Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 3:15 p.m. in "The City", where the current temperature under cloudy skies is 52°, with a "Real Feel" temperature of 48°, due to a strong wind out of the southwest @ 12 mph. The NWS is forecasting that today, showers will begin in earnest around 4:00 p.m.

Tonight's low temperature forecast from the NWS calls for 42° before we "rebound" to tomorrow's high temperature of 46° with an overnight low temperature of 38°. The NWS forecast indicates that we will have to wait until next Friday or Saturday to reach temperatures in the 60s. That's spring in Michigan.

The sun will rise tomorrow @ 6:41 a.m. with sunset@ 8:43 p.m.

The 14 - 11, third place in the NL Central Cubs, lost yesterday's game versus the 14 - 13 Miami Marlins, 2 - 3. One bright spot was the home run by rookie centerfielder, Nelson Velazquez, but with the game tied in the ninth, the Marlins took the game from the cubs.

The Cubs take the field again today @ 4:05 p.m., with 0 - 0 Caleb Kilian taking the mound for the Cubs following a call up from the Iowa Cubs. 

My beloved 13 - 14, last place in the AL East Red Sox, lost to the Cleveland Guardians yesterday, 2 - 5, with Nick Pivetta taking the loss. Today, the Sox once again face the Guardians in a game beginning @ 4:10 p.m., with 0 - 1 Brayan Bello on the bump for the beloved.

The 10 - 15 Tigers were rained out yesterday, so they are playing two today. They took game one from the 17 - 19 Orioles, 7 - 4, with 2 - 2 Eduardo Rodriguez getting the win. Game two today begins @ 5:10 p.m., when 1 - 1 LHP Matthew Boyd goes for the Tigers. 

Earlier this afternoon, with Mary's assistance, I walked to Central Park for the Earth Day festivities. Unfortunately, the festivities were mostly indoors at the Central Park Place. However, I took some pix of what was happening outdoors, which included a pony, a carriage ride, and some guitarists.

A very docile pony was there for the kids to pet.

The one-horse carriage circled Central Park with riders.

Not me, but a reasonable facsimile.

Act number two was heading in while we were heading out. 

The balance of today will find me in the media room watching the Cubs and sharing snacks with Ginger. Fortunately, she and I have similar snack tastes.

Mary finished her last cross-stitch project, and she is getting everything together for her next endeavor. 

I finished number one, Sleeping Giants and then book number two, Waking Gods. I am now starting book number three, Only Human, in the trilogy by Sylvain Neuvel, a trilogy recommended by Mary. I enjoyed the first two books, so I have great hopes for this book. 

We are still collectively ear-reading The Women of the Copper Country, by Mary Doria Russell. This book is set in the U.P. of Michigan, circa 1913, and deals with the efforts to unionize the copper mines in a hostile, anti-union environment. I am liking this book too.

I finished yesterday's crossword puzzles and crypto quote earlier today and now I have tomorrow to work on the weekend puzzles and crypto quote.  

Mary is hard at her cross-stitch planning at her desk as I write this. 

That's enough for today. Ciao.