Well Tuesday was another hot and dry day despite a few dark rain clouds but no rain fell in our area. We are in need of some much needed wet weather. Nancy's brother Eric is still here until Monday so we have him and GG every day for lunch and supper as well as sister Betsy last night. I got in a work out on the pickle ball court for a couple hours then mowed the back yard which is full of weeds and then worked in the garden until lunch time.
The day started with my usual 6'ish roll out. I did my routines that started with a cup of green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble then a few quiet moments with my Creator in thanksgiving and lifting up those I know for healing and comfort. Afterwards I checked the social media and the national news and then headed out a little before 8 on my bike to the Rec. We had a good gang of players with a few A's mixed in with the B's and we said goodbye to another B+ female player, Mary. She and her spouse live on an island in Lake Michigan. She was pretty consistent with her attendance and play and we will miss her.
I had a wet shirt when we left the gym around 10'ish. I made a quick stop at the library to return some reads before heading home. The beggar weeds which were blooming and sending out there seeds that stick to your shoes and pants are thriving in this dry weather so it was time to mow them down. The dried bean vines and pods needed picking as well. I will use them for seed this summer at the cabin garden. I cleaned up the weeds in the garden as well as I got it ready for the fallow season while we are gone.
Bobby and the usual crew plus Eric where all here for lunch. Eliza is so funny around Eric and Bobby as she is so coy and shy. After they all left I got in a little read time with Bill O'Reilly's latest book LEGENDS & LIES. It's very good read on the patriots who fought the British and gave us our independence from the mother land. This should be a mandatory read for all American history classes. It's also well illustrated with reproductions of maps, pictures and letters from that era. Be prepared to learn there were lots of loyalist(to the British crown) the rebels(Americans patriots) had to contend with as well as the British army; yet we prevailed because of these great leaders. I see some of that today with the left(liberals) versus the right(conservatives) in today's political culture as well.
Well I grilled pork chops and along with black beans and brown Jasmine rice, green beans and salad as we chowed down once again. I'm slowly adding on the pounds with all of these family dinners that I had previously dropped, oh well. Hopefully once we get back to the mountains and I don't have time to laze around reading the afternoons away but on my feet working the gardens I can slowly work off these extra pounds. It's so easy to accumulate the spare tire especially with the desserts, breads and vino with appetizers, oh well. I did harvest some beautiful sweet onions from the garden with some as big around as baseballs. Nancy took a picture with her Ipad instead of the camera so it's difficult to transfer them to my photos, LATER
