Well it's still raining for the fifth day in a row. The yards and gardens are so soggy you can't even get into them. It's time for some sunshine and warm weather because summer is about gone here in the mountains. We noticed some Maple and Gum trees that are already turning for the fall colors, yikes where did the summer go??
We started the day with a sleep in to the sound of rain once again on the tin roof. I really like that sound but not 5 days in a row; how about every third day a nice rain shower but no all day and all night ones, oh well. We are in some type of weather pattern that is conducive to all this fog, rain and overcast skies but this is much better than a hurricane that is showing up in all places like Hawaii. We did our usual routine(s) then played around on the computer and spoke with everyone back in Florida where they could use some of this extra wet weather. Today was Ava and Sam's first day of school at Keswick Christian and it was just a half day for Ava. They both enjoyed it and want to go back tomorrow.
The rain let up for about 30 minutes around noon so I was able to ride the gold cart to the top of the mountain and pick enough green beans around the outside of the Browning garden fence to give to our newest friends we were meeting at 5 PM. No sooner did I get them picked the skies open up once again and at times fell rather heavy through out the afternoon. We headed out around 3:30 for Sparta as we had some errands to run before meeting Sam and Nancy Huff in the Piney Creek area. We made a stop at the post office to mail a package of newborn outfits to our newest grand niece in Michigan who was born a couple weeks ago. Then we headed to the library for some new reads by Sandra Brown and Julie Garwood. It was going on 5 by then so we headed out to the Huff's place.
This area of the county has a lot of cleared hills and was once a great farming area and the views are majestic especially looking back into Virginia. They are 2 miles from the line and they can see White Top Mountain which usually holds snow in the winter thus its name. Their place is near the top of a hill that has a grand view of Turkey Knob and the surrounding community which is absolutely gorgeous. We had met Sam and Nancy at Becca's Café a couple weeks ago and hit it off immediately as they live part time in the Crystal River area of Florida, so we decided to meet for a bite and a glass of vino before attending a monthly meeting at their community club house for a show on the flora and fauna in this area. The presenter is a retired educator from the Salisbury school district and now travels all over taking these beautiful photos especially of the unique and seldom seen wild flowers. She had some awesome photographs and did a laptop presentation. There were probably 25-30 folks in attendance and the show lasted close to an hour including the discussion afterwards and mingling. We met a new couple visiting his folks who now reside in Bozeman, Montana.
I almost forgot to mention that (Sam's) Nancy had prepared prosciutto wrapped asparagus spears and a tomato tart that was much like a large slice of pizza only much lighter and delicious. She also had some finger foods as well and a two kinds gelato for dessert. The cuisine was light and delicious. We talked and dined for nearly two hours before traveling about a 1/2 mile to the community building. We left the area before darkness set in and when we headed towards the cabin on the east side of Sparta it was nearly a complete white out of fog and drizzle. Yikes that was some ride home and we saw very few cars on the road. Nancy got somewhat nauseous due to the lack of being able to see the road. We made it home safely but at times we lost sight of the road and navigated by feel especially in our road as there were no white or yellow lines to help with the edge of the road.
Well after hot showers it was horizontal time with a new read until 11'ish, LATER
