Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:55 a.m. in "The City", where the current temperature displayed on my DTWS is 50° under fair-skies. The NWS is showing that the "Real Feel" temperature is 46° with a wind out of the east @ five mph. 

Today's high temperature forecast from the NWS calls for a balmy 57° under partly-cloudy skies with an overnight low-temperature of 33°, a seeming anomaly given the overnight low on Monday night was/is 48°and Wednesday's forecast is calling for an overnight low of 48°. Go figure.

The sun will rise this morning @ 7:30 a.m. and set later @ 5:26 p.m.

We took Ginger to her grooming appointment yesterday afternoon and then we stopped at our auxiliary garden plots to plant some garlic. We pulled some weeds, tilled the existing soil, placed the garlic cloves and then added more soil to complete our task. All in all, it was another in a long-line of gardening successes for the 2021 growing season @ our auxiliary vast-gardens. 

Not much to look @ now, but next spring, we should see garlic sprouts.

While we were there, Mary spoke to a Salvation Army Major who showed us where they are planning to install some concrete pads and place some picnic tables that will match the benches inside the playground.  

After we were done gardening, we had some spare time before we could pick up Ginger, so we detoured to Duncan woods in hopes of finding some acorns for an art project I want to try. Alas, the squirrels beat me to it and there were no acorns to be found. However, I did take some pictures while I was there using my wide-angle lens. 

Sunlight and shadows combined to make a great picture.

More shadows, less sun.

I always say, "Look down and see the world."

Dandelions never know when to quit.

Since we were unrequited in our acorn search at Duncan Woods, we traveled over to Harbor Island, Duck Pond, and Swan Lake for an additional photo-op.

A different location than our usual spot yielded this shot two of the large bank of swans on Swan Lake.

Duck Pond.

Verplank Dock with some dredging equipment in the foreground 

I was going for a total industrial look in this shot.

While I was snapping at one location, Mary went around the bend and found this great crane on a barge in the channel.

From that side of Swan Lake, the swans were much easier to photograph.

I thought I was done, but I liked the following pix too, also from Harbor Island.

Once again, an afternoon well spent. But, it was time to pick up Ginger who by the by, looks great now. As Mary said, "Ginger was looking scuzzy!" Now she looks like a princess.

Last night, against my better judgement, I watched as the 3 - 6 Chicago Bears almost topple the 5 - 3 Pittsburgh Steelers. But in what I'd call a badly refereed game, and following a great comeback by the Bears and their rookie QB Justin Fields, the Bears surrendered the lead to the Steelers. The Bears got the ball back with seconds to spare, but a 65 yard field-goal attempt clanked off the cross bar as the Bears fell to the Steelers, 27 - 29. I truly believe the Bears were "Jobbed by the Zebras" last night.

Today is another P/T visit and some reading for me. I should do some indoor chores, but since I'll be out at mid-day today, I don't want to leave those for Mary. However, since I also have a P/T appointment tomorrow around the same time, I will have to make a game-time decision.

Mary is still making progress on her cross-stitching project/passion. Plus, she finished one book, but I am not sure if she started another. 

Mary made a great dinner last night of vegan Italian sausages combined with her secret-recipe pasta sauce over whole-wheat thin spaghetti. As a side, she also made garlic bread using her recently baked homemade bread. A veritable bounty of home-cooking. 

That looks like enough for one day. Ciao.