Friday Morning

Well this week has surely flown by and we are looking at 5 more Friday's before we will be heading for the cabin and hopefully some cooler temps. I'm ready for the mountain temps, smells of Spring time in the air with chilly mornings and the quietness of the woods. Yeow, how I miss that part of this creation and of course all of our mountain families and friends. I started Thursday off at the usual 6'ish roll out and then a few quiet moments before making ready for a bike ride to the rec for some 2 hours of continuous pickle ball action. We had 3 courts in action and one was a challenge court which kept most of us A players there for the whole period. My shirt was soaked by 10.

 I stopped off at the library for a couple new reads as I finished up the book BLOOD AND THUNDER which was basically a biography on Kit Carson. What a great historical read including lots of pictures. He was quite the "mountain man" and one of very few words but oh so significant in helping to settle the west. The man couldn't read or write words but he was very good at reading people especially the Indians and Mexicans as well as understanding nature and the land. I recommend this book to all who really love history and the settling of the country west of the Mississippi River.

I climbed up into the attic and retrieved my slalom Maharajah water ski that I purchased over 40 years ago and cleaned it up. It was still in excellent condition despite being unused for 36 years as Nancy never did like my boat or any water sports. Bobby and some friends are doing some wake boarding this weekend and none of them have ever slalomed. I thought I would help teach them as I use to take lots of the neighborhood kids skiing on Lake Seminole. I checked on line for the price of this ski and it now sells for 1600 bucks new, yikes I think I paid a couple hundred new as it's the top of the line in wooden ski's.


Nancy had taken GG to her doctor for a checkup and afterwards invited us to a lunch of ham salad at her house so we picked her up around 11:30 and headed over for lunch. Amy, Sam and Eliza Faye came also. Amy is feeling much better from her day of discomfort and lethargy and little Eliza was such a cutie pie entertaining us with her antics. She and Sam play so well together despite the fact he gets a little rough at times but she gets right back into the mix with him and never cries or complains.

After lunch we headed home and at one time I thought we may get a shower as the clouds moved and the humidity suddenly increased; but false alarm. I did head out to the garden and picked the last of the half runner beans and tore the vines down off the back fence. I found enough dried bean hulls to save for future plantings. I picked another dozen or so tomato's and a few large ones as well. We are coming to a close on most all the cold weather plants except for the collards, onions, beets, kale and some herbs. I started a couple Rosemary cuttings and hopefully they will set roots by the time we leave in May.

We cleaned up the leftover roast beef, smashed taters and gravy from a couple nights ago and then after the clean up I headed outside to hand water the front yard and pull weeds. It was really a nice evening as the breeze picked up and made for pleasant working condition. The pesky squirrels have my yards both front and back full of holes as they seek acorns in the ground. They do keep the yards aerated but with no natural enemy except for the neighborhood cat who occasionally catches and eats one; they have gone out of control. I do hit one once in awhile with the BB gun but that usually doesn't cause any real injury or death. We counted a dozen or more at one time in the Oak in the front yard today. I love to see them flattened in the street once in awhile by a passing vehicle, oh well.

The Ray's played a great game last evening with good pitching in Toronto and won 3 out of 4 games there but our Lightning lost to the Red Winds in Tampa last night. That series is the best of 7 so they will have a couple chances to redeem themselves. That was about it for the day except for all of the news about Hillary running for president. She should be running for the biggest crook in the country along with her sycophants in the media. It's a crying shame that no one has any shame anymore especially those in positions of leadership. We let those who were captured in their attempt to kill us go free in exchange for a deserter who collaborated with the enemy and all of this was known at the time our potus said he served with honor and distinction. What a slap in the face of honorable men and women who serve our nation with their lives. Disgraceful. Wake up America, LATER