Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 11:00 p.m. in "The City."

We have a current temperature of 71° that feels like 71° under clear-skies with no wind in the forecast. The overnight low tonight/tomorrow morning will be 66°. Our current barometric pressure, according to the NWS, is 30.01" of Hg and rising, while my very own DTWS is reporting 29.36" of Hg, also rising. The high temperature tomorrow is forecast to reach 83° with an overnight low of 66°. The sun will rise @ 6:53 a.m. and set later @ 8:43 p.m.

We traveled over the bridge to Spring Lake, to buy a loaf of bread, but the bakery was way too crowded, so we continued our journey, landing @ Ottawa Sands Park for a photo-shoot for me and a walkabout for Mary. She took some pix, as did I, but somehow in my zeal to save hers, I lost them into an unknown folder on my computer, never to be seen again. 

The sign at the entrance to Ottawa is not like the others in the Ottawa County Park system.

I was trying some different settings when I took this picture.

I liked how the trees formed a frame for this picture. 

While Mary walked the trails, I mostly sat on this bench near the lake.

Mary said I should shoot this pic. I'm glad she did.

True colors as seen at the park.

I like to shoot through the grasses on the lakeshore. 

As we were departing, I thought that this leaf was striking in its coloration. 

At the manse, I took some pix of Mary's giant pink hibiscus, because she quickly loses her blooms.

Pink drops her blossoms, usually within one day of their opening. 

On the other hand, Mary's roses have long-lasting blooms. 

Earlier this evening, I walked over to Central Park for one of only four Tuesday's in the Park concerts to be held this year. Normally the concerts stretch from mid-June to late August. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic has put a crimp in the schedule, limiting the concerts to just four this month. I took some pix of the band, Natchez Trace and of the relatively large crowd, as well as the dogs who came to enjoy the music of the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Poco, and John Denver, just to name a few. 

Last year, the fountain in Central Park was dry.

Lots of spectators enjoying the beautiful weather and the music in the park.

Natchez Trace has several more members, but only three performed tonight. 

As you may recall, our dowager fur-child, STWD, is a Corgi/Beagle mix, so I just had to take this picture. 

This small dog reminded me of our other fur-child, Ginger.

I wish that I had only good things to say about my baseball teams, but tonight, only three of four were victorious. 

The Cubs and Kyle Hendricks eked out a 2 - 1 win over the Reds tonight to snap their 12 game losing streak. My beloved Red Sox fell out of Wild Card contention by a few percentage points, as they lost to to the Yankees, 3 - 5 and 0 - 2. The Tigers took a 2 - 2 tie into the top of the ninth, but they fell hard to the Angels, 2 - 8 . However, the Tigers' High "A" farm team, the West Michigan White Caps, defeated the Ft. Wayne Tin Caps tonight, 5 - 3.

So, while we didn't get everything on our agenda done today, it was still a very productive day. We finished the indoor chores, I finished a novel, Mary listened to more of her latest audio book and I got to hear live music performed for me, my first concert  in more than two years.

Tomorrow, the crossword awaits as does more watering of the vast gardens. Ciao.