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

I wanted to follow the KISS formula for this blog. Too bad I wasn't able to do it.

We have a current temperature of 63° under partly-cloudy skies here in GH. Later today, the temperature will rise to 82°, also under partly-cloudy skies. There is a 10% chance for showers, so I will be watering the vast gardens and lawns of the PE. Perhaps Tuesday's forecast from the NWS that calls for rain in the late afternoon @ 40% will come true. The sun will rise today @ 6:33 a.m. and set later @ 9:08 p.m.

We had a great day yesterday. As you may recall, there were several events going on here in GH, the annual Cruise-in Car Show that is part of the annual Coast Guard Festival and the Flea Market on 7th, that is now in it's 3rd, or is it its 4th, year. Each event has grown during our time here in "The City." The Flea Market on 7th now occupies several parking lots off of 7th between Washington and Columbus, whereas when the owner of Vintage Green started the Flea Market on 7th it was just a few vendors and confined to a small area.

The annual Cruise-in Car Show has also grown, and it now spans both sides of Washington from 4th Ave. to Harbor Dr. and all of the numbered avenues along the way, In addition, the parking lot adjacent to the Porto Bello Restaurant and the Piano Factory Mall, was filled with vehicles this year too.

Naturally, newly buoyed by our recent classes in photography, we had to take lots of pictures. As before, we are learning as we go. Since the Cruise in Car Show had the usual cast of characters, I limited my pictures to vehicles that looked interesting to me, and which might also be interesting to Adam and others.

For Dave and Lisa, friends of Adam, there were numerous examples of VW Westies and other styles and derivatives. Interestingly enough, while there were two Westies to photograph, one of the orange Westies was @ the Flea Market on 7th, while the other was on Washington in the downtown.They could almost be twins.

The beautifully restored "Julius" was at the Flea Market on 7th.

I liked this one because it was different.

Very rusty, but in the process of being restored and brought back to life by its owner.

Better condition and also for sale.

For Adam, we saw and took pictures of Jeeps, their ancestors and derivatives as seen below.

With all the trimmings.

One of the Jeep based Pick-up trucks was there.

As was this 1948 ancestor, a Willy's Jeep.

 

A sand buggy that owes much of its heritage to the Jeep.

Of course, there were other things and cars of interest too.

Interesting, but safe?

This Mercury was ready for the Drive in Diner.

Just because.

Shot with my zoom lens.

Our new floral display on the front porch of the manse.

Unfortunately, I had taken off my zoom lens when this USCG helicopter appeared overhead. This was taken with the wide-angle lens. Hopefully, when the helicopter overflies the annual Coast Guard Festival Parade, I will have the zoom lens in place and can get a better picture.

What would any gathering be without a Taco Truck on the corner.

Baseball news yesterday was mostly good. My beloved Red Sox, who lead the AL East with a best in baseball record of 74 - 33, defeated the Twins, 3 - 0. The Sox welcome the Phillies tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

The Cubs are still leading the NL Central with a record of 61 - 44, and they defeated their NL Central rivals, the Cardinals last night, 5 - 2 in St.Louis, The  Cub are off today as they travel to Pittsburgh to face the Pirates Tuesday night @ 7:05 p.m.

The Tigers, with an AL Central record of 45 - 62, got back to their regular ways, as they lost big-time to the AL Central leading Indians, 1 - 8. Like the Cubs, the Tigers are off today before they welcome the Reds to Comerica Park @ 7:10 p.m.

The MWL East, 7th place Caps, took one from the 5th place MWL East South Bend, IN Cubs, 3 - 0. While the teams have similar overall records, the SB Cubs fared better in the first half of the season and are therefore in 5th place. The Caps and the Cubs play tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

Today, watering, walks with the fur-children, reading, and other sundry things will occupy our day. We also plan to get to the waterfront @ 1:00 p.m. to see and photograph the arrival of the USCG cutters. Ciao.