Good morning   or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 1:00 a.m. in "The City." We have a current temperature of 68° under fair-skies with a relatively low 74% humidity that I am assured makes being out of doors very pleasant. In fact, our overnight low is forecast by the NWS to drop to 60°.

Today's high will reach a very comfortable 74° under partly-cloudy skies with an overnight low of a chilly 57°. The sun will rise @ 6:32 a.m. and set this evening @ 9:09 p.m.

In between, there is a Beach Hazard Statement still in effect for Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Ottawa and Van Buren Counties in MI. High-waves and strong currents will make swimming hazardous through sometime this morning.

In addition, that Small Craft Advisory continues to be in effect from St. Joseph to Manistee, until 8:00 a.m., with wind-speeds of 15 to 25 knots and possible gusts up to 30 knots which will propel waves from four to six feet in height.

We made it out today for another photo-shoot, this time @ Duncan Memorial Park.

Duncan Memorial Park was left to the City of GH in the early part of the 20th century.

The park is adjacent to Lake Forest Cemetery which we and our fur-children have visited many times. Many of the deer that call GH home live in Lake Forest Cemetery and in Duncan Memorial Park. While we were in Duncan Memorial Park, I snapped a picture of one of the young deer foraging for food.

By the time Mary and Ginger returned to me, the deer had vanished.

However, there are many things to see in Duncan Memorial Park that are of both the flora and canine variety too. 

I was trying a different aperture setting for this shot. 

I had to alter both the aperture and the shutter speed to capture this shot in the bright sun.

Same here.

Along the road that is now a trail, I found this interesting shot.

Nothing can compare with the natural beauty of wildflowers.

Except for out fur-child, Ginger, who was walking with Mary.

It does not take long for nature to reclaim the man-made roadways.

I took this shot to assist with my acrylic painting efforts.

I just had to shoot this log with fungal growths.

Not to mention these fallen leaves. 

In sports, the fire sale for the faltering 50 - 54 Cubs has begun. So far, they have traded two pitchers, an outfielder, and perennial fan favorite, 1st baseman Anthony Rizzo for prospects. It is likely that Kris Bryant will be gone soon and maybe closer Craig Kimbrel as the Cubs break up the 2016 World Series winning team. The Cubs fell to the Reds yesterday afternoon, 4 - 7 and they will move on to D.C. to face the 47 -55 Nats in a 7:05 EDT game as RHP Trevor Williams makes his next start. Fortunately, former Cubs outfielder, slugger Kyle Schwarber won't be with the Nats as he has ben traded to the Red Sox.

My beloved and still in 1st place in the AL East. 63 - 41 Red Sox, were embarrassed by the 4th place in the AL East 51 - 48 Blue Jays last night, 1 - 13. The Sox move on to Tampa Bay to face the Rays @ 7:10 p.m. when LHP Martin Perez, 7 - 6 takes the mound for the beloved.

The surprising, 3rd place in the AL Central, 50 - 55 Tigers used two home runs by Miguel "Miggy" Cabrera to defeat the 5th place in the AL East, the 35 - 66 Orioles, 6 - 2. That gives Miggy 497 home runs in his career. The Tigers and Casey Mize, 6 - 5, easily handled the Orioles last night. The Tigers and the Orioles play again tonight when RHP Tarik Skubal, 6 - 9 makes his next start @ 7:10 p.m.

The 35 - 39 Caps defeated the 41 - 34 Great Lakes Loons in the Loons home ballpark last night, 8 - 2. The Caps and the Loons play again tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

We traveled to that big-box nearly everything store for a grocery pick up after our stop at Duncan Memorial Park and then headed home for more reading and TV viewing. Mary is multi-tasking as she listens to a novel and works on a needlepoint project. 

I didn't get as much done yesterday as I had on my list, no surprise there, but I'll continue to whittle away at my list today and into the future. That's all folks. Ciao.