Well Wednesday turned out to be just another gorgeous day here in the mountains. The temps were down into the low 50's to start the day then by late afternoon it reached the middle to upper 70's with bright sunshine and deep blue Carolina skies. A gentle breeze kept it quite comfortable throughout the day. We were awakened by a call by our son Bobby around 7:30 as he drove his daughter Annsley to school. We spoke with her and she was all chipper and sounded excited. She and Gabe spent the past two nights with their dad.
We started the morning routines after our phone call from Bobby then shortly after that Amy our daughter called for a long morning chat as well. We did our quiet times and then I posted this ramble before we got ready to eat lite for breakfast. I cut a fresh cantaloupe and Nancy had oatmeal. After our lite breakfast I headed out to check on the gardens when neighbor Gerald came by and we headed up the back road to check on a large tree that had broken off during the last wind storm and partially blocked the golf cart trail. With his tractor we pulled it the rest of the way to the ground and I used a chain saw and cut it into small pieces while he removed them from the trail. That job was rather easy with the two of us and took very little time as well. I decided I wanted to try to burn the brush pile that has really grown with all of the trees I've taken down this summer.
It's not to often I can't get a fire started using just one match, a little newspaper and some liter knot but I tried my best to get this pile burned up. I did get it started and burned some of the branches but deep down into the pile is was still too damp from all of the rain this past couple weeks and despite using a gallon or so of burnt oil as an accelerant it still would not burn up, oh well . I gave up after a couple hours and let it burn it's self out. We took off on our daily hike to the top of the mountain. Once again we saw Norm sitting out in the sunshine speaking with his neighbor Rex which is a great sign he is feeling better. We stopped and spoke with Jetta and Joe before heading back down to the cabin. We decided to eat lite for lunch as we were heading to the Tracy's along with our new friends Sam and Marsha Carlan for supper at 5.
We got cleaned up and then headed out around 3 to run some errands in Sparta. I wanted to renew my newspaper for another couple years and Nancy did some shopping at one of the stores. I headed to the library for some new reads and then we headed out for Patrick and Kathryn's. The Carlans arrived just as we did so we had some dips and chips before feasting on a one Mexican dish casserole along with a fresh garden salad Nancy made from our garden. We sat out on their deck and ate on their picnic table in the fresh afternoon shade. Wow what great fare Kathryn prepared. Afterwards we had homemade cakes with strawberries, ice cream and whipped cream while enjoying the ambiance of the mountains in the background. We got to know the Carlan's a little better and then we got into a game of Balderdash after watching the hour long DVD on the decoding of the book THE HARBINGER. What a powerful message to us all from Isaiah 9:10 and the warning to America as Israel was warned in this prophetic scripture.
Wow is all I can say about this DVD and so we lighten the mood with a game of Balderdash and before we knew it was nearly 10 PM and nearly bedtime for a couple of us. We had a 30 minute plus drive as did Sam and Marsha in opposite directions and it was once again a dark night in the mountains. We made plans to try out a new eatery in Independence, Va. which Patrick and Kathryn raved about the fare; so we will all meet for lunch before heading on to Galax, Va. to due some last minute shopping for the weekend. We are expecting youngest sister Dee and Mike for the weekend, so we are planning our meals with them and then for a crowd on Monday Labor Day with a wiener roast and games. It wasn't long after getting back before 11 that it was time to read a couple chapters from a new author Julie Garwood who writes similar to Sandra Brown, LATER
