Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 8:00 a.m. in "The City."

Let's keep this one short, as the sun already rose @ 7:06 a.m. and it will be setting tonight @ 8:25 p.m. In between there is a 90% chance for rain and the current temperature of 41°, that feels like 33°, will give way to today's forecast high of 46°. Tomorrow, there is a 100% chance for rain with the wind blowing at a rate of 27mph!

The 6 - 6 Cubs fared poorly yesterday against the 9 - 3 Pirates as the Cubs fell, 1 - 6. I think their bats are still in AZ. The Cubs welcome the 7 - 5 Braves to the Friendly Confines, which have not been all that friendly of late, when Yu Darvish makes his Wrigley Field debut @ 2:20 p.m. EDT.

The 4 - 8 Tigers, well they look like the Tigers we were expecting, as they dropped another game to the 8 - 5 Indians, 3 - 9. Today, the Tigers host the Yankees @ 7:10 p.m.

My beloved 10 - 2 Red Sox, behind a stellar pitching performance by former Tiger Rick Porcello and sandwiched around a 45 minute rain delay, defeated the 6 - 7 Yankees, 6 - 3. Rookie manager Alex Cora's Sox are hoping that the injury to Xander Bogaerts is not prolonged and that the injury to the wrist of Hanley Ramirez when he was hit by a pitch in yesterday's game, will not be long term concerns. The Sox face the 5 - 8 Orioles tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

The 6 - 1 Caps are still on a roll, as they defeated the 2 - 6 Great Lakes Loons in an afternoon game yesterday, 4 - 3. The Caps welcome the 5 - 3 Lansing Lugnuts to Fifth/Third Ballpark tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

We had a great day yesterday. We walked with the fur-children to the Bakers Wife in downtown GH to pick up a loaf of Polish rye bread that is a good rival for the Rosen's Rye Bread that is famous in Chicago. When coupled with the vegan pastrami that I'd made the day before, the sandwiches that Mary made for dinner were terrific. In between, we traveled to Hemlock Crossing County Park for that previously mentioned Wildflower Walk. Unfortunately, the cold spring weather has stymied the emergence of many of the wildflowers in West, Michigan this year. We'll have to revisit the park over the next weeks as the weather hopefully warms up and the flowers can be seen in all their glory.

All told, I logged about three miles, 6,000 steps, on my pedometer. For me, that's an achievement, since I couldn't walk much at all for a long time. Today, the rain may preclude much outdoor activity. 

Otherwise, I have indoor chores to do, more highlighting, and perhaps a visit to the kitchen. Ciao.