Well time is just slipping away as February is gone already. Thursday was a beautiful day with no humidity and some cooler temps but beautiful weather for being outside. I did get in a good workout at the rec. on the pickle ball courts for nearly 2 hours before heading home to piddle around in the garden.
I started the day much the usual with a 6'ish roll out to my cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and ginger while I posted this ramble then spent some quiet moments with my Creator in thanksgiving and lifting up several by name. I read in the obituary section of the home town paper where another classmate passed away. We were elementary buddies and he was one of only a couple boys who came home with me during grade school for a night. He was in a nursing home when he passed so he must of had some severe health issues, R.I.P. Jimmy.
I harvested a couple more tomato's that were starting to turn. I would love for them to turn red on the vine but the gnats and bugs love to lay their eggs in them so I pull them early but I did harvest a delicious egg plant for our supper which was the best ever. Nancy fries it in olive oil, egg and cracker meal then we garnish it with fresh herbs and jalapeno pepper on mine; that was our supper along with a glass of vino. Bobby came for lunch as he had a meeting in Pinellas County and then Amy and Eliza came for lunch as well. I harvested lots of fresh lettuces, Swiss chard, kale and beet greens for the salad and another cucumber. The garden is producing and now I'm starting to give away as we just can not use it all. Such a problem I know as the winter is still in abundance else where.
I was weeding in the front yard and notice every limb on the Crepe Myrtle tree has new buds and leaves; so it looks as if it will survive in the hollow of the oak tree stump. I pulled another bucket of weeds from the front yard and I'm hoping the grass will soon smother them out as I'm now adding some fertilizer to the lawn. It's the best it has looked in years but there are some weeds which just spread out and send roots deep into the ground; so far I can not pull them out by the roots and must dig them, oh well.
Well after a hot shower and watching the FOX Cable News I headed in to watch the Lightning get beat by a tough team in Boston. It was back to back nights of play and it showed as the other teams legs were fresh; we still are by far the best team in all of the NHL but it seems it was an off night for the Bolts. This afternoon (Fri.) we travel to Brandon to watch Gabe play his second game of this season. I'm not looking forward to the traffic back ups as we have to leave by 3 to not get caught in the rush hour melee. It's just unbelievable at the volume of cars on the interstate and toll roads, oh well, LATER
