Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:30 a.m. in "The City", where the current temperature under cloudy skies is a very seasonal 62° and it feels like 62°, with only a slight breeze out of the southwest @ two mph. 

The NWS is reporting that the current barometric pressure is 30.09" of Hg and rising, while my own DTWS is showing 29.48" of Hg and falling. None the less, the NWS forecast calls for a high temperature today of 74° with an overnight low temperature of 55°. Very seasonal and very pleasant with only a slight chance for additional precipitation.

The sun rose today @ 6:23 a.m. and it will set tonight @ 8:59 p.m.

Not much is happening around the manse located on the grounds of the palatial estate, as along with being retired, we are beginning to enjoy the arrival of spring on this Mother's Day eve. In fact, we will be doing some planting in the vast gardens today, having just procured some additional roses yesterday at the annual Mother's Day sale at The City Farmer, a local garden center. They are having a sale this weekend that offers 25% off if you buy three plants, which of course means that you must have three more roses to add to your garden. We almost ended up with four, but Mary couldn't think of a place to plant an additional rose. However, that is subject to change.

So today, I have to put my new knees to the test and dig a hole for at least one of the new roses and perhaps as many as three. I know that my new knees are up to the task, but I'm not sure about the rest of me. Time will tell, I guess. We also have some small annuals to plant too, but those are more in Mary's bailiwick. 

Yesterday, I got down to the man cave for the first time in months, and repaired our outdoor wall hanging, a metal on barnwood map of Michigan. A little glue, a clamp, and voila, the map is back on the wall. 

I walked to the library last Thursday for that coffee and coloring session. I was nice to get out and about under my own power and just sit and color in an organized yet off site setting. 

Tomorrow being Mother's Day, we have tickets to see a matinee performance of Neil Simon's Rumors, presented by the Central Park Players at our newly renamed community center, now called Central Park Place. It will be a fun activity after all these years of staying away from most indoor activities. 

Mostly though, the week ahead is filled with various appointments and the activities of daily life, like indoor chores. 

Did I mention that the now 19 - 19 third place in the NL Central Cubs, defeated the first place in the AL Central 21 - 18 Twins last night, 6 - 2. Sadly, neither the NL, nor the AL Central divisions are very strong this year, so it is possible for the Cubs to win their division with a record that is only slightly better than .500, something like 85 - 77. Oh well, that's baseball for you. 

Today's game in Minneapolis will begin @ 2:10 p.m. EDT, with 2 - 1 RHP Hayden Wesneski on the mound for the north-siders. 

That's enough for one blog. Ciao.