Well Tuesday was an uneventful day after Monday's exciting finish for the day at the Legacy Builders banquet sponsored by BridgePoint Church. It was another hot muggy day which found me inside at the rec. around 9 until noon on the pickle ball court with a couple new players as well as a husband and wife team who I have played with and against at the Walter Fuller Park and rec. in St. Pete. The last hour and half of play was the best in quite awhile with two courts of A players in action.
I started the day much the usual with a before 6 roll out to my cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and fresh ginger while I posted this ramble then spent some quiet moments with my Creator in thanksgiving and lifting up several by name. All seem well at the point. I did speak with Paw Paw on Sunday and while he is very repetitive he sounded strong and content with his age and his living with his middle daughter. Everyone else seems as well as can be expected. I do lift up our awesome POTUS Trump who despite the politicians in the congress and biased msm is working to keep America safe and prosperous. It really bothers me we have American's who want this nation to fail and take down this duly elected potus. What have we become as a nation. We have let the muslim's in the government whose idea is to kill those who do not conform to their ideology and replace our Judeo-Christian mores, we now murder the innocent babies as a platform to get elected, they promote socialism which is a total disaster as seen by every nation who fell for this idiotic idea and they want to take away our free speech and ability to defend our selves against tyranny by a corrupt few in the government and people actually love this. GOD HELP US(A).
I headed home to hand water the gardens before having a salad for lunch. Nancy was at the rec. on the dread mill as she wants to get ready for our hikes to the top of the mountain next month. I headed out and she followed about 30 minutes later on her bike. After lunch I headed out to run errands for her then headed to Lowes and Sam's Club before chilling the rest of the afternoon reading until supper time. We cleaned up some leftovers and then I headed outside to hand water the gardens and the front yard. The tomato seeds I sowed a couple days ago are up and showing colors. I'm hoping the jalapeno pepper seeds germinate but for some reason they take forever. My pepper plants are producing peppers like never before and I try to eat one a day along with an apple a day. The new seedlings should be about the right size for transplanting in the summer garden at the cabin.
The old tomato plants are regenerating and one had new small green tomatoes and lots of blooms. I'm sure spraying them with dissolved epson salts has made a difference this year. The collards are still producing but with this high heat they are starting to wilt a little during the day but recover overnight and the beautiful kale is also showing some wilt in the hottest part of the afternoon but also recovers overnight with a good watering in the evening. I stopped at Lowes for a new spout for my water heater which does not work properly at the cabin. When I opened it to drain the tank and the cabin last fall it leaked and I want to fix it before turning the water on when we get there next month.
I watched the Ray's play good ball against the Arizona team and they have won two in a row with good pitching and great hitting. We are still leading the division but the Yankees come to town this week end so that should be a good test for this young ball club. We are starting to finalize a few things as we get ready to head out for the next 5 months. We also need to start sorting out clothes for the Goodwill which we never wear any longer and for some of us never fit due to expanding with age. I've so far the last couple of months maintained around the 180-185 mark which is down from last fall's 196. My appetite is still good but I do not seem to need as much and I'm reducing my second helpings which maybe the reason for the steady weight. I know being in shape on the pickle ball court has helped with playing sometimes 6 days a week, LATER
