Well Friday was once again a mixture of work and play which was mainly eating at a restaurant in Tampa called Bellas Italian just off Bayshore Blvd in the old down town area. Yikes the area is filled with majestic homes facing the Bay of Tampa. Word is this is the longest continuous sidewalk in America at 11 miles around the bay.
I started the day much the usual with a before 6 roll out to my cup of green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble from the day before's activities and then some quiet moments with my Creator in thanksgiving and intercessory thoughts for many by name. All of those are holding their own at this date. I headed out on my bike for the rec. for two hours of pickle ball play and we had a couple good players mixed in the group so I managed a wet shirt before heading out to the library and then home. I fired up the lawn mower and gave both yards a good mowing and worked up another wet shirt from the job, the heat and humidity. Summer is here on the Suncoast of Florida.
Nancy was at her heart doctor getting her yearly checkup for her racing heart which is now under control with scripts. I pulled more ripening tomato's and then hand watered the gardens after mowing. The grasses have really filled in on both of the yards and the tree is looking good as well. I don't think we will get any blooms this year but we did get lots of new growth and I do think its doing great in the whole of the old rotten oak stump.
Amy and Eliza came for lunch and then I settled into the reading room for a couple hours as it was just to hot to be outside. I hit the shower around 2'ish as we were leaving at 3 with the Botbyl's for Tampa to meet up with Tracy's and Martin's. We sat outside under a patio as they brought along(dog sitting) the dog Roux which is their daughter's English Bulldog who is in Spain on vacation. He barely made any noise and unless you mentioned his name he was a no show. Anyhow the food was a bit pricey and what I had was delicious but I wouldn't go back again. We dined and cut up for over two hours and had an enjoyable time as we made plans for the summer. The Tracy's and Martin's will be coming to the cabin and now we learned the Botbyl's are maybe skipping out this summer as Carol is taking on a new job with her daughter and will be traveling to Orlando once a week, oh well.
We got back to Seminole a little before 7'ish and then settled into the Fox Cable News and eventually into the other playoff hockey game. I just love hockey especially when our team is playing. They play again tonight in Tampa, LATER
