Well Thursday started out rather nippy with temps in the low 40's but by lunch time it had warmed up so much I donned shorts and a t-shirt while working outside in the garden and by late afternoon I'm sitting in the back yard yard shirtless while reading for a couple hours. What change and all within just a couple hours. That's Florida weather in the winter; heat in the morning and a/c in the evening.
The day started much the usual with a 6'ish roll out for me. After my morning routines and a few quiet moments I had a lite breakfast of oatmeal, honey, cinnamon and a few pecans before riding out to the rec for a couple hours of pickle ball. We had 2 courts of A players and the action was awesome and the wet shirts were in abundance as well. I headed out at 10 for a quick stop at the library before heading home.
Nancy was planning on visiting her mom(GG) for lunch along with Amy and the kiddos so I wanted to work in the garden and decided to skip the lunch date. I headed out to run some errands while she was at the rec for her workout. I purchased a couple more 9 packs of lettuce as we are really using up mine at a fast pace with a salad most every day. I still have several seedlings that are maturing but I don't like having to purchase lettuces at the store when it grows so well here. I got the ground ready and transplanted three rows of seedlings as well as moved some of the smaller seedlings up into larger containers. The garden loves these cool nights and warm days with bright sunshine. The sugar peas are putting on small pods and the blooms are everywhere as is the green beans. The volunteer tomato's are just loaded with blooms and they are one of the reasons I went to Home Depot to purchase tomato cages; but they didn't have any and neither did Walmart the other day. I got a lot done in the garden but I sure missed seeing and playing with Sam and Eliza Faye after lunch.
I finished up the leftover lasagna for lunch and while I was out running errands I stopped by the vegetable stand and picked up some Ruskin tomato's. (Ruskin is south of us and is a huge area for growing vegetables in the wintertime.) I also picked up some asparagus and turnips which accompanied Salmon cakes for supper. Nancy makes this turnip casserole which is just delicious and (I add a few dried red pepper flakes to mine which really sparks it up) and steamed asparagus. Well after the clean up we settled into watching the Fox News channel our new smart TV which is awesome until the Lightning Hockey Team came on against the Detroit Red Wings. We smoked them 5-1. We have lots of boy nephews who live in Michigan and are avid Red Wings fans and I know this was hard for them to watch.
After a hot shower and the remainder of the game it wasn't long until the sandman calleth and I was reading the insides of my eye lids, LATER
