Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 7:45 a.m. in "The City", where the current temperature under partly cloudy and windy skies is a balmy 65° and it feels like 65° even with a strong wind out of the south @ 22 mph! 

There is still a Small Craft Advisory in effect from St. Joseph to Manistee until 2:00 a.m. tomorrow, with wind speeds from 10 to 20 knots and gusts possible up to 30 knots that may produce waves as high as six feet. The surf is up!

The sun already rose this morning @ 6:48 a.m. and it will set later @ 8:37 p.m. In between, we'll see a 90% chance for showers this morning with a chance of hail! Hail? This wouldn't be a sprinter in Michigan if the weather didn't take twists and turns. 

It was so nice out yesterday, that Mary and Ginger took two walkabouts on what turned out to be a day that we've waited for and which will be reprised today. That is unless you count the strong, 90%, chance for showers, hail, and whatever else comes our way.

In the meantime, the citizens of Michigan enjoyed the weather that will take a downward turn tomorrow with a high temperature of 47° and an overnight low temperature of 37°. We'll have to wait until next Friday for a return to the 50s when our high is forecast by the NWS to reach a more seasonal 56°. 

Speaking of the citizens of Michigan, I promised that I'd try to take some pix yesterday, but I didn't. Instead, I'll add some pix taken by our Senior Staff Photographer during her recent walkabouts with Ginger. 

On one of her walkabouts, Mary discovered this path through the woods.

That leads to the railroad tracks.

The USCG was doing some training this past week and these officers were learning how to use signal flares.

Some local fauna, i.e. a duck, in the channel. 

This nice example of a "Tricked Out Truck" caught her eye.

As did Dewey Hill as seen from USCG Station Grand Haven.

Or as seen from the area north of the Lynn Sherwood Stadium.

Baseball was mostly a not-so-good day for my teams. The 7 - 8 Cubs and starting RHP Kyle Hendricks. 1 - 1, had a historic day yesterday, defeating the also 7 - 8 Pirates, 21 - 0. as Nico Hoerner had four hits and the balance of the team also had a great day at the plate. Let's hope that today's game @ 2:20 p.m. goes well when LHP Justin Steele, 1 - 1, makes his next start. 

My beloved 7 - 8 Red Sox saw bullpen stalwart Garrett Whitlock make his first career start, fanning seven and walking only one over four innings of work. He looked sharp. Unfortunately, the Sox bats were asleep as the Sox lost to the 8 - 7 Rays, 2 - 3. Today's game @ 1:10 p.m. EDT sees 0 - 1 LHP Rich Hill take the mound.

The 6 - 8 Tigers split a doubleheader with the 9 - 5 Rockies, winning the first game handily for 1 - 1 LHP Tarik Skubal, 13 - 0, as Miguel "Miggy" Cabrera became only the seventh player in MLB History to notch 3,000 hits and more than 500 home runs. Sadly, the Tigers' bats fell asleep in the nightcap and they lost to the Rockies, 2 - 3. Today's game begins @ 1:10 p.m. when LHP Tyler Alexander, 0 - 1, makes the start.

The 7 - 7 Caps hit four home runs yesterday, but they lost to the 10 - 4 Dayton Dragons, 9 - 10. Today's game begins @ 1:05 p.m.

Yesterday, saw Mary take those aforementioned walkabouts as I assisted with the indoor chores, did some reading, accomplished some music transcription, walked with STWD, and tried some painting. Mary also did some cross-stitching and ear reading too while sitting on the deck with Ginger. 

Today, I hope to miss the worst of the weather and just rest ad relax. Ciao.