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My garden is growing.

When I started on Monday, I planted one tomato plant. Yesterday I planted another one as well as two pots of Impatiens. I also bought a dwarf peach tree that I have yet to decide where to plant in the back yard.

And today I bought a third tomato plant.

I'm not sure why it is the focus of my garden always seems to be tomato plants. It isn't as if tomatoes are anywhere near my favorite garden plants. I think it's because when you're growing something, it's really important to get positive feedback, even if it is just from a plant. Tomato plants grow quickly, and once the fruit starts to appear, it grows pretty quickly as well.

Eventually I will plant other stuff, but since we're going to be away for three weeks in June, I think I will wait until July so that I can at least tend my garden faithfully.
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I have walked for an hour or more each of the last three days, but I haven't been able to get onto the golf course.

I missed Monday, and then the last two days, the course has been closed while they aerate the greens.

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After my fiasco Sunday, which was the worst I've played in months, it probably wasn't the worst thing for me to take a few days off from golf.

Because I'm an idiot when it comes to golf, I always look for reasons that I played badly. I figure it might have been that I was using white golf balls, largely because the last time I went to Walmart they were out of the yellow Top Flite balls I prefer.

I'm not sure when it was I switched to yellow balls, but I have been using them for at least a few years and I really do prefer them.

At any rate, I haven't been able to find them the last few times I've looked, but I did find something really interesting the last time I looked.

The company is called Eclipse, and they might make the goofiest, coolest-looking golf balls I have ever seen.

I bought three dozen and will try them out tomorrow.

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It's possible they'll be too weird looking to hit.

But I doubt it.

Still, it gives me another excuse if I play badly.