Well its pouring as I make this post and supposed to turn cold once again the next couple of days. Hopefully it won't be as cold as the last cold snap which did some minor damage to the garden but nothing serious.
Thursday turned out to be another beautiful winter day here on the Suncoast with chilly temps in the low 50's and warm temps around 75 for the high. I did some yard work after my two plus hours of pickle ball that started around 7:30. A few of us better players now like to start early and get in a good work out before the rest of the group start, but today it was just 6 A players and the work out was awesome and tiring.
I started the day with my usual routines that start with a before 6 rollout to some quiet time after posting this ramble to honor my Lord, give thanks and lift several up by name. All are holding as I make this post. I headed out on my bike to the Rec and finished up my talk with the Creator on the way. It's not exactly the serenity of a mountain hike first thing in the morning but it will do until I get back to the cabin. I played hard and well and left whupped with a wet head and shirt. I'm down to 188 a couple of morning in a row and I'm thrilled. With the pickle ball, eating less and holding off on the desserts I'm making head way on reaching my goal of 185 by summer.
I came back and mowed the yards then hand watered the gardens and yards. I sowed more beets and Swiss chard seeds and hope they survive or at least germinate. I miss both in my salads but for now have plenty of greens for the bowl. The 30 or so onion seedlings I transplanted seem to be doing O.K. as long as the squirrels don't dig them up We ate out big meal of the day around 1'ish as we were heading up to Clearwater around 4:30 with Tyler to watch Ava's team play basketball. She was awesome again and is a tiger on defense. Her skills are improving almost weekly with ball control and driving the lane. We beat the team by 30 points once again but our JV and Varsity boys both suffered losses.
It was 8'ish before we got back home and I tuned into the Lightning game and they were winning 5-2 once again. Well that was it for this day as it was lights out at 10'ish, LATER
Today the 13 th is our youngest grand daughter Eliza Fay 9th big day.
