I started the day much the usual with my before 6'ish roll out to a cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble and then spent some quiet moments with my Creator in humble thanksgiving and intercessory prayers for many by name. All seem to be as well as can be expected at this time and Paw Paw seems to be improving daily. All of his tests have come back negative for any infection which is great and now the Dr's think its just severe arthritis that is causing the shoulder and neck pain.
I headed out before breakfast to work the last grown over flower bed to weed while the sun is shaded off the back yard. The weeds and grasses have taken over but I do have lots of small cone flowers which I think will make a come back now that the choking grasses have been eliminated.The rest of the flower beds are looking great and the hydrangeas have really added lots of new growth. The zinnias are looking better each day and there are tons of blooms for me to head this fall for next years planting. The dill seeds I sowed are up and I'm hoping to get enough to add to our salads and fish dishes. I love the smell of fresh dill and most all fresh herbs. There is a saying that if you smell fresh rosemary daily you will never have memory losses. It is an awesome herb on grilled chicken and on taters rolled in olive oil and fresh rosemary and then under the broiler in the oven, delicious.
We took off to the top of the mountain before lunch as we wanted to beat the mid day heat. We stopped and talked with Billy and then Larry and Brandon who are working on Berties cabin doing some wood replacement that had dry rotted. What a bigger job than they first anticipated but they do good work and are very through. They blessed us with two Asian pears from their tree at home which we will try today. We headed back down the mountain and I piddled around in the gardens until it was too hot to do much outside. I had a couple cucumbers for my lunch as I had a huge late breakfast of an apple, peach, blueberries, raisins, pecans, walnuts and a spoon of honey. I'm trying to only eat eggs a couple times a week and this breakfast is quite filling so I held off until 4'ish when I grilled a couple marinated chicken breast and Nancy had a pot of half runners cooking. That was our supper around 5 as I was playing pickle ball at 6.
Gerald picked me up and we headed over to the Roaring Gap Club for a good workout on the court. It was really a pleasant evening as some rain clouds kept the sun blocked, though we got no rain. We played 5 sets or about 11 regular games which left us all whupped. Gerald let me drive his BMW ragtop sports car home and does it ever have some get up on these mountain roads. It's been years since I drove a sports car and I think the last was a corvette stingray I had confiscated in a felony hit and run death case and drove it back to Tampa from Punta Gorda back while I was still on patrol. They are fun to drive but you almost need a shoe horn to get in and out of the seats.
Well the Rays got beat again last night at home with some poor relief pitching. They are still in the hunt for a wild card slot for the playoffs which will becoming up next month. It's hard to believe football season is here with the meaningless preseason games and that baseball is winding down which means we are over half through here at the cabin for this year. We leave a week or so earlier due to Katie's pregnancy who is due in January with twins. What a ride thats going to be for everyone, LATER
