Well Monday was a some what busy day that started out with my usual morning routines after a 6'ish roll out. I had my hot cup of Turmeric drink then a few quiet minutes with my Creator and then the posting of this daily ramble. Afterwards I had a bowl of cantaloupe for my breakfast then headed out to the Rec. on my bike for some two hours of pickle ball play with 7 other players that allowed us to have two courts in action for the next couple of hours. Many of our A players have left the area but we still have enough good B players to work up a sweat and have a decent workout.
After the workout I stopped by the library then headed home to piddle around in the garden for the next hour or so. The heat and humidity is starting to return and the shade of the big oak in the back yard is a welcome relief. I pulled a mess of collards for the neighbor directly behind us who I haven't seen much in the past couple of months. He has a terrible leg deformity from a botched knee operation many years ago and walks with his one leg nearly bent in an L shape. He was thrilled with the collards. I fed the cucumber plants again in hopes more little nubbins will form and did notice a couple. These are the best tasting cukes ever and are called Straight 8's that I started from seeds. I picked a couple 4-5 inch okra's as well as a couple more tomato's. The squirrels are getting desperate now for food as they are stealing my small green tomato's and eating them.
Nancy was watching Eliza Faye while Amy shopped with GG. She loves to play games on the Ipad at the age of two and is quite good with it. She will be addicted to the electronic devices before she can spell but I'm sure they can be a great learning device as well as an object for reward. Nancy volunteers at ETC on Monday afternoons so no one came for lunch. I ate an apple and a couple of carrots from the garden for lunch as I want to work on this spare tire once again. I was satisfied for the rest of the day. I read until it was time for me to head out to the VA for a follow up eye exam. I made a stop to return some shirts for Nancy at Wal-Mart which is just across the street from the VA. I did a couple of new eye tests and the results were not all that bad regarding glaucoma. The doctor say's I'm a low risk for the disease and wants to see me again in November for another full exam. I think taking these high powered vitamins especially for the eyes has helped as well as I'm eating lots of kale and carrots that I grow.
We had leftovers from Sunday's meal for supper and they were delicious as the day prepared. After the cleanup I headed out to hand water the garden and front yard then dug up a large volunteer tomato and took it up to my neighbor Dan's house for his garden grow box. The plant is already blooming and will be too big to take to the mountains. I have several more much smaller seedlings that are coming on that I might take with me. I have hundreds of small marigold seedlings in the garden as well and will take a few of these with me. I emailed my mountain friends about using their rotor tiller for my gardens and its working and available so that will be a big blessing for getting the garden ready there instead turning the ground over with a shovel. I'm getting antsy about starting the summer garden as well as the flower gardens for Nancy. We hopefully will leave in a couple of weeks, LATER
