Well Monday saw us with lots of clouds and much cooler temps. I did wear a flannel shirt when I rode out to the rec at 8 on my bike and at times in the shade it was a bit chilly. We did see some sun after lunch which made for great yard working.
I started the day much the usual with a 6'ish roll out to my routines that start with a cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and ginger while I posted this ramble then spent some quiet moments with my Creator. I lifted up several by name then gave thanks for my many blessings and all seem as well as can be expected. We did speak with our "mountain mom" for a few and its really wet, muddy and still cold there in the mountains. She was down off the mountain on Sunday and noticed several of the flowering trees are in full bloom but none yet on the mountain and no leaf buds yet as well. I'm getting antsy about heading north which will be in about two months or so with March more than half gone; we leave around the third of June this year which is a week earlier than last year.
I headed out to the rec. around 8 and got in two solid hours of pickle ball play with some really good players and then headed home to work in the gardens and front yard. I pulled another half dozen tomato's and started giving them away to neighbors as well as carrots and sugar peas. I had to trim back a couple tomato plants as they were out of control and falling away from the supports but they are just loaded with small ones. The cukes are really starting to set fruit and the jalapeno are going crazy with buds and new peppers. I eat one every day if possible and even take one with me when we eat out at restaurants. This weather is fantastic for the garden. I dried some seeds from this one tomato plant that I bought and hopefully if will produce this summer in the mountains as its doing here. I know I've picked 30-40 and its still producing and the fruit is beautiful in size and uniformity.
Well I worked in the front yard on my knees digging this one stubborn weeds that has a white flower which means its getting ready to reseed itself. I dug and pulled up a 5 gallon bucket or more of them before wearing out my knees. The crepe myrtle tree is in full foliage and looks great. There was a time when Nancy thought it would not make in the center of the old oak stump but its doing wonderful thus far. The area of the old tree stump has filled in with a good cover of grass and weeds and I think this grass will survive the summer while we are gone.
Nancy made a huge pot of Zuppa tos cana soup using my fresh kale( Olive Garden potato soup) for our supper and it was delicious. I put away three bowls only which wasn't bad since I ate nothing with it. That is one soup I could eat every week and my kale is so beautiful and full which adds to the flavor. I sat and read for an hour or so under the big oak in the back yard which is now in full foliage as well. The birds singing and fresh air were intoxicating and I even dozed for a few at times.
After the supper cleanup I tuned into the FOX CABLE NEWS and got the real scoop on whats happening in America and around the world. The mass shooting are being attributed to our Potus Trump because the left fails to point the finger at the real culprits; themselves. There is so much vitriol for this Potus it's beyond comprehension and now the left is pushing white supremacy again as another cause. The last fake and fraud of a potus obama made all of this possible for the left to push their radical philosophy, LATER
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