Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:00 a.m. in "The City."

I finished watching our new favorite show, Designated Survivor, starring Kiefer Sutherland @ 11:00 p.m. last night. We are totally enthralled by both the premise and the entirely plausible scenarios being played out in this show. We only have one other show, NCIS, that we religiously watch.

The current temperature is a brisk 39° according to the NWS, while my DTWS is also reporting a 39° with rain falling. 41° will be today's high with a 100% chance of rain throughout the day. Suffice it to say that the fur-children will not be going for an extended walk later this morning. We may see the 50s by Saturday.

We enjoyed the chance to get outside and do some yard work on the vast grounds of the PE with the warm afternoon temperatures yesterday. Raking, pruning, leaf blowing, and bagging were all part of the afternoon's activities. Once again, the tornadic leaf blower that we inherited from Adam and Steph came into play. The only fly in the ointment is that the first pickup for yard waste won't occur until two weeks from now in GH. Oh well, that's why I placed them on the porch for safe keeping.

We took a trip to Harbor Freight for a random orbital sander that I will use to assist on the refinishing those bathroom cabinets. With the discount coupons that come in the mail all the time, it was a small amount to pay.

Otherwise, not much was happening yesterday. We took the fur-children for their morning safari and that was the end of them. Sugar just doesn't have the stamina that she used to have. Ginger could go all day.

With the yard work converted to steps and coupled with that safari, we logged over 15,000 steps, equivalent to seven and one-half miles of walking. That indeed was enough for one day.

It appears that I was in error on my baseball schedules. It looks as though the first "Real" games won't take place until Sunday afternoon when the Yankees play the Rays @ 1:10 p.m. EDT. The 2016 World Champion Chicago Cubs play in St. Louis later that night @ 8:35 p.m. EDT with Jon Lester taking the mound. I'll have to wait until Monday for my beloved Red Sox when they play the Pirates @ home @ 2 :05 p.m. EDT with the 2016 Cy Young winner, Rick Porcello, on the bump. Not to worry, I'll be reporting regularly, unless something unexpected gets in the way. That other team from Chicago will be playing the Tigers @ the Sox' home field @4:10 p.m. The Tigers behind Justin Verlander should win.

Today, a few indoor chores, and some other activities of Mary's choosing. Mary was batch cooking last night in her kitchen, so I 'll be curious what she comes up with. Yesterday she made another of her extraordinary beests.

The sun will rise today @ 7:30 a.m. and set @ 8:09 p.m. Ciao.