It was a busy Saturday. The rain finished in time so that I could play some tennis with the older gentlemen. It was necessary to sweep the water from the courts, but luckily Curt showed up early with a broom and did the job. We managed to play three sets, but my level of play was affected by the gusty winds, and my general lack of inspired play meant that I was on the winning side of only one of the sets. The zone has fled from my life, but I'm hoping for its return.
The French Open is completing this weekend. The Serb youngster, Anna Ivanovic beat Marat Safin's little sister, Dinara Safina, 6-4, 6-3 to win her first major. She takes over as number one woman player in the world from Maria Sharapova. The French has been owned by Justine Henin the last few years, but she unexpectedly retired this year and didn't play at Roland Garros. Tomorrow Raphael Nadal tries for his fourth consecutive win in the Open. He's contesting the finals again with Roger Federer, the world's number one man. It's on broadcast TV at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning, live.
Herb and I planted some veggies in the backyard patch this afternoon - tomatoes and yellow peppers. We had a pretty good crop last year and I'm hoping for a repeat. It's been a late season, and I'm late planting by a week or so, but I think we'll have locally grown Early Girls in August. BC doesn't complain about non-native plants when they are edible. She's spending the summer working with prairie restoration and native plants in Glyndon and may not benefit much from the veggie largess.
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Herb's Home
He came in from London last night at about ten o'clock. BC and I were at the Lindbergh terminal to greet his jet-lagged oneness. The photo was taken at home some time later as he had a little snack. He says he has 400 photos of his trip to download.
It was another marginal day. No biking for me, because it was USTA mixed doubles match day at Wooddale. Jerry's 8.0 team managed to win two of the three matches, but, unfortunately, it was I on the losing end of a very close match: 6-4, 3-6 1-0 (11). That notation means that we made it to the third "set" ten-point tiebreaker, but lost 13-11. And we managed to waste two match points in the tiebreaker. It may take me until tomorrow toget over the bitter disappointment :-) Hardcore Barb and I again fell victim to a young guy's top spin returns and superior serves. This neverending story is sad, but also gives me an obstacle to overcome. It was an enjoyable match against two nice people and I am happy to have been able to take the court and crunch a forehand or two.
And as you, who read BC's blog, know, BC has a job starting very soon for the Nature Conservancy somewhere near Fargo.
It was another marginal day. No biking for me, because it was USTA mixed doubles match day at Wooddale. Jerry's 8.0 team managed to win two of the three matches, but, unfortunately, it was I on the losing end of a very close match: 6-4, 3-6 1-0 (11). That notation means that we made it to the third "set" ten-point tiebreaker, but lost 13-11. And we managed to waste two match points in the tiebreaker. It may take me until tomorrow toget over the bitter disappointment :-) Hardcore Barb and I again fell victim to a young guy's top spin returns and superior serves. This neverending story is sad, but also gives me an obstacle to overcome. It was an enjoyable match against two nice people and I am happy to have been able to take the court and crunch a forehand or two.
And as you, who read BC's blog, know, BC has a job starting very soon for the Nature Conservancy somewhere near Fargo.
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