We started Saturday off with a sleep in to the sound of the rain dripping onto the tin roof; such a comfortable feeling when your all snug under the warm covers. We lounged around until the rain stopped but the fog was like a ghost that surrounded the cabin. After my usual routine(s) and a few quiet minutes then the posting of this ramble I slipped on my knee high gum boots and headed outside. The fog allowed me to work outside and despite it being only in the low 60's I soon worked up a sweat while digging out an old stump that I had grinded down many years ago. It seems this stump every time I mow had become a nuisance as it showed above the ground and sometimes it would catch the edge of the mower, so with the ground being soft from all of the rain now was the time to tackle that problem.
After removing much of the stump that was visible I headed to my back yard dirt pit and hauled a load of good dirt to cover the area I had dug out and then planted grass seed. I checked several areas in the back woods yard for bare spots and loosened the ground and sowed grass seed on them as well. That kept me busy until 2 PM with a short stop for our daily hike and a lite lunch before calling it a day. A light rain started once again during the afternoon and continued through most of the evening and night.
We headed out around 4 PM for the Tracy's cabin on the other side of Sparta for a supper of marinated grilled salmon, baked taters' with all the trimmings and asparagus with a hollandaise sauce all of which was delicious. Kathryn is a fabulous cook. Nancy brought an egg custard pie which topped the meal off superbly. Afterwards we play a game of Spades with the gals vs guys and once more the gals were victorious in a rather large way as we were in the minus all night long. We then play a round of 5 Crowns and finally the guys had something to add to their list of wins which has been nonexistent so far. It was a rather foggy drive as we headed back to the cabin a little after 9 which usually takes at least 30-45 minutes. I learned one thing the deer don't seem to like the fog either as we saw nary a one along the road on our trip back, LATER Nancy took her camera out on our hike yesterday!!!
