Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 5:30 a.m. in "The City."

Let's keep this one short so that I can go to my chair and get some rest.

We have a current temperature of 41° under partly-cloudy skies. Later tonight, we have a 70% chance for showers. During the day today, the NWS has forecast high temperatures from 59° to 61°. Good enough for me. The sun will rise later @ 6:47 a.m. and set tonight @ 8:38 p.m. We're still wrestling with daily highs in the 40s to 50s and the spring rains are regularly in those forecasts.

Our vegetables survived last night's Frost Advisory. It was so nice outside yesterday that Mary and I did some yard work and installed that aforementioned dog deterring fencing around her rose garden. STWD and Ginger are not happy, but in spite of their desire to breach the fence, so far they have not. Here's hoping.

I also took a few moments to reposition some of the pavers in the center of our shared driveway near the garages. I have more to do, but I am doing my best Marshall and doing things a but at a time while wearing my yak brace.

There were two train runs on the RSTL yesterday. Both southbound and northbound runs involved MMRR locomotive #2019. At 9:54, I watched as three DBTCs and three DWTCs, passed by heading south. Later, @ 3:17 p.m., I again watched that locomotive pass by heading north, towing 15 DBTCs, two DWTCs, three GTCs, and one CHC.

Baseball news yesterday was once again half and half. The now 12 - 10, 2nd place in the NL Central Cubs, used two three run home runs in the 6th to notch a 7 - 6 win over the 15 - 11, 1st place in the NL West Dodgers. RHP Pedro Strop got the save in relief of Cole Hamels who pitched well, but didn't get the win. The boys in blue are now just two games in back of the front-running Cardinals. The Cubs and the Dodgers go today @ 2:20 p.m., as 1 - 0 LHP Jon Lester returns from the IL and takes the mound against the Dodgers 1 - 1 RHP Ross Stripling.

Over in the junior circuit, my beloved 10 - 15.  in the AL East Red Sox, rode the strong pitching of 2 - 2 LHP Eduardo Rodriguez and the bat of J.D. Martinez to an 11 - 4 victory over the 12 - 11, 3rd place in the AL Central Tigers. Martinez hit one ball so hard, that it got stuck in a garage door in left-field near the green monster and was ruled a ground rule double as he netted three hits. Tonight @ 7:10 p.m., the Sox and the Tigers try to even up their series, as 0 - 3 RHP Rick Porcello goes for the Sox against the Tigers' Jordan Zimmermann and his own 0 - 3 record.

Sadly, the 8 - 10 in the MWL East Caps couldn't get the sweep over the 8 - 11 Great Lakes Loons, as the Loons crushed the Caps, 8 - 2. The Caps return home tonight @ 6:35 p.m. against12 - 7, 1st place in the MWL East  Lake County, OH Captains.

Otherwise, yesterday was a routine day, with an appointment @ the chiropractor, a day in the manse as I did some indoor chores, and those aforementioned outdoor chores in the cast gardens of the PE. The only time the car left the garage was so that Mary could travel to the nearby big-box home center for three additional sections of dog deterring fencing. We both think that the fence looks perfect.

I finished Calico Joe and started my non-fiction book about former Tigers star, Hank Greenberg. Calico Joe was great, and so far, the book about Hank Greenberg looks promising.

Today, I'll finish those pavers, move a couple of pots and clean the car a bit following a long and seemingly endless winter. Ciao.