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Sports & Exercise
9-Hole Women’s Golf Assoc. (DTNHWGA)
By Sandy Gove
After what seemed like an eternity of golf courses without golfers, one day I looked out my window, and lo and behold, there they were! People with golf clubs, and everyone wore a childlike grin whether their golf balls went straight down the fairway or landed in the water: they were playing golf again! Some wise restrictions apply: one person per cart, social distancing, and... no flags or holes on the greens!? Was this a Superintendent’s Revenge? No.
Replacing the traditional flags were “tuna cans” to aim for instead: tap the can and it was “in the cup.” Then, just as we got used to the rewarding sound of golf balls hitting the metal cans those were replaced by short, skinny metal rods, barely visible from the tee. The rods are different colors to show placement: a favorite is the disappearing black color. We’re told there soon will be flags at the top of the rods-our eyes look forward to that. (We know and appreciate the care being taken to keep players safe while we’re golfing.) Do we dare think what might be next? Golfers can handle anything.
Though leagues are not back officially, with the cooperation and assistance of Ryan and the Pro Shop, Justine and Debby arranged for members to play Thursday mornings, observing safe distancing rules. It is wonderful to be out on the course connecting with friends again, and members are sincerely grateful to all for making this happen.
One of our members, a dedicated nurse who works with Hospice patients locally, early on gave up golf and socializing with friends in order to protect those in her care. Wednesday, May 6 was her birthday: it was also, appropriately, the first day of Nurses’ Week.
To celebrate her birthday, and to recognize and thank her for her service above self, along
with nurses and first responders everywhere, Debby Taylor and Nancy Davy and other members got together with the help of her husband, Steve, to organize a parade of 16 golf carts. There were honking horns, balloons, posters, flowers, bubbles, Champagne and a cake! The neighbors seemed to enjoy it too!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DORINDA DOYLE!
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Model Native Garden Update
By Rosemary Eiden
Feed Your Plants Now Before the Rainy Season
Now with all the extra time I have been doing an excellent job of making compost. I continue to make layers of brown material (the neighbors bagged live oak leaves) and then a green layer (all the weeds I pick plus excess plant trimmings) in my compost bin. I lifted the compost container up and off the debris last week, gave it all a good toss, added some water and put it back in the composter.
That will speed up the process a bit by introducing air. I have noticed this week that the debris inside the container has gone down by one third. My compost will be ready by the end of May.
Then I will start another in October. My soil has improved already 50% in the areas I have added the compost. My perennial plants receive the bulk of the compost application. I use it as a top dressing. I usually have enough to spread on a 10x10 foot area. I make a mental note on which areas received it last year so that I don’t double up on them. When the rain comes it waters the compost down through the pine straw I use as a mulch. I like the pine straw for the slight acidity they release to the plants. The sand tends to be alkaline so the acid changes that PH to a neutral level. Too much acid or too much alkalinity will turn the leaves on your plants yellow.
Full and part time residents of Del Tura and their guests are reminded that there should be
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Bromeliad’s like a special application of magnesium to flower. This is Epsom salts. Again, with your hand rake scratch the magnesium into the sandy soil around the plants and reapply the mulch.
This time of the year before the rainy season comes is a good time to apply fertilizer to your plants. When we receive those downpours a lot of the nutrients will leach through and away in the sand. Time release fertilizers are easy to apply and last for 6 months. Flowering bushes like Alamonda and Hibiscus need the fertilizer to perform and look well. With your hand rake remove any mulch 1 foot away from the trunk, sprinkle the time release fertilizer there and rake the mulch back over. This is the area where the small feeder roots are. Palms need palm food to stay healthy and green. If your palms are showing yellow fronds it is time for food. Lawns are the hungriest for nutrients. Once lawns become thin then the weeds move in. I usually use my hose end sprayer with “Miracle Grow” to give the lawn a once a week spraying. Also, a once a month “Weed b’ Gone” spray to keep the weeds at bay. Of course, there are lawn care companies that come on a schedule to do that for you. If you want that perfectly green lawn then the labor and maintenance are worth it.
Please keep our sidewalks open for their intended purpose. Our streets are sufficiently wide enough to handle our vehicle and still permit traffic to pass easily. If you have contractors working on your behalf, please remid them of this request as well. Also, please keep your garbage off the sidewalks as well. Place it at the end of your driveway or in the grass. Attention to this request will result in a happier and safer neighborhood for all of us!
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Try To Keep Things In Perspective
Maybe we don’t have it that bad?
