Well the cold temps left for a day but another front is supposed to move through today and bring us more cold weather over the weekend. It warmed up to the high 60's today which felt great and was good for working in the gardens after a chilly start on the early morning bike ride to the REC as I went a half hour earlier than usual.
The day started with a before 6 roll out as Nancy was in high gear on her snoring that started around 4. Yikes some nights she is rather subdued but others like last night was one with high octaves. We weren't sure if we were getting overnight guests so I stayed out of the extra bedroom as she just changed sheets, oh well!! Sometimes I slip into that room when she becomes so loud, but I usually just rest and don't get much sleep in the different bed. I did my morning routines of a few quiet moments, daily discipline and then posted this ramble before grabbing an apple for my breakfast and riding out for an hour and half workout on the pickle ball court. Several of us who wanted to get in some quality play before the masses arrive on Tuesday and Thursday did get in a good workout. When I left around 9'ish there were lots of players waiting to get on the court even with three courts in action.
The temps had warmed up 10-15 degrees since I first arrived at 7:30 and the sun was shining brightly. I decided after getting back to the house to put my black seeded Simpson lettuce seedlings in the ground. I had probably 50 or so that had reached the 3-4 inches in height and looked quite healthy. This is the type of lettuce that most folks in the mountains sow in beds real close together and I did that last summer as well. But when you sow it separately it makes for some great leaves for eating and its hearty as well. Romaine is the most nutritious and Iceberg (head lettuce) is the least so Bibb and Simpson is some where in the middle. My Romaine did OK but never really formed the football shaped heads due to the high heat in Nov. and Dec.
Well I picked my first turning pink tomato after finding several that some critter had bit into and caused it to rot. The plants are loaded with little ones as well. I never planted the large slicing tomato's as we usually like the smaller teardrop size ones for salads, plus they seem more hearty than the beef stakes for reason. Everything in the garden is looking good and healthy and this cold snap seemed to add vigor to the collards and kale. I picked a nice mess of collards for our dear friend Sarah Ann Payne who came by and picked them after lunch.
Amy, GG and Eliza Faye came for a lunch of pizza and salad. Eliza is such a sweetie and is just getting cuter by the day. She loves for me to sit in the toy room while she plays with the doll houses and she mimics the babies talking and interacting. She doesn't like to be alone. Amy and other kiddos all came for a supper of chicken and green beans which is prepared in a cream sauce much like beef and beans over a bed of Jasmine rice. Yeow, is this ever delicious and Eliza loved it as well. Ava and Sam eat the green beans raw with the rice and chicken. Nancy gave them each a bowl of ice cream after eating which sent them into a high gear of activity. It's amazing what a little sugar does to their bodies.
After they left we settled into the FOX News channel to learn the GOP establishment is rebelling against the front runner Trump and calling for his defeat for the party. I'm so fed up with the establishment politicians in both parties that I may register as an Independent if they cause Hillary or whomever to give us another 4 years of their inept leadership. This is what's wrong in our political system; those who run for office must be in cahoots with certain special interest groups or folks to gain their support despite what the masses of everyday folks want. I hope this back fires on these so called "established conservatives" and the populist vote send them to their back rooms where deals are cut for support. There is no doubt Trump is a maverick and beholding to none but he is saying the right things and I'm sure he will surround himself with competent people. Look at this present incompetent potus who had no experience and who leaned on folks who hated the country and they have done a wonderful job in destroying the nation from within and giving up our sovereignty and influence abroad. We are in a mess folks and the American Dream is just about to become an illusion that once was a goal for the common working class man and woman. The elitist are destroying the middle class, LATER
