{"id":77520,"date":"2024-03-01T22:29:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T05:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=77520"},"modified":"2024-03-02T16:26:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T23:26:23","slug":"77520","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=77520","title":{"rendered":"Another Week Gone Ka-Putt!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today is Friday, so I had my usual morning workout with a trainer who is 50 pounds lighter than me.\u00a0 I had a new trainer today, and she did a good job, except that she is a bit dyslexic.\u00a0 While adjusting the weights on one of the machines, she accidentally set it to 90 pounds instead of 60 pounds.\u00a0 I still attempted to complete the exercise but couldn’t finish the second set.\u00a0 When we were done, we were done!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We walked out together after an hour of elder abuse, saying, “Why are we paying these guys to beat us up?” We sounded like a bowl of Rice Krispies, SNAP, CRACKLE, and POP!\u00a0 We drove home slowly and entered the house for a quick breakfast!<\/p>\n

After breakfast, we inched our way around the garden, but finally, the smell of the soil and the plants forced us to take action.<\/p>\n

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It was a magnificent day!<\/p><\/div>\n

While working, our handyman assisted Paul in putting up the new convert on the gazebo.\u00a0 The old cover was two years old and died of wind failure.!<\/p>\n

Why do they call it a gazebo?<\/strong> – The name is an 18th-century joke word combining “gaze” with the Latin suffix ebo, meaning “I shall.” As a structured form, it is as old as garden history: it is the “viewing pavilion” of the Chinese or the summerhouse on the summit of a garden mount referred to by the 17th-century philosopher Francis Bacon.<\/div>\n
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The gazebo was a new top!<\/p><\/div>\n

In the garden, the peas were going mad.\u00a0 We have peas that are the same color as the flowers!<\/p>\n

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The beans are growing like mad.<\/p><\/div>\n

Our vines are coming out of the winter doldrums and showing themselves off.<\/p>\n

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Spring has sprung.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Scout helped up by staying out of the way.\u00a0 He did pop by for some strawberries, which he spotted about 100 feet away!<\/p>\n

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Scout watches us carefully.<\/p><\/div>\n

Did I say we kept eyes on us?<\/p>\n

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All eyes are on you!<\/p><\/div>\n

The radishes are starting to get big.\u00a0 They can become the size of a cucumber.<\/p>\n

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Our Daikon radishes are ready to pick!<\/p><\/div>\n

Growing on the trellises makes the pears easy to pick.\u00a0 They get ripe.<\/p>\n

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The peas are reaching for the sky!<\/p><\/div>\n

Look carefully; you will see the snowpea in the bottom right-hand corner.\u00a0 Snow peas received their frigid moniker from their ability to survive small amounts of frost and snow during cultivation<\/b>.\u00a0 The plants are hardy and are one of the first vegetables to be planted in the spring, and the pods can be harvested throughout the season for a variety of fresh and cooked dishes.<\/p>\n

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Spring is a fantastic time of year!<\/p><\/div>\n

I checked out the electronics, and we do have the 100-watt Alexa Studio and lights all working!<\/p>\n

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Close-up of the new gazebo!<\/p><\/div>\n

We came inside and rested briefly before going to the Elks for dinner and dancing.\u00a0 DJ Ronnie (shown NOT DJ’ing below” and Mary kicked their heels to the fantastic music.<\/p>\n

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Ronnie and Mary hit the floor; DJs have all the fun!<\/p><\/div>\n

Poof, off to Ireland.<\/p>\n

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Ireland, there they go!<\/p><\/div>\n

A little different than a “spotlight dance,” this is a drumroll dance.<\/p>\n

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I could not pass this one up!<\/p><\/div>\n

We departed about 8:15 am before the wild music began and headed home.\u00a0 There was no rain so far, and we did NOT stop at Aces; we were both tired.<\/p>\n

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