It’s a mess out there now. Hard to discern the degree of the threat. Hard to decide what to do. . For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900.
On your 14th birthday, World War I starts and ends on your 18th birthday 22 million people perish in that war. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until your 20th birthday. 50 million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.
On your 29th birthday, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, the World GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy.
When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet. And don’t try to catch your breath. On your 41st birthday, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war.
Smallpox was epidemic until you were in your 40’s, as it killed 300 million people during your lifetime.
At 50, the Korean War starts. 5 million perish. From your birth, until you are 55 you dealt with the fear of Polio epidemics each summer. You experience friends and family contracting polio and being paralyzed and/or die.
At 55 the Vietnam War begins and doesn’t end for 20 years. 4 million people perish in that conflict. During the Cold War, you lived each day with the fear of nuclear annihilation. On your 62nd birthday, you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, almost ended. When you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends.
Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How did they endure all of that? When you were a kid in 1985 and didn’t think your 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. And how mean that kid in your class was. Yet they survived through everything listed above. Perspective is an amazing art. Refined and enlightening as time goes on. Let’s try and keep things in perspective.
Your parents and/or grandparents were called to endure all of the above – you are called to stay home and sit on your couch.
Jokes For You
A three-year-old walks over to a pregnant lady while waiting with his mother in the doctor’s office.
“Why is your stomach so big?” he asks.
“I’m having a baby,” she replies.
“Is the baby in your stomach?” he asks, with his big eyes.
“Yes, it is,” she says.
“Is it a good baby?” he asks, with a puzzled look.
“Oh, yes. A really good baby,” the lady replies.
Shocked and surprised, he asks: “Then why did you eat him?”
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Johnny came home excited to tell his dad that he got a part in the upcoming school play.
“That’s great,” says dad. “What will your role be?”
Johnny replied with excitement, “I’ll be playing the role of a man married for 25 years!”
“Congratulations Johnny,” says dad. “Next time, maybe you’ll get a speaking part!”
A beachgoer spotted a shiny object washed ashore by the tide and stooped to pick it up. He was busy wiping the sand off the object with his shirt when a genie appeared.
“I am the genie of this lamp and I will grant you three wishes - but each wish comes with a caveat. Anything you wish for, will be half compared to what your mother-inlaw gets.”
“Fine,” says the beachgoer. “I wish for a million bucks.”
“Granted, but your mother-inlaw will receive twice as much.”
“I’m ok with that. For my second wish, I would like a mansion right on the beach.”
“Done,” says the genie, “but your mother-in-law will get two mansions on the beach.”
“That’s fine. For my final wish, I would like to be beaten half to death.” A cement mixer and a prison bus crashed on the highway...
Police advise citizens to be on the lookout for a group of hardened criminals!
I’m on a plane and the lunch choices are white meat chicken or German sausage. Unfortunately, I’m seated in the last row.
I’m hoping for the breast, but preparing for the wurst.
A new widow requested the epitaph “Rest in Peace” for her husband’s tombstone. When she later found he had left his fortune to his mistress, she attempted to get the engraver to change the carving. This was impossible; the words were chiseled and could not be changed.
“In that case,” she said, “please add, ‘Until We Meet Again.’”
Remember how the bible says we are all dust and we’ll return to dust?
Well, that’s why I don’t dust… it could be someone I know.
Del Tura Motorcycle Club
By Sheila Doublé
DEL TURA FAMILY
Needing a break from “life as we currently know it” we decided to get away for a day trip and rode up to Fisherman’s Village in Punta Gorda. It was a very beautiful and quiet ride, and was quite serene seeing all the shops closed with the docks full and boat tours (with less than 10ppl) going out sightseeing and fishing. It was nice to actually take the time to look around with very few others there. Riding is to me the most relaxing, quiet, feel the wind and just enjoy the moment. We will all come together again soon to ride for breakfast, lunch or some charity events and relax and enjoy or loves and life…
See everyone soon.
When we can: We invite all riders for our Sunday Breakfast rides on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month (weather permitting) meet at 8am at the clubhouse parking lot.
Check out the Del Tura Events Facebook page for upcoming events: Coming Soon
HARLEY FUN FACT:
There’s one business that’s deemed essential during the COVID-19 pandemic that you may not expect: motorcycle dealers and shops. They are deemed essential because they do vehicle maintenance and, some of the most important vehicles they are maintaining right now are Harley Davidson’s ridden by police officers.
Not only is it important to keep these officers on the road, according to the Harley dealer, riding a motorcycle is one of the safer activities during the covid-19 pandemic.
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