Well I never would have believed that we would have such a chilly morning on Friday that I actually had "goose bumps" riding out on my bike to the Rec. at 7:30. We then had the windows and doors opened All day, yikes what a change in the temps since we had the rain front and our "mountain mom, Helen" has the heat on in N.C. as its that cold. So much much for climate change as those crooked politicians seek another way to burden us with government regulations which eventually will steal our wealth to fatten the accounts of the bureaucracy.
Well Friday after warming up a bit was one of the most pleasant days to be outside in many weeks. I was up at my usual time with a little before 6 roll out to start the the day. After my routines of spending a few quiet moments with my Creator and then posting this ramble I had a lite breakfast of cereal and fresh fruit before heading out on my bike for some hour and half of pickle ball. I had to cut it short as Nancy has her Friday morning Bible study class at 10 and was babysitting Eliza Faye while Amy attended a function at Keswick until 10, so I picked up the half hour watching her on the change over. She is such a cutie and is sharp as a tack. I managed to work up a good sweat on the courts before leaving early as we had two courts in action with mostly good players.
Well after Amy picked up Eliza Faye I worked outside in the gardens feeding a few plants that are still producing and then spraying my cucumbers, peppers and okra plants with some epson salt solutions. The cukes have stopped producing all of a sudden despite hundreds of yellow blooms. I did notice the honey bees were back which is a good sign for pollination and fruit production. Maybe thats why the small ones aren't coming on, anyhow I managed to work outside until lunchtime. I noticed on the volunteer tomato plant there are small green tomato's set as well as lots of small okra fruit. We love the okra's that are about 2-3 inches in length, raw. They have such a clean taste and we eat them right off the plant. I actually love them fried also but when they are real small and tender they are so delicious raw.
Well Amy, GG and Eliza all came for a lunch of deli meat sandwiches with sliced tomato's, onions and cukes all from the garden as well as some leftover taco meat on a rollup with fresh jalapeno pepper for me, yikes was that ever tasty. Afterwards I retired to the reading room and finished a book by Gregg Olsen. He is a mainly a true crime author but does have some novels which reflect the crimes he writes about. Nancy took off with GG to run some errands and I even caught a power nap with the cool breeze blowing in on me from under the oak tree. Yeow, it was such a perfect day and no humidity.
Well I'm starting to put together a list of things to accomplish before we head out the end of the month. I'm getting the yards and garden in shape for the long hot summer here in Florida and hopefully the earthworms will survive. I have hundreds of small marigolds seedlings up in the garden to help with keeping the nematodes away for the fall garden. They are a natural deterrent for the root sucking microscopic worms that invade the plants here in Florida. I've never noticed them up at the cabin as the cold freezing temps keeps them away or under control.
I grilled a couple Salmon fillets loaded with fresh dill and along with fresh asparagus we had a delicious supper. After the cleanup I headed out to hand water the back yard and garden as the breeze really dries out the ground. We settled into the Fox News channel and then I switched to watch the Lightning game in New York in between commercials. Finally I headed for the shower and then watched the game go into overtime and our team won and now had a 3-1 lead in the best of 7 games as they head back to Tampa for the next game and hopefully the final game of this series. What a rugged sport and these players are real athletes. That was about it for the day as we plan on a supper out at Bone Fish Grille tomorrow afternoon and then a Kentucky Derby get together at the Botbyl's with our small group to watch the race on their big screen TV, LATER
