Sunday Morning

Well Saturday started out as a work day but ended with a social get together and celebration of our young friends 19th birthday with lots of good eatin' and socializing. We got to know her beau's family and had a tour of an old farm house built around the 1900's. The character of this old house is awesome and it sets on a nice piece of land just a few hundred yards off the main highway.

I rolled out around 7'ish to start the day as my muscles ached from all the digging and sawing on Friday. I'm sure I have those stumps ready for the burning this coming week. I decided to burn them one day at a time and Monday is the first day set. After my usual routine(s) I headed to check on the gardens and it once again found no deer damage. The yellow tape is working thus far. I fired up the weed whacker and commenced to edging the property all except for the backwoods yard. That kept me busy until nearly lunch time when we decided to get our daily hike in before lunch. I wrapped up the steaks for Joe and Jetta in newspaper and we headed to the top of the mountain.

We sat and visited with them when we noticed the smell of homemade bread baking. Well low and behold she had yeast dinner rolls baking in the oven and she shared a pan full with us. My that was some awesome eating and we had 2 each. It's been awhile since we have had such a delicacy and treat. We headed on back down and then ate a nice salad for lunch. After lunch I fired up the riding mower and spent the next couple hours mowing. The sun was shining brightly and the smell of fresh cut grass was perfume to my senses.

After mowing I cooled off on the back porch and read for an hour or so before we got ready to head over to Curtis's house for a birthday celebration for Kaitlyn his girlfriend. Nancy had a vegetable casserole in the oven for the occasion. I'm almost finished with Nicholas Sparks book THE LONGEST RIDE and while he is a great writer he always has me in tears at least once during the read. This book had me in tears nearly every time I picked it up to read, Oh well.

We arrived at the party around 4:30 and visited with the group. It seems our old post mistress is Curtis's mom so we knew her from years past and Kaithyn is friends with the Dalton Gang so we met her and her mom Karin through them. Karin folks were there as well as her old beau Frank who seemed to be a nice feller. We sat out beside the old house in the shade of the porch and huge chestnut tree. There was all kinds of grilled meat and casseroles. This county has some mighty fine cooks and the food was plentiful and delicious. Curtis and Kaithlyn have chickens, rabbits, horses and a goat who thinks she is a person along with 2 dogs; both are animal lovers as well as gardeners.

We stayed around and helped herd the chickens into their new chicken coup and played with the goat and dogs which seem to have a playful relationship. It was a fun evening and we stayed until nearly dark. We took the scenic route home and saw lots of deer on the way back. It was around 9'ish when we finally pulled into the driveway. After a hot shower I finished the Spark's book and the ending was superb. I must classify it as a love story with a manly twist and unrealistic ending; but of course anything is possible in the world of human interactions with good intentions, LATER  Here are some pics of the yellow tape around the yards which act as a deer deterrent and some of the animals at Curtis's place. Nancy and the goat Leila were pals and it was funny to watch the dogs lead her around by a rope.