Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:00 a.m. in "The City."
My original plan was to sleep through the night, but the fur-children had their own Plan-B and so, here I am.

We have a current temperature of 51° as we drop towards the overnight low of 49° under cloudy skies. We had quite a bit of rain yesterday, necessitating a drop off at my Irish Jam at the library by Mary. Our session went very well. We had several fiddle players. a few whistlers, and a couple of mandolins. In addition, the fiddle-player and vocalist for Larry's band Uneven Ground, Courtney Hutson, came to this session. A side note, the name, Uneven Ground, is taken figuratively from an Irish slip-jig, On the Rocky Road to Dublin, as the trip was over some uneven ground on the path that led to Dublin, Ireland.

But once again, I digress. Later today, the high temperature forecast from the NWS calls for 64° under cloudy/rain skies in the morning hours. We'll have to wait until Wednesday for the highs to once again reach the 70s. That forecast also calls for the shower activity today to peak around 11:00 a.m. and then taper off after that. The sun will rise @ 6:16 a.m. and set later @ 9:06 p.m.

Baseball news yesterday was once again about 50/50.

The 24 - 19, 3rd in the NL Central Cubs, to borrow a favorite phrase from the late and immortal, Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks, played two yesterday. The first game took 11 innings and ended with the Cubs on the losing end of a 4 - 5 score when the Reds scored on a walk-off. Game two went much better as the Cubs swamped the Reds, 10 - 0 with Jose Quintana hurling a real gem, while left-fielder, Ian Happ, got his second home-run of the day, the 14,000th in Cubs' history.  Happ has been patient at the plate of late and getting on base more and the results are showing on the score card. The Cubs take the field again today with Yu Darvish on the mound, @ 1:10 p.m.

The 20 - 25, 2nd place in the AL Central, Tigers, lost another one to the 26 - 19 2nd in the AL West Seattle Mariners, 2 - 7. The Mariners were taking care of business, like winning teams must do. The Tigers and the Mariners take the field again today @ 4:10 p.m. EDT.

My beloved, 31 - 15, statistically tied for 1st place in the AL East Red Sox, dropped the last place in the AL East, 14 - 31 Orioles, 6 - 3. As I noted with the Mariners, the 1st place Sox should always be able to defeat the team at the bottom of their division. The Sox and the Orioles wrap up their series today @ 1:00 p.m.

The now 22 - 19, 3rd in the MWL East Caps, topped the 19 - 23, 6th in the MWL East Lake, County, OH Captains, 7 - 1. The Caps wrap up their series against the Captains today @ 2:00 p.m., before welcoming the Ft. Wayne Tin Caps to the Fifth/Third Ballpark Monday night @ 7:05 p.m.

Otherwise, yesterday was a quiet day. Mary put together some healthy meals that featured vegan hot dogs, salad, and pasta. Sometimes, I like simple too. However, it should be noted that Mary made the French dressing that was atop the salad, so simple is a relative term as the preparation for the dressing and the pasta took some effort. 

Today, we had planned for some gardening, but the weather may preclude that activity. I also have some outdoor chores to accomplish, but those too may have to wait. The only outdoor activity that won't wait is the need to get the fur-children out for their morning activities. Ciao.