Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 4:45 a.m. in "The City", wherever the current, low, and Real Feel temperatures are identical @ 59° under clear skies, with a wind out of the east @ two mph. Per the NWS, our current RHI is a steamy 92%. They are also reporting that the barometric pressure is 29.99 " of Hg and rising, while my own DTWS is showing 29.42" of Hg and falling, with no alerts in the forecast. The sunrise today will occur @ 7:23 a.m. and sunset will happen @ 7:56 p.m.

The news on the Ginger front is good. She saw her veterinarian yesterday afternoon, had an examination, an x-ray, and some blood tests. Per the doctor, Ginger has no serious injuries to her gimpy leg. What she appears to have is too much hyper. In other words, she has to remain mostly idle for two weeks, take some canine NSAIDS and glucosaimine, and not jump around like the terrier that she is. She could learn from one of our old fur-children, Stay-C, and mostly do nothing but nothing. Ginger won't like that very much.

Elswehere in the news, I had my fourth of five knee injections yesterday. One more to go. Then, I can look forward to a week of nothing until my next orthopaedic appointment for my yak. As I've noted before, aging is not for sissies. 

One other thing. I found that one of the towel hooks in the downstairs bathroom had come loose last night. So, I put on my handyman's hat and repaired that problem with a little help from my jeweler's screwdrivers. I am so mechanical sometimes. LOL.

In baseball news, the 60 - 82 Cubs are going nowhere this fall, except to their respective couches. But, the good news is that they have now taken two in a row from the 89 - 54 Mets, with last night's victory a 4 - 1 win over the Mets ace, Jacob DeGrom, thrown by the Cubs own Adrian Sampson. Tonight's game features the stylings of LHP Drew Smly, 6 - 8, for the Cubs beginning @ 7:10 p.m.

My beloved 69 - 73 Red Sox are also going home to their sofas this fall. But, the Sox did see a flash of the future, as rookie Tristan Casas launched a monstrous home-run to the opposite field over the fabled "Green Monster" that left Fenway Park @ over 108 mph! Sadly, the beloved fell to the Yankees in extra innings, 6 - 7. Tonight's game will see another effort by rookie RHP Brayan Bello, 1 - 5, beginning @ 7:10 p.m.

The awful 54 - 88 Tigers looked, well, awful, as they dropped yet another game to the 92 - 50 Astros, 3 - 6. The Tigers had a glimpse of the future too, as rookie CF Riley Greene, flashed some serious leather in center field, snagging a long fly ball off the bat of All-Star Alex Bergman, and nearly doubling Yordan Alvarez off at firstbase with a strong throw from deep on the warning track in Comerica Park. This rookie "Got Game!"

The Tigers and the Astros play this afternoon @ 1:10 p.m., with rookie LHP Joey Wentz, 1 - 1, taking the hill for the Tigers beginning @ 1:10 p.m.

Today promises to be relatively quiet here on the Palatial Estate, as Ginger rests, we update our Smart Phone, and I get back to doing some painting that I've been neglecting for a while. With gardening season winding down here, I will have more time for other pursuits that do not include watering every other day. If you think retirement is easy, you haven't tried it yet. As I said, aging isn't for sissies. Ciao.