Well Friday turned out to be a great day in several ways. The weather which was fore casted to be rainy, overcast and unseasonably cool turned out to be almost the opposite except for the cool temps which were almost ideal as it reached the upper 60's. There was plenty of sunshine and blue skies with an occasional fluffy white cloud. The morning started rather nippy with the low in the 40's.
The other good news was the radon tests came back for the cabin and we are 0.6 of 1 per cent that it's not very evident in the cabin which is great and so that helped to relieve some of the stress that has helped to influence Nancy's health. Her heart has been fluttering and flip-flopping the last month or so and it's been due to the stress she has created for herself about certain issues which has been the possibility of radon gas in the cabin which could effect us, kids and grand kids. We saw our doctor here in the mountains and while he is an internist he specializes in the heart. He gave Nancy a through exam along with some other tests and tells her she is fine and that she should take some over the counter magnesium oxide daily. Well that was more joyful news as well.
The morning was rather quiet for us as we awaited our time to head to Independence, Va. around 1 PM for her doctors appointment so it was doing little chores around the cabin. I checked on the wine berry must which is just about through cooking. I've had it in a plastic bucket upstairs for about 10 days or so and the fermentation process should be about finished. I need to strain and rack the solution into individual bottles and let it age. I should have around 6 or 8, 750 ml. bottles of wine berry wine by Nov. We got a load of laundry on the clothesline and then took off on our daily hike to the top of the mountain. Nancy wore sweat shirts and I did have long pants on as well. We ran into Sarah who just had a heart procedure as a result of an afib condition(what Nancy is experiencing to some degree). She was experiencing runaway heart pounding, lack of energy and of course the fluttering. Speaking with her also helped to relieve some of the stress Nancy was having with her occasional pulse racing and fluttering of the heart. It's not unusual for people to have afib conditions for several years and it can be corrected with medication and the severe conditions by a surgical procedure as did Sarah have hers corrected. So things were looking up as we headed to see the doctor.
We stopped and visited with our "mountain mom" Helen on the way back home. We sat out on her deck in the bright sunshine and did that ever feel good. She to was in a sweat shirt as the air had a Fall like cool crispness to it. I do believe summer is on the way out; much to the chagrin of those who are here year round. What a weird summer with little or no real hot days. We noticed all of the homes who normally have beautiful gardens are gone and full of weeds.
Well, we finished up the left over new potato's and green beans along with a fresh salad for supper, yeow was that ever as good as the day we prepared it. We took a golf cart ride to the top of the mountain and visited with Joe, Jetta and Zeke for a few minutes after supper. Joe and I wanted to try some locally grown grass fed beef that you pre-ordered and picked up at the Farmers Market in Independence. He picked it up earlier in the day for us. I'm curious as to the flavor of the meat as its rather expensive. It was a beautiful evening but the air was quickly cooling off as we headed down to watch Fox News and then Nancy tuned into some T.V. shows while I watched on the Internet the Rays come from behind once again to beat the Jays in the bottom of the ninth, LATER
