Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 7:00 a.m. in "The City", which means that I finished this blog after the sun rose this morning @ 6:56 a.m., but well before it will set @ 8:38 p.m. this evening.

Our current temperature of 67° under fair-skies is coincidentally also our overnight low and the "Real Feel" temperature with a slight wind out of the west @ one-mph. The NWS is reporting a barometric pressure of 29.99" of Hg and steady, while my own DTWS is showing 29.33" of Hg and also steady. In short, this will be a nice but warm day here in the Tri-Cities area, as our high-temperature reaches 85° under sunny-skies with an overnight low of 70°. Our next best chance for rain will be Tuesday @ 53%.

We took STWD and Ginger, our fur-children, for a short walk yesterday afternoon. Sugar's mind is willing to walk more, but her age is saying no, no no, to that idea as she quickly tires in the warm temperatures. When we get past the next couple of weeks when the daily high-temperatures will remain in the lower 80's, we should be able to get her out more often and for more extended walkabouts. 

We returned home and then Mary, Ginger, and I set out for a pick-up at that big-box nearly everything store, well at least Mary and Ginger did. They dropped me off at the auxiliary gardens so that I could weed, water, and harvest until they returned to pick me up. A nice division of labor and a great time-saver.

I have some outdoor plans today that include watering the vast gardens here on the PE, likely very soon as the sun is now up, and also repairing some fallen storm-windows on the driveway side of the manse. That repair will require some ladder time with Mary spotting for me and a ladder that I am borrowing from our western neighbor. Plus, a drill and four screws too. I believe that Mary has plans to finish the carpet cleaning in the dining room too in preparation for the delivery of our new dining room table today or tomorrow. Mostly though, I have plans to read, do a crossword puzzle, and stay out of trouble. 

A quick update on the baseball front. The Tigers squandered eight runs yesterday as they fell to the visiting Angels, 10 - 13. The Tigers take one step forward and on and one-half steps back on a daily basis. The Tigers welcome the Blue Jays to Comerica Park for a 7:07 start tonight as LHP Tyler Alexander makes his next start.

My beloved Red Sox have fallen to third-place in the AL East following a sweep by the Yankees of their three-game series. Man oh man, the are playng badly of late. The Sox take the field again tonight @ 7 :10 p.m. when LHP Chris Sale makes his second start after coming off the IL following his Tommy John surgery.

The Cubs? They have won two in a row recently, but they are not going anywhere this season and perhaps for several more seasons. The only bright spot may be that RHP Kyle Hendricks is closing on 1,000 Ks for his career. The Cubs will send RHP Zach Davies to the mound for a 2:20 p.m. EDT start today.

The Caps took a squeaker from the Tin Caps last night, eking out a 4 - 3 win in Ft. Wayne, IN. the Caps are home tonight for a game against those same Tin Caps beginning @ 7:05 p.m.

Good news, the college football season will be starting soon.

Otherwise, I've already reported on the happenings here at the PE for today, so I'll just say Ciao.