Well Thursday was a busy day of play and then work. It was hot and muggy once again and we did get a thunder storm with some rain in the late evening but no "gully washer as predicted, although one is predicted for this weekend with a tropical disturbance heading our way from the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane season has officially started already.
It was a usual morning for me with a before 6 roll out to my routines that start with a cup of green tea laced with turmeric while I posted the ramble and spent some quiet time with my Creator lifting several up by name. All of those are doing well as can be expected due to their ages. Nancy speaks with her mom daily and I try Paw Paw every other day but he sounds as if its been weeks since he last heard from me. His memory is fading. Helen is doing wonderful and she is older than GG and a few months younger than Paw Paw. She amazes me with her doing for herself and for brother Joe as well as riding her golf cart, mowing with her old tractor and driving folks around. She loves to burn and is always outside with her trimming shrubs, trees and making burn piles. We talk almost daily.
Well I headed out to the rec. on my bike for two hours of pickle ball play and left with a wet shirt. I decided to work in the yard as if was rather cloudy and not extremely hot although it was high humidity. I mowed and then hoed weeds and took down three tomato plants that were not producing and sure enough the nematodes had gathered at the roots. The roots were gnarled and ropey with the microscopic worms sucking all of the life from the plant despite it still being green with blooms. The other two plants haven't been affected with them as they are on the other side of the garden and are still setting fruit. The volunteer cherry tomato is loaded with fruit and I have a couple other volunteer plants which I may bring with me. The cold winter kills the nematodes so there is no worry of infecting the cabin gardens but here in Florida they are rampart.
The grass has really filled in with some crab grasses which requires hoeing them out but at least it is green. I took the mower blade off and sharpened it for Ava Mae who will be mowing the yards this summer. She will earn some money and I will have my yards looked after. The tree is doing fine and I think will survive unless a strong wind takes it down. Amy and Eliza came for lunch then I read until 4'ish with a cat nap at times. Dan and Carol stopped by for a visit and then we finished the leftover zucchini pie from last nights supper. I headed out to give the new beets a drink as well as the new cucumber plant. The sun was shining brightly as there was not evidence of rain in the area but that changed within the hour and we got a storm and some rain. We settled into the Ray's game and they were beating first place Boston finally. It wasn't long until it was shower time and then I tuned into the Fox Cable news until it was lights out at 10'ish, LATER
