Brrr, it was cold to us flatlanders this AM as we awakened to clear skies and bright sunshine. We had the low in the high 30's and it may have reached the high 60's by late afternoon. The sun was quite hot out of the cool breeze but it made for an exceptional Indian summer day. We spent the afternoon at Cornerstone inside helping with the set up and meal prep for the local Pregnancy Center banquet and fund raiser for both our youth and the center.
After our quiet time and a lite breakfast of cereal with fruit I headed our to check on the gardens for deer damage. I have noticed the Japanese beetles seem to have gone as I only saw one yesterday and I sent him to forever gone. My unsightly deer fence seems to be working or they have decided what little was left isn't worth the effort. I walked up in the woods behind the yard and the deer scat(dropping) is everywhere and most of it is from the big buck we see around from time to time. It was so nice to be outside without those infernal gnats and deer flies buzzing your head. For some reason this year the gnats have been especially bad.
We took off on our daily hike to the top of the mountain and what a beautiful walk in the woods. The views from the top were magnificent with great distant views. We saw no one but did see the evidence where an outside campfire was smoking at one of the weekend residents. We headed back down the mountain to an early lunch of leftover vegetable beef soup and crackers, Yeow it was more flavorable than yesterday when first made and it hit the spot on this fall like day.
We got ready and headed out a little before 1 PM as we wanted to visit the library in Sparta on our way to Cornerstone. There was plenty of help at the church and after a few little jobs of peeling 5 dozen hard boiled eggs for deviled eggs we took a break and sat outside in the sun reading for an hour or so before the real hard work began. We served about a total of 75 folks then washed all the dishes by hand; glass plates, silverware, pots and pans then we cleared the tables and once more set up the worship area with the removable chairs. We were finished by 8:30 PM then bid all a good night and head back to the cabin. We had shut all of the windows and I hung the sheet in between the upstairs to keep the heat downstairs and it was toasty when we got back. The temps were already dropping into the low 50's outside.
I tuned into a good college game between Ole' Miss and Auburn and it was a close game right to the end with the Eagles winning in the last minute. The Ray's were winning in Minnesota but rain had stopped the game as I got ready for some horizontal lab. It was toasty under the quilt and I did not want to get out of the sack this AM at 7:30; but it's church day so we are up and raring to go for another day, LATER
