Well we got some much needed rain during the Thursday night to early Friday morning and it was rather misty and foggy on my bike ride out to the rec. around 8 for two hours of non stop pickle ball play. I had started the day with a before 6 roll out to my usual cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble and then spent some quiet time with my Creator and Lord in thanksgiving and lifting several up by name. All seem as well as can be expected.
I played hard for two hours never losing a set as we had to play with the mixed players as the outside court was too wet for us advanced players to use so we mingled. There are a few players who never win unless they are paired up with one of the advanced players and Friday was their day as I managed to win with every player in the mix. I'm finally getting back into good shape playing everyday and enjoying the exercise that comes with it. I was rather whupped by 10'ish with a wet head and shirt before heading home to work up a sweat in the gardens and yards.
I finished transplanting the lettuce seedlings into the ground after turning the soil over with a shovel; no rocks here in this sandy Florida soil but I did see tons of earth worms which is a great sight for good gardening because their casings(poop) are the best plant fertilizer ever. I gave away and cleaned the last of the Romaine lettuces and transplanted the new seedlings into their spot. I also dug up my beet seedlings and transplanted them into 6 packs with some potting soil which is mainly a Black Cow brand mixture of dehydrated cow manure. It makes great potting soil when mixed with soil from the garden. I got a dozen beet seedlings which are really difficult to transplant for some reason but once they get 4-5 inches you can hardly hurt them when transplanting, oh well.
Nancy was at her Friday morning Bible study at SFBC until noon so I decided once I finished the transplanting to go ahead and mow both front and back yards. The grass was starting to send out runners but the weeds were heading and to keep them from reseeding it was time to mow plus there were lots of oak leaves in the yard and I need them for my garden. Earth worms love oak leaves especially if they have been mulched which helps with their decomposing time thus making great food for them to turn into casings.
I finished my yard word around 1'ish and settled into a fresh garden salad that was delicious as it all came from the garden. I'm now getting handfuls of the small cherry style tomato's which are delicious in taste and pretty in color. I took the next couple hours and caught up on some reading while Nancy was out shopping She did get her coat from The Duluth Company which will be a big need on our Alaskan Cruise in September which we take with our church friends and Life Group Leaders from BridgePoint.
Well after a light supper of fried green tomato's from the garden we settled into the Fox Cable News until it was shower time for me and then Nancy followed. It was a busy day and I was soon ready for some horizontal lab around 10'ish, LATER
