statements and advisories for the "Big Lake" in effect until 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. 

We'll see a warmer day tomorrow, with a high of 67° under mostly-sunny skies and an overnight low of 57°. The sun will rise @ 6:05 a.m. and set later @ 9:28 p.m.

We were kind of lazy today. We sat around, I finished a book, and Mary continued to read one that she seems to be totally enjoying. STWD and Ginger wanted to go out for a walk, but we fed them and left them behind as we set out for a photo-shoot. 

I started with our own vast-gardens and some pix of Mary's roses and other sundry flora. I used my newest lens for all of the shots today.

This rose is in the background, while in the foreground, are the leaves of one of our potato plants.

I opted to expand my focus and get more of the roses from the same shooting position. 

Even I am amazed by the clarity that a telephoto lens can produce.

This coleus is obscuring the Green Man filled with white blooms. 

I thought I'd try shooting from behind for this shot. 

Having exhausted the photo possibilities in our own gardens, we set out for a visit to the library for a drop off and pick up and then a stop at Mary's auxiliary gardens We finished at the Spring Lake Township Cemetery for more pix.

Our newest garden remains untouched by critters.

But alas, one of Mary's cabbages was ravaged in spite of being behind a fence.

And in spite of this Garden Gnome who was watching from a nearby plot.

The first auxiliary garden we planted.

I think that this shot of the monuments and trees looked nice.

Nicely cared for by someone in a cemetery with graves dating to the mid-1800s.

I used the trees as a frame for the same monument. 

Most of my baseball teams are off today, with the exception of the Cubs, who are losing to the visiting Indians right now. SS Javier Baez was pulled from the game by Cubs' manager David Ross following a boneheaded baserunning gaffe that cost the Cubs a scoring opportunity. Shortly thereafter, starting RHP Adbert Alzolay was also removed after he lost his own focus when the Indians started to hit his pitches.

Tomorrow, we have indoor chores, more music to play, more books to read, and more crafting to occupy our time.

One thing is for certain, we have plenty to keep us busy. Ciao.