Well Wednesday was a rather chilly day to start as the temps were down into the middle 50'. This is August and already the mornings are starting to feel like its Fall and the rest of the day really didn't get very warm as the humidity was very low with a gentle breeze for most of the day. We were bundled up in coats, hoods and blankets as we sat outside in our Adirondack chairs under the stars looking for the Perseid meteors that lite up the skies until nearly 1 in the morning. What a show we saw as they streaked across the skies for just a brief second or less. They came from all directions and some were much brighter than others. The very first one I saw was the brightest and lasted the longest so that had me intrigued for a couple hours.
The day started much the usual for me as I rolled out a little after 6. After a few quiet moments and the posting of this ramble I soft boiled a couple eggs in the microwave added a home grown tomato and jalapeno pepper and called it breakfast. Yeow, was that ever delicious and a way to start the gastronomic juices flowing. We ate rather lite for the rest of the day as we are trying to shed a little of our spare tires before the wedding in September. It seems our entertaining has added a few inches to the middle and our clothes are a bit snug, oh well.
Nancy hung laundry outside on the clothesline while I gathered Japanese beetles from the veggie and flower heads. They sure can mess up the leaves in just a day or so with unsightly holes. We decided to take off on our daily hike to the top of the mountain and the buildings in down town Winston were visible in the dry air. It was a beautiful breezy hike as we stopped and chatted for nearly an hour with the Browning's. They blessed us with some of their tomatoes which are coming in quite abundantly so I will bring them some cucumbers which we are getting abundantly. My tomatoes aren't ripening but I'm sure when they do I will have plenty to bless others.
We chilled for a couple hours sitting on the porch reading after a lunch of sliced tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce. We decided to have some sugar peas, green pepper, celery, mushrooms and onions sauteed together and with a grilled salmon steak for our supper, yeow once again it was delicious with a little soy sauce. I got ready and headed out at 6 for some nearly 2 hours of pickle ball play with 4 other players at the Roaring Gap Club. The play was awesome and our rallies were great with some super play. They were still at it when I left just before dark. On the way back to the cabin I saw what appeared to be a bear down in one of the fields along the roadway. At first I thought it was a large deer but on closer inspection it turned out to be a bear. It was down in a gully and quite some distance away but by the time I slowed and tried to get a better look it was gone from sight into the bushes. This has been a week of firsts with the rattle snake and now the bear.
After a hot shower I popped some corn and we settled into the Ray's vs the Braves ball game on TV. Seldom to we get their games here at the cabin but since they are playing the Braves which is sort of a local team we watched the Ray's come from behind at Tropicana Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fl. and win 9-6. I know my friend Gerald Luffman must be cringing as we swept his team the Braves. We are still in the hunt for a wild card spot in the playoffs. Well, with all the hoopla about the meteorites we decided to give them a look and headed out under the stars around 11. The skies were just doted with stars, the Milky Way and constellations and finally I saw the first one which was intriguing. I saw a dozen or more and Nancy saw about half of what I saw as she tried to capture one on film. They were very fast and streaked across the sky for just a second or so. It was going on 1 or after when I crawled into bed and tried to warm up, LATER
