Well its still hot and humid here and although we did get a 5 minute rain shower in the afternoon it didn't cool it down much. It was another work day for me as I donned a straw hat against the hot sun and worked the yards and gardens filling all of my garbage cans causing me to stop for the day. I'll have several more full cans in the coming days but since we have garbage pickup I'm limited to how much stuff I can weekly discard.
I started the day out with a before 6 rollout as my mind still has me planning on what I need and want to do daily. I did my usual routines that start with some quiet moments to honor my Lord and give thanks for another day after posting this ramble. I finished up my morning talk with my Creator on my bike ride to the Rec a little before 8. It was good to reconnect with so many there and they made me feel special. I got in several pickle ball games winning all of them and decided to leave after an hour or so. I needed to rest but that only comes when you lose and I was winning this morning plus I wanted to work in the yards and gardens as there was some overcast which helped with keeping the sun out.
I gave the front yard tree a haircut as it was looking shaggy and leaning somewhat over. I filled a huge trash can with the limbs and berries the Crepe Myrtle was producing and then headed to the back yard gardens. I finally cleared out all of the grasses and filled trash cans with it so I could later mulch them up into compose and place around my plants once they get established. I don't have any seeds up yet but the seedlings I purchased seem to be thriving.
Nancy was off with sister Betsy so I could work as long as I had the stamina but did take several rest and water breaks until lunch and then afterwards until 3. It was down right hot in the sun and I went through several water breaks while resting under the shade of the big oak. I noticed a few fishing worms in the garden which is a plus and now with me watering daily they should come back in full force. The several inches of oak leaves left over the summer helped with them surviving. I'm still eating lightly and with no second helping and have dropped a couple pounds with the exercise on the court and the work and sweating from the garden and yards. Hopefully I can drop another 5 or so before seeing the doctor on Monday afternoon for my 6 month checkup.
Well we finished up the leftover salmon and had fresh asparagus and yellow rice for supper, delicious. I headed into the bedroom to watch some documentaries as I could n't get the series on my TV but the Astros were winning when I called it a night around 10'ish, LATER
These are old pics but I want to make sure they are still available for posting.
