Well Friday started out much the usual with a 6'ish roll out to darkness at that hour. The time change and the sea fog which had inundated the area had it pitch black when I awaken. Finally I could see some daylight as I got ready to ride out to the Rec. at 7:30 on my bike. The temps in the early morning are quite pleasant almost spring like but by the afternoon it warms up considerably; of course we still have the a/c on now that the yellow pollen from the oak trees are in the air with the start of the new leaf formation.
After my quiet times and the posting of this ramble from the day before's activities I had a lite breakfast of cereal and fruit before heading out for two hours on the pickle ball court. We had a small crowd with just two courts in action but I still had a good workout and by 10, I was whipped with a wet shirt. I stopped off at the library for a couple new reads before heading home. I noticed two huge clear plastic bags full of dried oak leaves sitting at the curb for the garbage man at my friend Dan's house and I told myself if they are still there when I get home I will get my wheelbarrow and bring them to my yard for mulch. Well they were there so after harvesting a colander of lettuces, kale and beet greens for a salad I headed outside to the garden. I mulched both sacks and then mowed up more from my side yard that had blown off of the trees. I still have quite a few leaves on my two trees but slowly they are leaving with this new leaf formation.
After mulching and spreading several 5 gallon buckets of the mulched leaves in and around the two back yard gardens I hand watered until Nancy got home from her Friday morning Bible study at SFBC. She, Amy, GG and Eliza all got to the house at the same time around 12:30. I was famished from all the activity so I cleaned up some leftovers Amy brought from her supper of corn beef, cabbage, taters and carrots. There was no meat but the veggies and broth were excellent in flavor. We never cook that meal on Patty's Day for some reason but I do love the flavor of the spicy broth. After lunch I settled into a new read titled INCIDENT AT BIG SKY. It's a true story of the kidnapping of a young woman who was training for the Olympics and was captured by some mountain men while out jogging in the mountains of Montana and her subsequent rescue.
Well Nancy took her mom home and filled some prescriptions on the way. We had planned all week to meet up with Patrick and Kathryn for a meal at the Bone Fish Grille in Largo which we all like their cuisine. I had the chowder with lump crab on top(not much of it) and the Bang Bang shrimp both of which are appetizers but plenty for an entree and Nancy had the rainbow trout. We shared a chocolate dessert which was awesome but very rich and of course the sour dough bread was my favorite dipped in oil and herbs. So much for dieting today. Well we headed home and I tuned into some March Madness basketball and after a shower was soon ready for some horizontal lab by 10'ish. I actually fell asleep and was awaken around 11:30 when Nancy decided to come to bed, LATER
