Well Tuesday was not quite as hot as it has been but still in the 80's with less humidity which always makes it feel nice. We didn't do much except Nancy and I did go to Home Depot in the afternoon to look for shelving for the bathroom and get new knobs for the vanity. It looking more and more like I will be painting that oak piece white like the cabinets in the kitchen, oh well.
The day started out with my usual before 6ish rollout to a cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble then spent some quiet time in humble thanksgiving and lifting several up by name. All is well with those I lifted up in thought and prayer. I got ready and headed out to the Rec. on my bike for 2 hours of pickle ball. We managed to keep one court for just the better players and I left with a wet head and shirt, wow what a workout with the action being non stop.
I headed home around 10:30 and Nancy was leaving to go shopping and wouldn't be back until lunch time. I hand watered the gardens and fed some of my new seedlings which are growing in these cool nights and hot days. The mulched leaves are holding some of the moisture in the ground but I'm still watering sometimes twice a day. I now have tomatoes big enough to eat but they are still green an I'm thinking of some fried green tomatoes of which we both love. We had stir fry for supper using my sweet pea pods and it was so delicious, yeow. I'll be picking green beans in a few days and the lettuces are ripe for salads once again. I say this each year but this garden is really producing and now every time I turned some of the soil over the wigglers are present. It will be a bumper crop of worms which make the best plant food ever.
I called a local tree arborist as the contractor who is going to remove my big oak is in Tampa and the arborist there didn't want to sign off unless they got a part of the job so I found one who will check off on the permit for 75 bucks plus 25 for the permit. He is the local arborist for the city of Seminole which should help with getting a permit. The big oak will hopefully soon be no more as the rot is evident several places in the trunk. I loved the old tree and the shade it provided was immeasurably over the years. I also will miss the tons of leaves that go into my garden each year as well but hopefully this will limit the number of squirrels in the yard as this is one of their hangouts.
Well I headed over to meet the new neighbors who bought Bill and Carol's place across the street. A young couple and she seemed very nice. He works for Duke Energy which should be a plus for the hood if we every have power issues. I'm not sure if she works but I would say they are or she is in their 20's. I haven't met him but one of her girlfriends was visiting from Lakeland. Hopefully they will be great neighbors. It wasn't long after the cleanup from supper we settled into the Fox Channel for our news then I hit the showers and was soon into the horizontal lab position by 10'ish, LATER
