Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 10:00 p.m. in "The City", where the current temperature is a brisk 52° under clear skies with a Real Feel temperature of 50° due to the wind out of the north @ seven mph.

That seven mph wind is part of the Beach Hazard Statement in effect until 2:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, and Van Buren counties in MI. Swimming will be dangerous due to high waves and strong currents. 

In addition, there is also the continuation of that Small Craft Advisory from St. Joseph to Manistee with 15 - 25 knot winds and waves up to seven feet that will be subsiding as we near that same 2:00 a.m. time.

The low temperature tonight and into tomorrow morning will drop to 41° before we rebound to tomorrow's high temperature of 64° under partly cloudy skies once the sun has risen @ 7:32 a.m., yet well before the overnight low that will follow the setting sun @ 7:42 p.m.

This weekend is the annual Grand Haven Hispanic Heritage Festival in Central Park. Hopefully, the forecast for rainy conditions from the NWS is inaccurate and the festival will go on as planned.

In other news, the Tigers are off until tomorrow when they visit that other team from Chicago for a game @ 8:10 p.m.

The Red Sox are currently leading the Yankees 4 - 3, in NYC at the end of the seventh inning, and they will return there tomorrow night for a game @ 7:05 p.m.

The Cubs are also in action tonight with their opponents, the Pirates, having just defeated those Pirates by one run, 3 - 2. The Cubs continue their visit to Pittsburgh tomorrow night for a game beginning @ 6:35 p.m.

Lest we forget, the 3 - 0 Wolverines of Michigan are home Saturday to face the Terrapins of Maryland in a game starting @ 12:00 p.m.

The 2 - 1 Spartans of MSU are also home to face the Golden Gophers of Minnesota beginning @ 3:30 p.m.

Finally, the Huskies of NIU are in Kentucky to play the Wildcats starting @ 7:00 p.m.

Now that we have officially entered Mary's favorite season, fall, we have started to venture out more frequently for some picture-taking. Today, I started on our deck, and then we traveled to Pigeon Creek Park for some additional pix.

A late or early season visitor to our marigolds.

Found something of interest. 

Pigeon Creek Park has a lot to offer to visitors.

Photogenic trees bathed in sunlight.

Late-season wildflowers in bloom. 

Many pine cones.

Meadows.

Dog-friendly trails.

And trails for hiking, biking, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing in winter.

Tomorrow looks like a day for indoor chores, reading, painting, crossword solving, music, and more er-reading to go with cross-stitching. Ciao.