Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 0:00 a.m. in "The City."

We have a current temperature of 65°, which coincidentally will be today's high temperature, a full 11° cooler than yesterday. We had some overnight rain, In fact, two claps of thunder were heard by yours truly. STWD didn't seem to notice. 

The NWS has issued two alerts that began at 12:00 a.m. and which will continue until 2:00 a.m. Tuesday. The first is a Beach Hazard Statement, that warns of hazardous conditions for swimmers in Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Ottawa, and Van Buren counties. The second is for a Small Craft Advisory from St, Joseph to Manistee. Windspeeds up to 30 knots and wave heights of four to seven feet should be good enough reason for small craft to stay in port.

The sun rose this morning @ 6:05 a.m. and it will set later @ 9:27 p.m.

At any rate, no watering is required today for either of our garden plots. However, we need to visit the auxiliary plot to check on the green-children there.

Speaking of children, our human-children called yesterday to wish me a happy Father's Day and to chat in general. If there is one thing I miss due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is their irregular regular visits. Here's hoping that 2021 will be better.

Baseball news yesterday was mixed, The 40 - 32, 1st place in the NL Central Cubs defeated the 5th place in the NL East. 31 - 40 Marlins, 2 - 0, with solid defense, no home runs, and a great pitching performance by starter and winner, RHP Alec Mills, 3 - 1. The Cubs are home again tonight to face the 39 - 30, 2nd place in the AL Central Indians @ 8:05 p.m. EDT, as RHP Adbert Alzolay, 4 - 5, tries to get his 5th win to go even with the league. 

The 30 - 42, 5th place in the AL Central Tigers were victorious in Anaheim yesterday as they took a game from the 36 - 36, 4th place in the AL West Angels, 5 - 3. The win went to RHP Jose Cisnero, 1 - 4,. The Tigers are off today before they welcome the 36 - 26, 4th place in the NL Central Cardinals for a 7:10 p.m. EDT start when LHP Tarik Skubal, 4 - 7, takes the hill for Tigers and manager A.J. Hinch.

My beloved, 43 - 29, 1st place in the AL East Red Sox, fell to the 32 - 38, 3rd place in the AL Central Royals, 3 - 7, as RHP starter Nathan Eovaldi, 7 - 4, took the loss for the struggling Sox. The Sox too are off until Tuesday's game beginning @ 7:10 p.m. EDT when LHP Eduardo Rodriguez, 5 - 4, makes his next start.

Sadly, the 20 - 21, 4th place Caps fell to the 23 - 19 Lake County Captains yesterday, 0 - 3. The Caps are off until Tuesday when they welcome the visiting 1st place Dayton Dragons for a 7:05 EDT start. 

Elsewhere at the manse, brunch yesterday was vegan TLT (that's tempeh bacon, lettuce, and tomato) sandwiches on fresh bread. They were great. I had requested spaghettirole casserole for dinner and Mary outdid herself on this one. I think it was her best effort to date. 

As you may recall, I promised to add a pic of the flowers that Mary picked up when she was on her way back from dropping Ginger for grooming last Thursday. Mary stopped in at Grand Haven Floral and picked up some fresh flowers for the living room. Here is a pic of her arrangement on the end table. 

Beautifully arranged and very fragrant. 

Mary reminded me that one of the flowers, a lily that I cannot name, like all lilies, was associated with the Virgin Mary and the Annunciation in the Middle Ages. In any case, they look great and are lasting nicely.

Late last night, around 11:30 p.m., I heard MMRR locomotives 2019 and 2170 pass by the manse deadheading southbound. A few minutes ago, @ 5:56 a.m., I watched out the WW as those same locomotives passed by heading north, towing 15 CGCs, and four CHCs, all loaded.

Today, I hope to do more reading, play in the kitchen, and just be retired. Mary will do that voodoo that she do so well. Ciao.