Sunday Morning

Well winter only lasted a day it seems as yesterday it warmed up into the low 70's so off with the heat and open the windows and doors. I played outside in shorts and a t-shirt all day. We received some great photos of our mountain cabin covered in snow with a brilliant blue sky in the back ground taken by our neighbor, Jodi. Wow we would have liked to have been there for the snow but also some great Spades we play during the summer when we are there with her and husband Gerald.

The morning started with a sleep in until 8 AM, was that ever nice. After our quiet times and morning routines Nancy made some buckwheat cakes with a banana in the batter along with a couple cackleberries. Sure do miss those homegrown ones with the rich orange yokes. It was close to 10 by the time I did the clean up. I headed out to check on the gardens and to hand water them. I picked a nice mess of green beans as well as cut 4 heads of broccoli. The lettuce is producing enough so I'm able to supply the neighbors as well as have a fresh salad each day. I just love the way lettuce grows in Florida for some reason it's very difficult to grow in my summer garden in the mountains. I have lots of green tomato's but none ripening which almost makes me believe nematodes have set in on the roots. They are very bad when it comes to tomato roots. The egg plants have several blooms which is a good sign they will be setting fruit and the Swiss chard is ready for cutting next week, Yumm!!.

We took a long walk through the hood and then came back for a lite lunch while waiting on Ava and Sam to arrive. Amy and Tyler took in the Titanic exhibit and then went out to eat. Amy called it a date night and Ava asked "does that mean where you kiss". Well we got a laugh out of that but asking that at 5 years of age. We played outside until it was supper time. Nancy headed over to pick up GG who ate with us and also made a bunch of peanut butter cookies. Well I broke down and ate a handful for dessert after our Zuppa soup and salad. The kiddos had a grand time and plum wore us out. Where do they get all that energy??

Amy and Tyler came back around 8 and visited for an hour then headed out taking GG home for us on their way. It was shower time and then I flipped for awhile. I'm reading a book titled BLOOD ON THE RISERS by an Army Ranger who spent 31 months in Viet Nam. Good male reading!!!

Well today is worship day at Element Church in Tampa(of course every day is worship day) with our son and a group of great young folks, looking forward to seeing all of them as we were under the weather last week, LATER