Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 2:00 a.m. in "The City." There should be just about enough energy in yours truly to make this abbreviated bog a full story.

First, let me say that the current temperature is 61°, but that it feels like 58°, Today's high will drop down to only 50°. That's a full five degrees cooler than yesterday's forecast high, and quite a drop from the current 61°! In addition, there is a Marine Weather Statement in effect now along the shores of the "Big Lake" from Holland to Manistee. Wind gusts may reach 30 knots accompanied by T-storms and high waves. Mariners are urged to seek safe harbor. There is also a Small Craft Advisory still in effect until 11:00 a.m. this morning. Small boats and inexperienced sailors are cautioned to avoid being on the lake. However, the sun will still rise this morning @ 6:58 a.m. ans set later @ 8:30 p.m. We'll stay in the 50s for several more days too, as showers visit us today with a 70% chance.

We had a great day yesterday. We didn't accomplish much, well at least I didn't, but we did have a terrific lunch that consisted of a new recipe that Mary crafted using Tempeh bacon, which she has daubed Takon. When combined with lettuce and tomato on French bread, a delicious sandwich was made. When Mary added a side-salad, lunch was a keeper.

We did make it to the chiropractors, but not to that lecture I mentioned. Oh well, that's how it goes.

Dinner was a combination of various leftovers that Mary had in the refrigerator and since they were reprises of previous meals, they were all good.

Baseball news yesterday was mostly bad. The lone bright spot was the pitching of LHP Cole Hamels for the now 8 - 9, 4th place in the NL Central Cubs. He tossed a gem against the 4 - 15. last place in the NL East Marlins. Cubs' 3rd baseman, Kris Bryant, is still struggling at the plate, but he feels he is almost there. Here's hoping. The Cubs are off today before opening a weekend series @ 2:20 p.m. Friday @ Wrigley Field against the 9 - 9 in the NL West AZ D'Backs as RHP Kyle Hendricks tries for his first win.

Every other team in my baseball world was awful. My beloved, 6 - 13, 5th place in the AL East Red Sox, lost to the 8 - 9, 2nd place in the AL East Yankees, 3 - 5, as the Sox' bullpen couldn't hold the lead for Nathan Eovaldi. The Sox are off today too, before traveling to Tampa Bay to meet the 14 - 4, 1st place in the AL East Rays @ 7:10 p.m. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez will try to right the ship.

The 8 - 9, 3rd place in the AL Central Tigers, fell to the 10 - 6, 3rd place in the NL Central Pirates, 2 - 3. The Tigers will be visited today @ 1:10 p.m. by that other team from Chicago with their 7 - 10 record in the AL Central, as RHP Tyler Ross takes the hill for the Tigers.

The Caps, well they are an "A" level team, but so are the other teams in the MWL East, so their loss to the Lansing Lugnuts, 2 - 8, dropped them into a last place tie with Mary's sentimental favorites, the Dayton Dragons. The Caps travel to Ft. Wayne, IN to meet the TinCaps @ 7:05 p.m. tonight.

We did have two train runs yesterday. In the morning, only locomotive #2025 was seen soloing heading south @ 8:52 a.m. Later, Ginger and I spotted the same locomotive heading north towing four CHCs, one DBTC, and one GTC.

Our daffodils are finally blooming. We love how they give a sense of spring to the vast gardens of the PE.

Quite a change from Sunday into Monday.

When our back-forty looked like this.

Today, we have nothing on tap. The indoor chores are done. We have only to read more, play with the girls more, and try to make a larger dent in the refrigerated leftovers. Ciao.