Well Tuesday was a day that had us working, hiking and then me on the outside pickle ball court for a good workout(not that I needed one as these hills have been kicking my you know what) but the 5 of us worked up a good sweat. I left after an hour and half so the 4 of them who were much younger some as much as 40 years could wear each other out. We did see lots of rain in the morning hours but by lunch time it was clear with bright sunshine and blue skies with warm temps.
I started the day with my usual roll out at 6 or a little before to a soft rain. Nancy slept in until after 7 and then I did my routines of a hot cup of turmeric drink for the knee joints, a few quiet moments to honor my Creator and lift up those we know of on our prayer list for healing and comfort in this their hour of need and then posting of this ramble from the day before's activities for posterity. After a breakfast of egg burritos I headed down to the basement to make sure our small air compressor would pump up a queen size air mattress for when Bobby and family arrive on Thursday. He and Katie want to stay in the basement on this new mattress. Well it took over an hour to get this thing blown up. It was still very wet outside and clouded over so I decided from the mesh onion bags and another mesh bag to make butterfly nets for the kiddos. Well, I'm pleased how they turned out and I'm sure they will have fun collecting insects and putting them in a large bug carrier that we have.
After a lite lunch and with the sunshine out and clear skies we took off on a hike to the top of the mountain. Nancy had made two kinds of cookies; chocolate chip and chocolate mocha walnut for when our company arrives on Thursday. We took a mixed dozen with us to share with Joe and Jetta on our hike. They were pleased with them and they shared some summer apples which are green and must be cooked; they are not for eating raw. We will try them tonight(Wed). After our hike I needed to rest for the pickle ball match later in the evening so I finished A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN. I found out about this book as it setting is the early 1900's before WWI and that our soldiers were reading this novel on the battle field and in their foxholes. It is a story worth reading and told from a young girl becoming of age in a poor family. A good read.
Well we had a chicken pot pie made by Marie Callendar that we buy at Sam's Club and I must say they are delicious along with a salad for our supper around 5'ish. I didn't need a heavy meal while chasing a pickle ball especially as the temps heated up. We started out with 4 players and then a fifth showed up which gave me a chance to bow out leaving the group with 4 players. Needless to say a couple of these men are in their early 20's and athletes and here I am nearly 70 and starting to show a paunch, oh well we had some great matches with nice long rallies and my experience helped with winning most of the games with different partners. I sure miss the competition.
Well when I got back somewhere around 8' ish Nancy was working in the flower beds so I loaded up the golf cart with a sack of organic fertilizer and fed all of the flower and vegetable gardens. We worked outside until nearly 9 and it wasn't dark yet. We did watch a little of the Fox News channel to learned the radical Islamic terrorist's killed another bunch of innocent folks in Turkey at the airport. The world is getting a preview of what to expect from this religion of peace which is just down right idiotic to believe that is true. Their book and ideology is to kill if you don't conform and we have a potus who is sympathetic to their cause and will not identify them as such or even use the term. The USA has always stood to defend the weak and innocent but not with this administration as I firmly believe he is a follower of their ideology. All of his closest advisors are muslim and they now are in important positions within his administration, Wake Up America...LATER
