Well this month is about gone and with it the cold weather of winter here on the sun coast in central Florida. We did have a few cold mornings that hit the 30's with a little touch of frost and the heat did come on for a few hours a day for a few days but for the most part the day warmed up by mid afternoon. I noticed yesterday while hand watering the gardens the sun was extremely hot in cloudless blue skies. The oaks are starting to drop their leaves and the fuzzies will soon appear and the new leaves will give us some shade on these soon coming hot days. Summer is coming and with that the humidity as we have the a/c on already.
I started the day with my usual before 6 roll out to my routines of a cup of green tea while I post this ramble and some quiet time with my Creator and Lord giving thanks and lifting several up for comfort and healing. All seem as well as can be expected and our dear friend Kathryn may have turned the corner on her illness. She is starting to show some life in both her demeanor and physical appearance. There for awhile she seemed to have given in or given up to this effects of this insidious virus. We will have supper tonight(Fri) with them and the Botbyl's.
I headed out a little before 8 on my bike to the Rec for two hours of pickle ball play. I played well but soon tired as the outside yard work yesterday and the activities had me whupped some what. I'm looking forward to having a couple days off this weekend from this rigorous daily play on the court. I came home and piddled in the gardens hand watering and feeding some of the veggies with a little miracle grow from a spray bottle with some epsom salts mixed in. The tomato and pepper plants love this combo plus it helps with setting the fruit.
Well I finished the Grisham book The Reckoning and while it's really based on a true story its definitely an historical novel with the Bataan Death March which occurred in the Philippines during WW11. The ending made the the start of the book so much more important despite having mixed feeling with the main character being gone. What a twist at the end and he is such a great story teller. I started another Grisham book SYCAMORE ROW and its starting out to be a very interesting read as well. He certainly has a long list of stories to read and for some reason I'm into his genre presently.
Nancy's health issues are not severe so she must make some life changes as the tests results were quite promising. Age and eating habits have made her liver and gall bladder something to be concerned about but nothing drastic at this point in time. Sugar is a big culprit in her life as she is a bakers and lover of desserts which of course is sugar and she is showing that in her abdomen area. The kids also are lovers of cookies and baked goods and she is constantly making them and desserts for get togethers. That has to change and dramatically if she wants to get these two organs back in better shape. Hopefully she will listen and limit herself to one day a week for sweets.
Well we finished up the leftover meatloaf with broccoli which is a great vegetable for the liver and gall bladder as well as some parsley tatters. We both had a fresh garden salad for lunch. We also need to cut out the chips and breads as well as the obvious sweets which have crept back into our diets. They turn to sugar as well and is stored around the organs and the torso as fat, oh well, LATER
