Well Thursday brought us all kinds of weather some at times severe with winds and down pours of rain and then bright sunshine and clear skies and very calm. The temps were cooled off to make it quite pleasant by days end. I had started the day with my well before 6 rollout to my usual routines that begin with some quiet times to honor my lord JESUS, give thanks for another day and to lift up several by name for healing. All seem to be holding with this post. We spoke with Helen and she sounded a little stronger each day and is now up and walking with a walker I'm sure, but going to the bathroom on her own which is fantastic for her age and health issues.
I headed out on my bike to the Rec for two hours of good pickle ball play with all decent players for a change and got in a great workout.I headed home with a strong breeze to my back which made for great pedaling for a change which the wind usually hit me head on from the north. I think our severe weather heading our way was coming from the south. I did piddle around in the gardens hand watering briefly as the skies did look like rain which stayed away for another couple hours. I harvested a couple more tomato's that were starting to turn before the fruit flies lay their eggs in them.
I have a couple egg plants that need harvesting as well as several heads of butter crunch lettuces. I'm giving away collards, lettuces, and tomato's on Sunday for friends at church as they need to be eaten before over maturing. Its been a great abundance of veggies these last couple of months and I will fill our salad bowl again today as well. Then I will break down whats left and add the sacks of oak leaves and then turn them under with my new electric rotor-tiller before we leave for the cabin the 19th of May. So much to do before then but I'm looking forward to getting there and putting the cabin in order once again as we have the Ross Family towards the end of May and to get my summer garden planted.
I finished the book HANG THE MOON and it a real page turner about life back at the turn of century and I'm sure most of it is based on real life adventures and stories from that era and while its set in the time frame much of it fits in today's family issues and society. It just a great read and she is a great story teller. I started a new read by J.D.Robb which is also turning out to be a good read. I'm not sure I've read much of his works but he tells a good story as well and this one is about LEO's and issues in a large metro department that is either a murder or otherwise a suicide which happens frequently with that career, oh well.
I had my mens Bible study with about 15 or so other fellers at 6:30 so Dan picked me up as we take turns driving which is just 10 minutes from our houses. It was a good study on grief and hope as presented to us by a pastor on video that both are gifts from our Creator. It was nearly 8:30 before getting home and watching the end of the Lightning game which was a tough one and they lost in a shoot out to a Canadian team from Ottawa. The Lightning are still in the mix to make the playoffs next week, LATER
