Doesn't get much better than this

At the end of a long day, when I can barely keep my eyes open to finish these postings, it’s nice to know we’ve added a nice assortment of autographs to our collection.

Besides getting his Patrice Bergeron jersey signed, Colin scored a bunch of players on his game-dated team sheet (shown at left), including Hall of Famer Johnny Bucyk, Glen Murray and Hannu Toivonen.

We also added with 31 cards, seven pucks, a vintage Riddell Bruins goalie mini mask (bearing signatures from Tim Thomas and Toivonen), a cheat-sheet card and a game-used Bauer Vapor XX stick signed by Andrew Alberts.

Alberts also agreed to do a favor for us. I'm not at liberty to tell you what it is right now, but it won't take long to deliver.

And, in between the trips to Tampa, we also found the time to visit an open house at our neighborhood Fire Station #4, even getting a personal tour from St. Petersburg's Fire Chief James Large.