Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:00 a.m. in "The City."

In the words, as attributed to Bartlett's Quotations, of the immortal Joe Jacobs, "I should of stood in bed." He reportedly uttered those words in October 1935 when he purportedly left his sick bed to attend the World Series game between the Chicago Cubs, on whom he had bet, and the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers reportedly won that game causing Jacobs to make his utterance. He is also credited with saying, "We wuz robbed!" in reference to the loss of his prize-fighter, Max Schmeling, when he lost to prize-fighter Jack Sharkey.  Many different pundits have chimed in to say that Jacobs was not the first to say "I should of stood in bed" or "We wuz robbed!." Does it matter? I dunno, becuz at this hour, I have no way nor desire to get into this debate any deeper.

But, as I often do, I digress. I drifted in and out of sleep, only to hear various stages of the game between the NL Central 16 - 15 Chicago Cubs and the 20 - 9 AL East NY Yankees. That loss @ about 2:30 a.m. EDT or 1:30 a.m. CDT moved the Cubs down to 3rd place and the Yankees stayed in 1st place in the AL East. The Cubs travel to Coors Field in Denver tonight to face the Rockies @ 8:40 p.m.

The Tigers are still mired in 4th place in the AL Central @ 15 - 15 following their 6 - 8 loss to the "As" in Oakland yesterday, The Tigers are off until tomorrow when they meet the AZ D'Backs @ 9:40 p.m. as the Tigers make their way home to Detroit.

My beloved Red Sox soundly defeated the Twins by a score of 17 - 6. Unfortunately, the Sox with their AL East record of 17 - 14, are still mired in 3rd place behind the 20 - 9 Yankees and the 20 - 10 Orioles. The Sox also have the day off as they travel to Milwaukee to face the Brewers n Tuesday night @ 7:40 p.m.

The Caps are doing great! They defeated the Kane, County Cougars yesterday by a score of 2 - 0. That gives the Caps a record of 19 - 11 in the MWL East, good enough for a 2nd place berth just behind Mary's sentimental favorites, the Dayton Dragons. The Caps travel to Peoria, IL for tonight's game against the Peoria Chiefs. The Chiefs used to be an "A" level affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, but they are now an affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. The Chiefs are the 6th place team in the MWL West division with a record of 11 - 16.

Mary helped us redeem ourselves with a terrific dinner of linguini with red sauce last night. She had more time to simmer the sauce and make it the way that she likes and can. My contribution was drinking red wine and staying out of the way while reading. I like to think that I also contributed a measure of moral support.

Mary had grown weak of mind and eye while trying to finish the index, so she decided that cooking was a better choice than making errors that would take an hour to correct today, thus wasting time. I know how she felt. I've been down that road a few time myself. I believe that this was one of those times where that old saying "The hurrier I go, the more behind I get" comes into play.

While she was indexing, I was out in the back-forty filling and placing the freshly painted pots for our veggies. Mary directed their placement and I supplied the effort. In this case, I think we divided the labors correctly. Once I was done in the gardens, I spent time reading my book and playing with the girls.

Today, Mary will try to finish the index, a representative will be over to measure the PE and give us an accurate quote on replacing the carpeting located herein. I'm prepared so I won't have to be sitting down. I'll be doing indoor chores and reading when not otherwise occupied with being retired.

The current temperature is 35° under clear skies. The NWS forecast for freezing temperatures that required the tender young plants to be placed in a protective place was not necessary here on the shores of the "Big Lake." Still, we put our more vulnerable plants into the relatively warmer climate in our cold frame. With the tight seal and the glass-paned top, the temperature in there is probably 20° warmer. I was out with the fur-children around 3:00 a.m. and there was no frost in sight. Plus, early Monday morning in GH is very quiet and when the skies are clear, the various constellations and planets are easy to see.

Ths sun will rise today @ 6:28 a.m. and set later tonight @ 8:54 p.m. Ciao.