Well it's about 10 degrees warmer this AM than yesterday and that is a sure welcome after the neighbor hood was coated in the first frost for this winter. Every house that didn't have a tree in the yard was covered with white. Luckily my garden and roof was frost free so the plants lived through this killing coat of ice. It was only in the middle 30's and I always wondered how ice could form above 32 degrees. It was a cold ride out to the REC on my bike but by the time I left around 9:30'ish the air had warmed up to the 60's with bright sunshine.
The morning start with much the usual 6'ish rollout to start the day. I knew it was cold out as the heat kicked on several times during the night but was completely surprise when looking out the window at the frost everywhere. I did my routines of a few quiet moments to honor my Creator and lift up several in thoughts and prayers for healing and comfort and then my daily discipline before posting this ramble and heading out to the REC for close to two hours of pickle ball play. We once again had a full house but was able to get in several games and even worked up a sweat. I stopped off at the library for some new reads they were holding for me on the way home.
I worked in the gardens without an extra shirt for the next hour or so until lunch time as the air really warmed from the 30's to the 60's in just a couple hours. It was almost a perfect day and made for being outside in the warm sunshine. I picked another gallon or so of green beans and noticed the plants are still blooming with several small beans to mature. These Kentucky Wonders are the best green beans ever with such texture and taste. My grandma(Nannie) always planted them in her garden as well. I loosened up the soil around the new lettuce seedlings and gave them a shot of "garden magic" which is a mixture of major and minor trace elements usually leeched from the soil as well as a little miracle grow. I need to harvest green peppers, sugar peas and a couple different lettuces as well as kale and beet greens for a fresh garden salad for today.
Amy, GG and Eliza Faye came for lunch and we ate the leftover spaghetti(noonies) as Eliza calls them. She is so cute and is quick with her retorts to questions. She loves her grandma as Nancy caters to her every whim and so do I. She likes to climb up on my lap and for me to show her cartoons on the laptop or sit in the toy room while she plays with the doll house. After they headed out to take GG by the library before dropping her off I settled into the next couple hours of reading while Nancy walked the 'hood. The air was so dry and warm I had to hand water again in the late afternoon. We can tell winter is on the way out as the days grown longer with the extra minutes of sunshine.
I grilled a couple Salmon fillets loaded with fresh dill from the garden and we had a fresh salad and fresh Brussel sprouts. We love them with dijon mustard. I tried to grow them a few years back but they take up so mush space and are slow growing so we buy them at the veggie stand. After the clean up I settled into the FOX News channel and see where the GOP is dumping Trump. I'm beginning to think he is a threat to the crony politicians especially those who want to keep on the band wagon of corruption within the government. Even Glen Beck is dumping on Trump and he was a maverick when he first started here in Tampa on the radio and I would have thought he would have supported someone who was not beholding to any established politician. Now I'm beginning to think and I hope that Trump will shake the hold system from top to bottom. I know one thing we need to bring and honor GOD back into our country and our culture before it completely disintegrates before our very eyes. We who are Believers had better wake up and vote these corrupt folks out of office. Well that was about it for the day, LATER
