Marion's Retirement

[Maid Marion]

I like to use yellow balls so I know which one is mine when playing a foursome!

My swing speed isn't high enough to use a 15* 3W off the fairway.
My fitter was genuinely surprised to see that I could hit a 16.5 fairway off the deck that was only a few  yards less than driver off the tee!

They changed the lofts.  My 7 iron is only 27 degrees loft!     

[Petunia]

I wasted a lot of time in my teens looking for golf perfection.
36 holes Saturday, 36 Sunday, time on the driving range plus another 9 holes during the week.

I could play 16 or 17 really good holes and destroy it on the other 1 or 2.

I lost count of the number of times I was par or better for most of the round but it was always a double or triple bogey there somewhere that put even par or better out of reach.

I'm a nicer person without that frustration

[ChrissyRyan]

How are your roses doing?


Chrissy

[Maid Marion]

The old garden roses are doing fabulously this year.  They bloom once in the summer and take the rest of the year off from making  flowers.

The hybrid teas got whacked pretty hard by winter and a late spring freeze.
But, they all came back to life so I have a 100% winter survival rate, even though the plants are smaller that usual. Thus, there are fewer high centered roses on long stems than usual, but this could very well flip in the fall, as the old canes are being replaced by more vigorous new ones!

One plant normal has three big roses in bloom  around now.  Instead it has ten smaller buds to bloom in a few weeks.

Marion

[Stottie Girl]

I do like roses. I have managed to salvage my favourite yellow tea rose and red patio rose from my garden. They are safely stored on my parents patio. I have moved both those roses three times now and when it goes into my new garden that will be 4 times. Experts say you can't move roses but you can!

My mum buys a memorial David Austin rose every time we loose a family member or a close family friend. Sadly her rose garden is growing quite large now.

I have close to twenty plants and 2 fruit trees waiting in pots ready for my new garden. I'm champing at the bit to get started!

[Maid Marion]

After walking 18 holes, the round ended conveniently at noon, so I headed over to Jersey Mike's for my least feminine activity, ordering an 1810 calorie giant sub sandwich for lunch/dinner!

I played really well, making a lot of good shots and smartly managing my way around the course.
My duffed shots often advanced the ball to better locations.

On the 16th hole, a Par 54 with a water hazard running across the fairway 140 yards from the pin, I hit a drive down the middle of the fairway.  One of the guys I was playing with was still gendering me as female!  I told some of the other guys I wear female clothes because they fit me and he had no problem with that.  If someone had an issue with that it was their problem, not mine!
When I play with other seniors we get to share the issues we have, much like someone would talk with a therapist.

One guy got to vent about his car insurance sky rocketing after two accidents that weren't his fault.  One was with an unlicensed driver.

[Stottie Girl]

1,810 calories? In one sandwich? WTF?!!! That sounds like it would be as big as my head!!

[Maid Marion]

13 Giant
The Original Italian
1,810 Cal Provolone, ham, prosciuttini, cappacuolo, salami, and pepperoni
Yes, half a dozen slices of each!  On wheat bread with lettuce, onions, oil, and vinegar!

[Maid Marion]

I did my first rose show in two years, winning four trophies and 17 blue ribbons.
17 tied for first in the Horticultural part of the show, but the winner took Sweepstakes with one more ribbon in the Floral Arrangements Division. That fact was announced to those in attendance. There were many really good exhibits this year.  They said the weather was great this year.  Even better, they have a couple of young ladies who are really enthused about exhibiting roses and participating in the running of rose societies!  Not only did they win many of the top awards, they wore dresses to the awards ceremony held at the end of the show!

I played at a cheap private golf course during the awards judging. No bunkers.  Some of the small greens are challenging domes.
A large group with three carts waved me through on a 150  yard Par 3.  I pulled driver and put the ball just short of the green.
A chip and two putt for bogey while they watched me play!  One of the toughest mental situations in golf!

I pull driver on Par 3s over 140 yards.  Between 140 and 180 yard I'm able to adjust my swing to put the ball on the green with more consistency that randoms I get paired with!  Sometimes I'm the only one on the green!

Marion

[Lori Dee ✅]

Congrats on the trophies and ribbons, MM! That is awesome.

I would love to visit your rose garden one day, but you live too far away.

[Stottie Girl]

13 Giant
The Original Italian
1,810 Cal Provolone, ham, prosciuttini, cappacuolo, salami, and pepperoni
Yes, half a dozen slices of each!  On wheat bread with lettuce, onions, oil, and vinegar!

13 slices of each meat??!!! That is obscene Marion ha ha ha! I would probably have to dislocate my jaw to take a bite!🤣🤣

I hate it when people ask me to play through, the pressure is immense, second only to those tee boxes right in front of the golf clubhouse where everyone is watching you tee off!

Very well done in the horticultural show!