Well Tuesday felt like a Fall day to start. 52 degrees here on the mountain and it may have reached 70 by late afternoon. The breeze made it feel even colder but it was a fantastic day for heavy work outside. I managed to saw up 3 more trees in the back woods yard and pile the brush, rake the grass and stack all of the wood. That kept me busy for most of the morning and early afternoon. I took off around 6 with neighbor Gerald for a couple hours of pickle ball with 6 other guys. What a workout for the day.
The day started with my usual routines after a few quiet moments and the posting of this ramble. I know a couple of you readers have been making comments about the ramble but for some unknown reason I'm unable to see them. I can't figure out what or why they don't show up and that could be a good thing, just kidding! I made egg sandwiches for breakfast with these delicious home grown tomato's, onion and dill pickles on pumpernickel bread slathered with mayo, yikes that held me until we decided to eat a big meal around 3 o'clock and forego a supper. I didn't want to eat big as I would be on the pickle ball court.
We took off mid-morning for a hike up to the top of the mountain where once more the buildings in Winston were visible. We stopped and took the mail up to Norm who was sitting in the warm sunshine. He seemed a little stronger and his speech was much more clearer as well. We headed on across the top and saw no one at the Browning's. We headed back down and Nancy helped me top a rather large tree that was shading one part of the yard. I climbed a ladder and managed to use a pole saw to hang a rope around the trunk of the tree and she pulled while I sawed off the tree about 5 feet above the ground. We didn't want the tree to hit our red shed so that was the reason we needed a rope to pull the tree in a different direction from the way it was naturally leaning. She also helped me top a rather large Holly tree which is miserable to work up as the leaves are very prickly, yikes what a job! We have so many Holly trees on our property at one time we were going to call the place Holly Hill but opted for Black Bear Ridge instead.
Nancy took some of our fresh green beans along with a cut up piece of beef and made beef and beans with gravy over rice. It's resemble in both looks and taste to be oriental in nature. This is a fabulous meal in itself and we licked the pot clean and that held us through the rest of the day and evening. I sat and read until it was time for pickle ball. We had 7 players at the court and the play was fast and furious with some great rallies. The caliber of play has surpassed what I envisioned when we first started this sport here a couple of years ago.
Well that was about it for the day as I finished my last Sandra Brown book and so we are headed to Sparta this afternoon to have supper with the Tracy's after a stop at the local newspaper for a renewal and then at the local library, LATER
