I started the day around a 6'ish rollout as I wanted to get back to my stump digging efforts. After a couple soft boiled eggs and glass of V-8 juice I headed out to the back woods yard following my usual routine(s) of a cup of hot green tea after my vitamins and supplements, a few quiet moments and the posting of this ramble. The air had a chill as I loaded up the golf cart with my digging iron, post hole diggers, ax and hoe. I started on the stump I tried to burn out last year to no avail. I got all of the roots exposed in just a couple hours with some hard digging then we took off on our daily hike to the top of the mountain.
We met the new owner of the Fuller House or we saw him but spoke with his daughter Angela who has 3 children. She was most friendly and filled us in on her family as did we about ourselves. This will be a summer home for them and her father as they live in Ashboro, N.C. She was very nice an informative. Seems they are related to the Fullers through marriage. We saw Dean Todd at Normans who looks out for his place while he is in the hospital and he was on the phone with Norm as we passed by. Seems Norm isn't improving as we all were hoping for as he is still in Baptist Hospital. We headed on across the top and stopped and chatted with Joe and Jetta before heading on back for lunch.
We had purchased some asparagus last week and hadn't had a chance to eat it so Nancy sautéed it with fresh mushrooms with garlic in olive oil and it was delicious. We finished up the last of the cantaloupe as well. I headed back out to the stumps and worked another hour or so before finally calling it a day. My shirt was dripping with sweat from the workout and the back and arm muscles were singing "enough" as well. We got a small shower of rain just as I finished and loaded up my tools. The rain felt great as it cooled me down as well as rinsed off some of the sweat. I sat and read for an hour or so on the back porch then headed down to check on the lower garden to see if my replanted corn is up. I think I have old seeds and must buy new ones. I staked the 7 tomato plants as well as my watermelon plants in the lower garden. The fruit on them will be small and the vines take up a lot of space so I'm going to hope they will climb a large tomato cage. The 1/2 runners are sending out runners and will soon be climbing the chicken wire fence. The zucchini is blooming and I picked several green worms from the cauliflower plants and smashed them between my fingers. The lettuce is really starting to take off and the cool nights really seem to bring it to life.
I jumped in the shower as we were heading over to what amounts to an annual get together with the Woodie Family. Several brothers and sisters live in the area and they have a beautiful outdoor/indoor area on the Little River which will accommodate a huge crowd. We have been fortunate enough to be invited for several years to this occasion and have become friends and acquaintances of the family. Patrick and Kathryn are renting a summer cabin from one of the sisters and they too were invited. We picked them up and they left their car at a locale near the river house as the steep drive is somewhat made for 4 wheel drive and lock rear end vehicles. The food was awesome as everyone brought dishes and they provided the catfish and drinks. We renewed lots of old friendships and made a few new ones as well. It was an awesome weather event.
We left around 8 'ish and decided to go by and see our newest friend Curtis and the old farm house he bought over the winter months. It is really a neat place and though he wasn't home we stopped and took a couple pictures and then decided to follow this road we have never been on before. Well it took us through some beautiful farm land and off in the distance we could see the towers that are at the top of our mountain so we had our bearings but had no idea where this road would lead us. We did stop as we saw some folks sitting on a porch for directions and it was like speaking with someone right out of the movie "Deliverance", yikes was that ever eerie. We follow their directions for a couple turns then recognized a familiar site which brought us to the Scenic Valley road. Wow was that ever gorgeous with the pink clouds over the mountains just before dusk.
Well we were home just as darkness fell and it wasn't long until it was bedtime around 11'ish. I was still wide awake despite all of the physical work during the day and we both had a restless night from eating late and so much. We sampled only about 1/4 of the many dishes available and we both stayed away from the desserts, LATER
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