Well Saturday turned out to be a Fall like day with temps staying in the 60's for a high and down in the low 50's. We never saw the sunshine at all and at times there was a lite rain and lots of damp conditions. The yards and gardens needed this type of weather as we have been dry. I was able to work outside until lunch time and then decided since it was wet and damp to spend the rest of the afternoon reading and napping. I did head out about 6:30 for the pickle ball court where I got in 2 plus hours of play on the non skid surface despite it being damp and wet.
The morning started with me sleeping in until 7'ish for a change as the cool and damp air made for an extra blanket and the snugness was conducive for sleeping in. After my usual routine(s) I ventured out to check on the gardens and flower beds for deer damage and saw none. Nancy wanted to fry up the leftover parsley taters for breakfast along with a couple cackleberries and I washed it down with a V-8. ikes was that ever tasty with a little Chrystal hot sauce to add to the flavor.
I noticed a little smoke coming from the burned up pine tree stump so I broke up what was left and buried the coals filling in the hole and then sowing grass seed. I took the chainsaw and cut off the roots of an old stump behind the red outhouse that I had dug out from around the day before and pulled it from the ground. I then filled in that hole as well. I have just one more stump to get rid of and Nancy is trying to talk me into not burning it as it's rather close to the woods. I may work on it another day and see if I can dig out from underneath it and then cut it off and have neighbor Gerald lift it out of the hole with the front end loader on his tractor. We will see!!
We got in our hike today to the top of the mountain and drizzle stayed with us most of the way and fell even harder as we headed down the back trail. After a salad for lunch the drizzle had rain dripping from the roof and the dampness made for staying inside so I finished a Sandra Brown book called the CHILL FACTOR. She is a good author and keeps your attention throughout the many twists and turns in her story telling. We had steak fajitas for supper then I headed out to Roaring Gap Club to meet up with 3 other players for some pickle ball. We played under the lights outside and despite it being damp and cool we all had soaked shirts by the end of the nights action as we played 12 sets of regular pickle ball scoring which means you only score when your serving. That scoring makes for a longer game than does rally scoring where someone scores a point on every play regardless of who is serving. My tank was on empty as we finished up around 9'ish.
Nancy found the Ray's on one of the higher channels and we watched the Ray's beat the Twins again and could possibly sweep this series today with a win. This would be a great comeback after a miserable first half of this season. The hot shower felt great and then I read until the sandman calleth around 11, LATER
