{"id":79195,"date":"2024-05-02T08:26:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=79195"},"modified":"2024-05-02T22:07:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T05:07:17","slug":"today-is-the-tooth-of-may-time-for-girls-night-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=79195","title":{"rendered":"Today Is The Tooth Of May; Time For Girls Night Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This morning, we hit the computers to catch up with the bills!\u00a0 UGH!\u00a0 I had to backfill four days of the Daily Diary as we were too pooped after the vacation!<\/p>\n

Dear Becky called from Tennessee this morning, worried about us because the Daily Diary was not updated for several days; we were pooped out.\u00a0 So, we are now up to date.<\/p>\n

At 11:15 am, we headed to the Elks Lodge for our weekly luncheon.\u00a0 There were four of us today as Bill was at a funeral, Bob was in the desert, Iris was playing bridge, and everyone else was AWOL!<\/p>\n

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Girls night out!<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary missed the Elk, so she had to stop and say hello!<\/p>\n

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Down, big fellow!<\/p><\/div>\n

We worked in the garden all afternoon, and at 5:00 pm, we declared victory, and Dr. Mary fixed up a mess of greens!\u00a0 We had Swiss chard, beet leaves, radish leaves, white radishes, and several other ingredients.\u00a0 We also had chicken for the protein and even had a spot of wine.<\/p>\n

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Greens in process.<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary had to let her digging tool rest for a while after we planted all the watermelons, string beans, and other goodies.\u00a0 It needed a rest!<\/p>\n

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Mary’s gardening tools are cooling off.<\/p><\/div>\n

The apples are coming along well, and in about a month, we will have homemade apple sauce and several other apple dishes.<\/p>\n

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Apples are on the way!<\/p><\/div>\n

The watermelon plants are small, but they grow amazingly fast.\u00a0 Over 1,200 varieties of watermelon are grown worldwide.\u00a0 Watermelon is an ideal health food because it contains no fat or cholesterol, is high in fiber and vitamins A and C, and is a good potassium source.<\/p>\n

While we tend to focus on the melon’s succulent flesh, watermelon rinds are also edible and full of nutrients.\u00a0 In China, the rinds are often stir-fried or stewed, while in the American South, cooks like to pickle them.\u00a0 Across the Middle East and Asia, the seeds are dried and roasted (similar to pumpkin seeds) to make a light, crunchy snack.<\/p>\n

Summer means relaxing by the pool, barbeques, and refreshing slices of watermelon, and no one produces more of this favorite summertime fruit than Florida.\u00a0 The Sunshine State is the top producer of watermelon in the United States.<\/p>\n

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The watermelons are planted; wait 90 days!<\/p><\/div>\n

Every morning we pick fresh blueberries and serve them for breakfast!<\/p>\n

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We pick blueberries every morning.<\/p><\/div>\n

The sweet peas are genuinely unique. In the language of flowers, a bouquet of sweet peas is a way to say goodbye or thank you for a lovely time. It\u00a0can also mean blissful pleasure, good wishes, kindness, gratitude, and friendship.<\/p>\n

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We give flowers to our family and friends.<\/p><\/div>\n

At 5:00 p.m., we quit, as evidenced by moving all the trash cans to the street in preparation for the trash collector to visit. Without trash cans, work has to cease!<\/p>\n

Mary went into hunter\/gatherer mode and headed for the garden, returning with a collection of greens, which we cleaned and stir-fried.\u00a0 \u00a0UMMY!<\/p>\n