I did it again: went to the wrong court! Totally senile.
5-1, 5-2, 1-5
The game isn’t much to talk about, with one weak player, who has good forms but doesn’t like to move; and another one with bad back who can hit but run.
… how do you pick up the balls? This YouTube video shows 7 ways – lol – The first three are common. The last four … emmm … not so: either a pro or junky, just kidding. The last four are awesome.
… during the game, it’s all waiter’s tray.
… my smoothy: whatever I find at the moment. Berries, fruits, milk, …
What do you drink in the morning, before the game?
I made a mess by not checking my email in time … I was a sub for the foursome and one of them cancelled at the last second and found no sub … this is all because of the wonderful concert last night.
Long story short, Yvonne, Shy and John ended up playing with me. 6-3, 6-1 with one double. I’m not happy because my serving isn’t improving.
I played my first singles tournament in years, to show support for the organizer. 8 pro set; 8 players. I won my first round 8-0, and lost the second round to the eventual champ 1-8, who won his final 8-2.
5-4, 5-0, 3-5. The last set we were down 0-3, then 1-4. I’ve one double in the first set. During the warm up, I hit a few singlehanded backhand, thinking of Pete Sampras.
The story of the day is a pair mourning doves 哀鸽. I got there early to practice my serve (duh!) and seeing a bird flies by more frequently than usual, “what a nice companion!”
The early bird gets the worm.
The mourning doves, one is incubating and one is bring in more twigs and grass to build or enhance their nest at top of the tent between two tennis courts.
But when my three buddies arrived, the bird grow bolder, not only in and out of our tent more but also landed on the net often. Then did I realize that he’s bring in the materials to enhance the nest, which is up the tent.
An hour later, next court is occupied by four more guys. The birdie is more desperate. It must be the love!
Courtship activities begin in late winter (late February/early March) with egg laying beginning in late April/early May.
Doves will attempt 2 to 5 nestings in a year
Incubation lasts about 14 days and both the male and female take part.
Nesting almost never occurs in densely wooded areas.
The male and female both assist in the construction of the nest. The male will select the material for the nest and then deliver it to the female who builds the nest.
The male usually sits on the nest during the day while the female takes her turn at night.
The lifespan of a dove is relatively short, whereby, on average, they live just longer than a year. The two to five nestings per year are necessary to maintain the population levels.
I serve out not only doubles, aces too, from time to time but this photo is the first, because after change over, Cheri pointed to it and said it was a really good serve. Thanks coach! It means a lot.
We supposedly to repeat last week’s fun but Graham didn’t show up. We ended up playing Canadian. Hope and I won 1 game each and Cheri 2.
Have a big bowl of pasta – yummy yummy spaghettioooo
One more practice day that begins at dark. I saw the pair at the last minutes. They stand still and looking back at me -:) … as if to say, you budge. this was my home …
We’re here for the Mets vs Marlins game on March 20, 2024. We were here last year to visit but didn’t attend a game.
It’s the spring training camp for the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals, with 6,871 seats. This arena looks and feels slightly different from Mets’ training ground at Clover Park @ Port St. Lucie: compact and in the center of the town, Jupiter, where Tiger Woods and many other golfers live or lived.
Although it’s only a few steps away from the garage to the stadium, but they provide buggies to ferry us around. Bathroom doesn’t seem to have air conditioning. But I like this small scale events better than the full blown ones. Intimate and closer to the action.