Well here we are half way through the work week and it raining this morning which is ushering a really cold front that is promising some freezing weather in north Florida. Hopefully it will stay away from the Bay Area and my garden.
Tuesday was our coldest day of the year so far with 39 to start the morning and it reached the middle 50' by early afternoon. The heat which we turned on for the first time this year ran several times through out the day. The skies were overcast until the afternoon with a strong North wind. My eyes watered all the way to the Rec. while riding my bike at 8 ish. I did my usual morning routines and that cup of hot tea was wonderful as the house was down to a chilly 67 when I rolled out at 6 ish. I spent a few quiet minutes with my Creator after posting this ramble then got ready to ride out on the bike. I did bundle up with an extra long sleeve shirt and wore a base ball cap but was bare legged in my shorts.
We had a good workout for an hour but then several new players showed up with many of which were B and C players. At one time we had 8 waiting to get on with three courts already in action. I stayed for about and hour and half then headed out despite not sitting or losing any games. The action was not as good as I needed but better than none. I picked up a couple pounds over the holidays and wanted to lose it all with one workout. I made a quick stop at the library to return some reads before pedaling home. I did hand water the garden and noticed only the beans suffered some wind burn but no real damage.
Amy and the three kiddos came for lunch and they are a bundle of energy as it was too cold to play outside. They built a fort inside the house with blankets and played until nearly 3'ish before heading out. I harvested Amy a sack full of greens; three lettuces, kale, beet greens and Swiss chard for their salad fixin'. The leafy greens love this cool weather. We need rain and its now doing that. I may have to drag out the blankets and old sheets tonight to cover the cucumber and tomato plants as well as use some 5 gallon buckets on the pepper plants to cover them. We have been fortunate so far as the cabin is in below zero temps. That should help with reducing the bug population this summer.
We we had some leftover's for supper from last nights dinner and they were just as tasty now as was then. I spoke with Helen and she remarked how cold it was there and later spoke with Joe. He sounded like his old self as he is back in his house with son Randall. He will be moving to Tennessee to live near him as his house and land have been sold. I didn't hear from Paw Paw but did the day before and he sounded strong as ever and GG sounded really good on the phone. It was the best I've heard from her in quite sometime.
I settled into the Fox News after the supper cleanup and then watched the Lightning beat the number two team in their league in Toronto. It was a hard fought game and these skaters are real athletes when compared to other sports, yikes do they ever take a beating. After a hot shower which warmed the body I crawled in under the blankets and was soon asleep by 10'ish, LATER
