Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:00 a.m. in "The City." All times listed in this blog are in Eastern Daylight Time until we "Fall Back" on November 7, 2021.

My DTWS is displaying a current temperature of 46° as we head towards today's sunrise @ 8:07 a.m. There are no alerts in effect at this time. Our high-temperature today is forecast by the NWS to reach only 50°, that's about six degrees cooler than yesterday. Of course, the water temperature of Lake Michigan is 63°, which means that the surfers we saw at the Grand Haven State Park yesterday were quite happy to be in the water. In fact, one of the surfers when asked by a bystander about the conditions said, "Awesome!", when asked about the high-waves. The sun will set tonight @ 6:50 p.m. as a precursor to the overnight low-temperature of 43°.

We decided late yesterday afternoon to travel to the library for a massive pick up, then on to the UPS store for a drop off, a side trip to the beach at the Grand Haven State Park for a quick photo-op and then finally to the gas station for a fill-up before stopping at the Goodwill Store for a donation. All that before returning to the manse. It was a busy day in retirement. 

As I mentioned, we stopped at the beach for some pix, so I'll include a few that I like here. All pictures were taken with a wide-angle lens and my camera set on the Scene Mode using the pre-set Beach setting.

This one captured the pier, the lighthouses, and part of the beach.

Same shooting location, just a tighter focus on the inner lighthouse, the rocks, and the walkway leading to the pier.

I never moved far, I just took this shot of the waves breaking at the mouth of the Grand River.

Of course, with the 25 knot winds, the waves "Broke over the railing", to borrow a phrase, and spilled onto the walkway.

I like how the camera made these shots possible with little help from me other than changing the telephoto settings. 

Tonight is the make or break night for my beloved Boston Red Sox, who are down 2 - 3 to the Houston Astros as the ALCS moves to Houston for a game tonight @ 8:08 p.m. RHP Nathan Eovaldi will make the start for the Sox in a must win game that will determine whether the Sox go to a deciding game seven, or whether they go home to watch the World Series on TV. I'm rooting for the Sox, but as I've said, their bullpen is a bit on the porous side. Hopefully, there will be a game seven Saturday night, also beginning @ 8:08 p.m.

Elsewhere in sporting news, the 7 - 0 Spartans of MSU have the day off tomorrow before taking on the 6 - 0 Wolverines of Michigan @ Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, MI on Saturday, October 30, for a 12:00 p.m. game. Here in Michigan, this game is for bragging rights for the entire season.

Speaking of the Wolverines, their opponents tomorrow are the 3 - 3 Wildcats of Northwestern @ 12:00 p.m. in the Big House in Ann Arbor, MI.

The 5 - 2 in the MAC West Huskies of NIU, are @ the home of the 4 - 3 Central Michigan Chippewas for a game @ 12:00 p.m.

We had one-half of my potato crop with some of my vegan bratwursts for dinner last night. Not a huge crop this year, but next year, look out, because I'll be planting actual seed potatoes in our three containers.

After dinner, I watched a presentation from Australia about Landscape Photography. Like always, I learned some new things, reinforced some previous knowledge, and enjoyed listening to the presenter's Aussie accent.

Today, I have a P/T appointment @ 10:30 a.m., so I'll be going back to bed shortly for more rest. I have to be up at 9:45 to allow myself time to get ready for the long drive to the P/T building. It takes nearly 15 minutes to get there. Ciao.