Steamy Sunday Smacking

It's still too hot in St Paul. It reached 81 degrees and although the temp is down a bit, the dewpoint is still 70 degrees, which the Strib weather guy calls uncomfortable. Muggy. I had a chance to sweat profusely again today at the Marie courts. Dennis and I hit tennis balls, trying to get him back into the game after his cataract surgery and the cortisone injection for his hip. He's been out for about six weeks, but seemed back on his game today.

Heb and I had a bike ride yesterday to Como Park in the steamy air. Herb is standing next to a very large tree that was blown down in the big storm early in August. KS was still in town then. The tree is still lying on the ground, but it isn't blocking the path. We rode around the lake and then rode over to the Conservatory and Zoo.


Herb took this photo of TT on the ride around the lake. It more or less proves that I was along and that my outfit of the day was far from stylish, but functional. The ride continued through Hamline U. and back along Chatsworth to the homestead. About 15 miles.


I had an eBay experience this week. I've been looking for a tennis racket that duplicates and backs up my Hyper Prostaff 6.1 racket. There was a used one on sale on eBay that fit the bill, but unstrung, that I thought I could buy cheap and restring. I thought that I could get it with a $30 dollar bid, but competition materialized and I had to make a last minute strategic bid to get it for $76 - about half price of a new one. It should arrive in a few days and I'll have another opportunity to use the racket stringer that I bought from GZ. It was a plan, but mostly a puny plan. It'll be nice to try out this new, but used weapon.

The First Day

It's Thursday and a very nice day in Minnesota. I played some tennis this morning with my new tennis racket. It's the first new racket that I've had in several years - a Wilson k SixOne in red (the only color that it comes in) with a 4 1/2 inch grip. I spent about three weeks trying out demos and I am happy with the choice.

I'm not sure what I'll be doing in this blog. I'm sure that it will be interesting to keep track of my biking treks and the tennis matches I participate in, but there are other areas of interest that I may comment on. I'll try to keep up to date on things for my adventuresome daughter working in Japan and my hardworking computer taming son. And more.

I am freshly retired (for about six months) from a long career in software development and I am learning how to be a gentleman of leisure.