Well this month is just about gone as well and I noticed this is leap year so there are 29 days which happens only every 4 years. I often wonder how in the world that was decided in the first place to add an extra day to a month every 4 years, oh well. It sure messes up folks born on that day to say the least.
I started the day on Wednesday with my usual before 6 roll out to my usual cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble then enlisted my Creator and Lord to hear my prayers of thanksgiving and lifting up several by name for comfort and healing. All seem as well as can be expected as I've heard nothing to the contrary. I got ready and headed out a little before 8 on my bike to the Rec. for some pickle ball. Wednesday is one of those days where there is an abundant turnout so after a couple of sets, 4 of us headed outside despite the low clouds and threat of rain to play outside. We got in one set then it began to sprinkle and playing on a damp wet court is not worth the risk of slipping and causing an injury so we quit. I headed into the weight room as the gym was full of less experienced players and did a mile and half on the treadmill in the uphill position. That was a good workout but rather boring.
The rain ceased by the time I left the Rec. so I headed home to work outside in the gardens until lunch. I noticed several potato plants had sprung up from the area where I compost so I dug them up and replanted them in several places giving them a little fertilizer to help with their maturing. I never grow taters here but the sprouting of plants from peels tells me the ground is perfect for growing. I did take out two of the original tomato plants that I brought back from the cabin which had died. I thought sure the nematodes has attached to the roots but they looked rather clean despite the plants dying. I'm not sure what caused that but we did get a few fruits from each plant.
I hoed and pulled weeds which kept me busy until lunch time. The humidity was very strong and I had a wet shirt before long. The seedlings look great and are putting on leaves and the beet seedlings look as if they will make it as well. I pulled a couple nice beet while weeding them so we will have roasted beets with carrots for supper tonight. I pulled the leaves and put them in the salad bowl as well.
Nancy wanted to eat the big meal of the day around 1'ish as she had her Women's Study group at 6:30 and since she is having tummy issues we ate early. We had left over tortilla soup she made on Tuesday and it was delicious to say the least. I headed out after lunch to run some errands at Sam's, Lowes and Aldi's before calling it day. I read for the next couple hours and this book is non fiction based on the resistance in France against the Nazi's in WW11. It's titled Madam Fourcade Secret War and its a page turner as she led the resistance along with Britains help in defeating the Germans. It's a fascinating read and because she was a woman in a man's world which many in the cause did not know, makes it that much more intriguing. I'm about half way through and it getting more realistic with each time she and her accomplishes are captured and tortured by the gestapo in their attempt to squash the intelligence being sent to England.
Well that was about it for the day except we watched the History Channel's last 2 hours on the "Washington mini series that started on Sunday. What a good series on the man who was noted as the Father of our Country as president twice and he was responsible for the defeat of the British in a 7 years war as we became an independent nation. We had the pleasure to visit Mount Vernon many moons ago and the crypt where is in interned with Martha. It's a beautiful house and plantation on the water and where he came to die at the age of 67.
Well after she left I watched the Fox Cable news and see where our potus is making right so many injustices in the judicial system with commutations of unfair sentences for many who where political prisoners which I think Roger Stone should be given a fair trial instead of the one he was used to make a statement by the corrupt dems in their attempt to take down this potus with the Mueller fiasco. I did watch the first half hour of the Arizona rally with Trump and he has that area of the nation fired up against the vile dems who want to undo all that he has done for the nation. How anyone could vote for these dems is beyond by comprehension, LATER
