Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:45 a.m. in "The City", where my DTWS is showing a current temperature of 64° under clear skies. That 64° will likely be our overnight-low temperature too. The NWS is forecasting a high-temperature for today of 78° under sunny-skies with an overnight low-temperature of 57°. The current water-temperature at the beaches here in GH is reported to be 71°.

The sun will rise this morning @ 7:28 a.m. and set later tonight @ 7:49 p.m.

Interestingly, Mary was out with the fur-children late last night and in her capacity as the Senior Staff Photographer for JaxMeanderings, she snapped this pic of the nearly full-moon and what is likely Venus or Jupiter too in the southwest sky, albeit with a bit more light-pollution than she would like to have. 

Amazing what the camera on a Smart Phone can do.

Earlier in the day, Mary took Ginger for a walk to the waterfront, a destination that she and Ginger had visited on Wednesday. Here is  pic from their Wednesday visit 

As I  noted earlier, it is amazing what the camera on a Smart Phone can do.

While they were out yesterday, I was busy in the kitchen making a blueberry pie. In keeping with the Smart Phone camera theme, here is a pic of my efforts as the pie cooled from the oven.

Yes, it is "My Pie!"

I finished that book I was reading, The Women of Lafayette Chateau written by Stephanie Dray. This book was recommended by the other member of our in-house book club, Mary. The story covers three  time periods, including the period surrounding the French Revolution, the WWI era, and the time of WWII, mostly in France and a bit in the US. I generally eschew books that have time-shifts as their theme, but in this case, while it was over 576 pages of fine type, I liked the characters and the storyline. So, I'll give it two-thumbs up. Now, on to some pulp-fiction. 

Sadly, baseball news yesterday was 3/4 not so good. 

The Cubs were in the lead for most of their game versus the Brewers, but they let the lead slip away and the game ended with a 5 - 8 loss for the Cubs. The Cubs and the Brewers meet again tonight @ 7:15 p.m. EDT when LHP Justin Steele, 3 - 3 goes for the Cubs. 

My beloved Red Sox handily dispatched the Orioles in Fenway Park last night, 7 - 1, as LHP Chris Sale was once again the Chris Sale of old in spite of having only one K. He was a craftsman as he shut down the Orioles to record his fourth win versus zero losses. The Sox and the Orioles play this afternoon @ 1:10 p.m. EDT

The Tigers were looking like they had their game versus the Rays well in hand last night in Tampa Bay until the ninth inning. That's when the Rays came roaring back from a 4 - 1 deficit to score the runs needed to tie the game The Rays went on to win the game by the final score of 7 - 4 in 11 innings. Today's game begins in Miami @ 4:10 p.m. EDT when LHP Tarik Skubal, 8 - 12 makes his next start for the Tigers. 

The Caps fell to the Lug Nuts 4 - 6 last night. Those two teams play again tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

In college football today, the NIU Huskies 1 - 1, visit the Big House in Ann Arbor, MI to play the 2 - 0  Wolverines of MI  @ 12:00 p.m.

The 2 - 0 Spartans of MSU, like the Tigers, visit Miami today too, as they play a game versus the 1 - 1 Hurricanes of Miami U, also @ 12:00 p.m.

I plan to do some indoor chores today along with more of my yak exercises to strengthen my core muscles. Mary is encouraging me by sharing the experience twice per day. Then I plan to sit and do  the crossword puzzle from the Grand Haven Tribune like I did yesterday, likely with more help from Mary. Otherwise, I need to water the outdoor plants today as it will be a warm one and the plants will need a drink as they head into their winter hibernation period. That's enough for one day. ciao.