90 degrees

Awfully warm considering the first day of fall was yesterday.  Well summer can hang on for a long time as far as I'm concerned.  Lots of leaves are falling already - seems too early. We may have to put the net over the pond sooner than we usually do.  I hate to do it - the pond just isn't the same.  Hoping we get a couple more weeks of water lilies. It is so much fun to go out there every day and see what has bloomed. This pink and white one is the most prolific.  I haven't seen a white one of a burgundy one for quite a while now.

One week from today Keir and Lori and Lindsey and Scarlett move into their new house.  They're excited and we are too.

I think it's going to be another long season for Bear fans. Let's face reality - Rex Grossman is a mediocre quarterback with an occasional great game.  He is not good enough to be the starting quarterback.  Last night's game was a clear a contrast between a regular quarterback (Grossman) and a great quarterback (Roma). When our defensive people got through the line Roma somehow got away and completed the pass.  When theirs got through they sacked Grossman.  I know, I know, we've heard all the spin - didn't get enough protection, receivers dropped some passes, so and so pulled up short on his route.  But you never hear any of that when people talk about Favre, Marino, Montana, Staubach, Elway, Tarkenton.

The Bears won NFL championships in 1940, 1941, 1943, and 1946 and just missed 1942. In 1940 they beat the Redskins 73-0 in the NFL Championship game. During Sid Luckman's tenure, they were second in the division in 1939, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1950. Only in 1945 did the Halas-men fail to win a divisional championship or challenge for the lead throughout the season. In contrast, the forty-plus years following Luckman's reign, the Bears have played in only five league championship games, achieving a World Championship in 1963, a victory in Super Bowl XX in 1985 and a loss in the Super Bowl last year.