#WeekendCoffeeShare Spring Training Edition

March 18, 2017 — #weekendcoffeeshare, flora, flowers, jasmine, power plate, workout

my front yard

lemon in bloom

pink jasmine

ripe tomatoes, ready to juice

If we were having coffee this weekend I would show you my new favorite item, which is parked just inside my front door. It is my new Power Plate Personal vibration platform. I had purchased a cheap knock of version of this equipment and become very addicted to using it. The knock off completely died electronically after two month’s use. I am always bragging that I am thrifty but not cheap. In this case I proved myself wrong by purchasing an inferior product while trying to “save” money. Imagine my ire when I looked it up on Amazon and found out they are no longer even selling the thing. I left a horrible review, then went on to read many other horrific reviews of the many cheap knock off brands. I reached the conclusion that I needed to invest in a Power Plate to make the most of my dollar expenditure. Amazon delivered, as usual, and sold me a 5 year warrantee on parts and labor that makes me feel secure that I have made a good decision this time about my purchase. My new equipment is far superior to the trashy thing I bought, and comes with a free month of video training.  This is the spring training I had in mind.  I learned my lesson about Chinese knock off merch.

If you were hanging out here today, perhaps trying the Power Plate, just for fun, you would be seriously treated to major aromatherapy. The pink jasmine in front is in full bloom, along with the white Lady Banksia rose. The jasmine scent is intoxicating, and will soon be followed by two other varieties of jasmine. In the back yard my lemon tree is blooming and setting fruit profusely this year. Last year I had a crop of zero lemons, which saddened me greatly. It looks like a bumper crop this year. The bees are very busy pollinating the flowers.  Please sit back and enjoy some iced tea, pink grapefruit juice, or freshly squeezed tomato juice.  I processed fresh tomatoes all week, and still have almost a full case, so this morning we are making a big brunch with fresh tomato juice.  Please stay for brunch, which will feature very fresh eggs from my neighbor’s pampered chickens.

If we were having coffee (juice or iced tea) this weekend I would extend my sympathy to those of you who suffered severe snow storm, Stella.  I loved snow as a child growing up in Pittsburgh, and as a serious downhill skier in middle age, but have no use for it today.  I don’t know how to drive in it, and probably could no longer construct a decent snow fort if challenged to a snowball fight.  Winter weather does seem rather perfect for writers, in a way.  Stuck indoors, perhaps with winds howling past the door, and perilous conditions on the nearest waterway, a creative person could come up with some imaginative stories.  I read some really good ones this week on Sue Vincent’s Daily Echo #writephoto blog. My own little fiction story took a hellish, dark, underworld turn, once again surprising me with the disturbing sinister tales my fiction muse creates.  I think maybe I need to listen to Homer’s Odyssey to get into this whole journey into darkness and then home again theme.  I found it free on Amazon and will add it when Alexa finishes reading my next book.  I never hurts to review the classics.

Pray tell, gentle reader, what have you been reading and writing? This movable coffee, tea, juice, and story smorgasbord meets each weekend at Nerd on the Brain’s blog.  Please join us here to contribute, to comment, or enjoy the literary and imaginary international gourmet feast.

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