Well Tuesday saw us with the a/c back on as the humidity has once again invaded the area but not as bad as usual. I did set in the back yard during the afternoon under the big oak and read for a couple hours. There wasn't much going on except the usual morning routines which always start around a 6'ish roll out to my cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and fresh ginger while I post this rag then spend some quiet moments with my Creator giving thanks for another day and then lifting up several by name. All seem as well as can be expected and we did speak with our "mountain mom" for a few after supper.
I headed out around 9'ish to the rec. as it was Tuesday and we have the gym until noon. I played awhile with some of the better B players until the A's arrived around 10 then played until almost noon. One of the players brought his son who is a hockey goalie and he had the quickest reflexes ever and picked up on the game very quick as he is also a tennis player. I managed to beat him and his dad in the final matches but they were close with long rallies. It was a fantastic workout and one of the better days for pickle ball play. It's too bad he has leave on Thursday for Canada where they are from, oh well. I think he is addicted to the game as it was his first time.
I got back and Nancy took off on her daily hike through the hood. It was still rather pleasant outside but of course walking on the asphalt reflects the heat so she was burning up when she got back to the house. I harvested lettuces which now are about gone for this season in Florida as the heat is taking over after the last week of cool temps. I also picked a couple of cukes and a hand full of tomatoes. I caught a squirrel jumping off the top of the fence to get in over the chickenwire to the tomato's of which yesterday he destroyed the tops of two plants then chewed several green tomato's as well as the vines. I've never heard of this until this year. I laid another row of chicken wire where he jumped into the plants to deter them but we will see if that works. They are the biggest pests ever.
Amy and Tyler bought their new/used 2014 F-150 4x4 sport pickup by and wow is it ever nice. Looks brand new on the inside and except for its being a work truck by the scratches inside the bed its beautiful. He wants to get a bed liner sprayed inside the bed. It had a vinyl roll top on the bed already. The bed is about a foot or so longer than my truck as his cab is a crew cab whereas mine is a club cab or vice versa. The back seat is shorter but the kiddos fit perfectly inside and both of the cab doors open in the back. It has low mileage at 30K which is nothing and its black in color. It does not have the center console seat which allows for a 6th person or 3 in the front like mine does which is a plus, oh well. It a very classy truck and the kiddos love it.
Well I got in a couple hours reading in the back yard which kept the squirrels at bay. I kept my BB gun handy and chased a few off during the afternoon. Betsy came by and I loaded her up with lettuces, kale and collards as they now need to be harvested again. I'm hoping we have some this evening for supper. We had some frozen shrimp so I peeled and deveined them and Nancy made a garlic butter sauce with fresh asparagus and put that over pasta for our supper, wow delicious is all I can say with some red pepper fakes and parmesan cheese added to the dish. After the cleanup we settled into the FOX Cable News and once again learn how the biased fake news networks and dem's are now demeaning the Mueller Report which they were hoping would indict our duly elected POTUS. It's unbelievable how they change their allegiance because the outcome was not to their agenda. I'm hoping the American folks realize we have a party and a MSM who have one goal in mind and that is to destroy the nation at the expense of destroying this POTUS Trump.
I watched a little of the Ray's vs Tigers and we won big 9-2 at home in the Trop. I think its still preseason but this is a good showing, LATER
