Well Thursday started out much the usual with a 6'ish roll out of bed to start the day. We didn't have a whole lot planned except for supper out at the Luffman House at 6 o'clock. We did our usual morning routines of a few quiet moments and a lite breakfast of cereal. I headed down to the basement to rack my blackberry must and transfer it into a glass carboy where I will let it set for a couple months before racking it again into bottles to age. Hopefully in a year or so it will be drinkable.
After racking the wine I headed out to work in the gardens; hoeing, weed pulling and harvesting beans and cucumbers. I must brag on these cukes this year as they are the sweetest ever and so plentiful. I picked another half dozen and still have lots of little nubbins coming on. The same with the 1/2 runner green beans as I picked a mess for a meal with ton's of blooms and little ones coming on. I'm still waiting on those tomatoes to ripen as the plants are loaded with green ones. Nancy's flowers are still gorgeous however the bee balm is starting to lose it color but the zinnias are coming to bloom in several different colors. Wow such beauty is so hard to describe. The morning glories are just that as each day they have such beautiful color and are also plentiful on the arbor.
We took off to the top of the mountain for our daily hike around 11 and stopped and chatted for a spell with the Cline's on their porch. They have taken their cabin off of the market and decided to keep it. Sandy seems like his old self once again and you can see the satisfaction of that in Ann's face. We truly enjoy visiting with them and are glad they have decided to keep their place. We stayed for nearly an hour before heading on across the top and then down the back road from the Browning's place who were gone. We love to visit with them and Zeke as well. We came back and had a fresh garden salad for lunch.
The heat picked up to the low 80's and it got humid so we sat on the porches and read for the next couple hours until it was time to get ready to head out. Nancy had a tray of tater wedges covered in fresh herbs and olive oil baking in the oven and the smell emanating out onto the porches had our taste buds salivating. We were bringing them with us to the supper. Kay had grilled pork tenderloin chops, cream corn, green beans, pasta salad and zucchini bread for dessert. Yikes was that ever some fine eatin' and we chowed down. Afterwards we got into the best of 5 games of Sequence and for a change we(boys) won 3 out of 5, actually the score was 3-1. Of course we cheated when we win as the gals proclaimed. I played a Harvey Hand as we were a man down. Andy was out of town on a work job. It was a raucous time of fellowship. We got back to the cabin around 9 o'clock and settled into the Fox News until it was shower time and a few chapters in a new Lee Child book. I love the Jack Reacher character in his novels and the action is fantastic to go along with his investigative mind, LATER
