Well Tuesday back at the cabin was just another magnificent day with plenty of sunshine, a nice gentle breeze and temps just barely reaching the 80 degree mark sometime around 2 in the afternoon. It quickly receded as the day wore on and by this AM it's down into the middle 50's. The forecast is for highs somewhere around the middle 70's for the next several days with no precipitation. The rain we got on Monday night sure brightened up the gardens and the yards.
The morning was much the usual with a 6'ish roll out for me and a sleepin for Nancy. She didn't sleep well on our trip which is usually the other way around but maybe I'm reverting back to my old flying days when I slept in a different bed and in a different country each day or on the noisy aircraft as we sped through the air at 550 miles per hour. Wow those were the days!!! I did my usual morning routines of taking a few moments to honor my Creator, give thanks and lift up those we know who need some special considerations for healing and comfort from our LORD. Our country needs so many of us to pray for some leadership that will once again do what is right, honorable and pray for the healing of our land and for keeping us safe from those who chant "death to America".
I headed out to the gardens after a couple of soft boiled cackleberries with a ripe tomato and a jalapeno accompanying them. Wow does that combo ever wake up your taste buds and we tried to eat lite for lunch with just a salad as we were invited to a birthday cookout for Curtis one of our young friends. He turned 24 and along with Katelyn his girl they manage a small place with all kinds of animals; goats, calves, rabbits, chickens and horses. This is the same couple that our grandkids, Annsley and Gabe had such a fine time petting their animals. We had the usual fare with grilled; burgers, dogs, brats, covered dishes, salads and Katelyn baked his birthday cake which was delicious. We had a fun time with their families and friends and the evening was just perfect as well. They are refurbishing an old farm house with a couple acres of land for all of their critters and she had done quite well with canning from their garden as well. They are a throw back to what life was like many years ago with their love for the land and farm animals. Both are waiting for career jobs as he is waiting for a law enforcement position after completing the school for certification and she is studying to become an EMT.
We did get in a hike just before lunch to the top of the mountain and chatted with Shawnee our newest neighbor on top. She and her husband live in Raleigh and are remodeling a small cabin with an extra bedroom and bath. Their views are excellent from both the front and back porches and we had a nice chat with her before heading back down the mountain to a lunch of salad from the garden. I found another tomato starting to ripen lying the ground, but at least some ripening is finally occurring. I picked a nice mess of sugar peas and blessed our "mountain mom" Helen with some as well as a couple beets which are bigger than a baseball. Speaking of baseball we were able to watch the final innings of the game between the Braves and the Ray's on our TV and the Ray's won 2-0. I know our dear friend Gerald who lives here is an avid Braves fan so I will have to rub it in. They play again tonight on the tube.
Well after getting back into the mountain living where nothing is flat here except the floor and several trips up and down the yards and the hike I was ready for some horizontal lab after a hot shower and a few chapters in a new Lee Child book a little after 11, LATER
