Well Thursday was a decent day outside as the front brought some cooler temps but chased away the humidity which is the killer here. A nice breeze was evident all day and after my workout at the Rec. I worked in the yard until lunch time.
The day started much the usual with a before 6 roll out as Nancy was playing in the band again from about 3 o'clock on. After my usual routines of a few quiet moments to honor my Creator and lift up those I know and love I posted this ramble, had a bowl of cereal with fruit then pedaled out on my bike to the Rec. The morning was beautiful as temps were at least 10 degrees cooler than the past couple of morning. We had a small crowd but eventually filled up two pickle ball courts and I managed a good sweat by the time I left around 10.
I mowed, weeded and raked the yards and even turned over some of the garden with a shovel that is now laying dormant until next November when I start my fall garden. The earthworms are plentiful and I want to make sure they have plenty of composted leaves to hold them over the summer months when it gets so dry. I usually just spread a layer of leaves on top of the soil when we leave for the summer but that takes the worms awhile to break them down, but with mulching and then turning them under assures they have plenty to exist on throughout the hot summer; plus I want to keep the garden from becoming a bed of grasses and weeds which one year took me several days to clean off the planting area.
I picked a couple cucumbers and once again hung my onions back out on the lawn chairs to continue drying. I had them in the shed out of the rain which would have had them rotting if I had let them get wet. I sure miss the basement at the cabin for storing and preserving veggies. I only wish I could grow these onions there but the ground is so packed with clay soil that I have never had much luck. I notice the volunteer pepper plant I saved has turned out to be a banana pepper. I have no idea where that seed came from as I haven't grown them in years. The volunteer tomato plants are now setting fruit so we will have some tomato to leave for our neighbors when we leave as well as tons of cucumbers, bell peppers and okra.
Our old lunch crowd was back after Cindy, Tyler's mom left for Kansas this morning after her 10 day visit. We learned she got to Kansas City okay where Robb her husband met her for their 5 hour drive back to Plainville, Ks. She had a great visit. Amy, GG and Eliza Faye came for a lunch of pizza and afterwards I headed into the reading room for a couple hours. Eliza is quite the dancer and just loves music. I think she has some of my moves as she twirls and moves her limbs to the beat. She is quite the entertainer. They headed out to the back yard where the puppy next door, Roxie came over for a visit. She is full of energy and got out of her yard when Nancy happened to see and got her into ours so she could be captured for her owner, Carol.
We had a lite supper of chicken pot pies and sliced cukes, onions and tomato's as Nancy was heading to Ava's piano recital at Keswick School. I watched Sam and Eliza while everyone attended the recital and afterwards Nancy headed to an Artistry Party at the Botbyl's house. Our Amway team leader was there to display the many makeup, creams and cosmetics Artistry offers. Amy picked up the Sam and Eliza sometime around 8:30 then I headed for the shower and then into the hockey game between a couple teams in another division who I hope we play later in the playoffs. The Lightning play again tonight in New York and should be a great game, I hope!!!That was about it for the day and by 10'ish I was watching the inside of my eye lids, LATER
