The day started with my usual roll out at 6'ish and then my handful of vitamins and supplements washed down with a cup of hot green tea. I post the day before's activities or lack thereof and then did my usual daily quiet time with my Creator before heading out to check on the gardens and yards for any damage. Once again the deer stayed away and I'm beginning to wander if the new aluminum pie pan that's handing and swinging on the far end of the clothesline is making a difference. It is constantly swinging or making some movement even when it seems there is no wind and I know deer are skittish when it comes to movement, oh well!!!
After a breakfast of a couple soft boiled eggs with a ripe tomato and a jalapeno pepper I headed out to burn trash and split liter knots for the next fire. I piddled around in the gardens hand watering the newest plants as well as harvesting some lettuce. We put that in to soak in the cold water while we headed out on our first hike of the day to the top of the mountains. It was such a magnificent day with temps barely into the 70's and a gentle breeze. It stayed that way for most of the day even into the late afternoon. Paw Paw called around 3:30 and it was 96 degrees in Winchester, Va. and 76 on our back porch as I spoke with him. What a difference a little altitude makes.
After a lite lunch of an ear of corn for me and cooked in the microwave for about 7 minutes with the husk or shuck on and a small salad loaded with fresh lettuce, green pepper, Swiss chard, beet greens, sugar peas, onions, tomatoes and cucumbers all from the garden and with a few chick peas and shredded carrots on top. Not only was it delicious but pretty to gaze upon with some feta cheese to round out the taste, yikes!!! Afterwards I fired up the riding mower and headed out to mow all of the yards even the backwoods yards. That kept me busy for the next several hours as I weed whacked the whole perimeter as well. It was after 4 when I finally finished.
Well after a lackluster supper of store bought frozen Salmon that was supposedly wild caught in the USA and processed by China. It was terrible and never will I purchase that product again. Someone tell me why would you let another country process your fish caught in our waters. I know they are cheap labor but not trust worthy, anyhow I ditched the rest of the 2 pound bag into my compost pile for the fishing worms to digest. The half runner beans picked from our vines were awesome. The beautiful summer squash I picked was tasteless as well and neither of us enjoyed it. I think there must be a different way of preparing that beautiful vegetable as it was awful in taste and the worms got a big treat once again, oh well it's not often we have a yucky meal and Nancy warned me about the fish processed overseas despite individually wrapped and quick frozen but I was hard headed, oh well!!!
Well after the cleanup from supper we decided to walk out to the mailbox and maybe visited the Heglar's, Grant and Shirley as we saw their car last night on the way home from Sparta; but they were gone with the blinds shut. We did the nearly 2 mile hike which included lots of hills without seeing anyone. The Hudson's are gone with their gate closed and so it our neighbor, Tim at the foot of the hill. It was just us on the mountain for the evening. I had noticed while mowing a new and different yellow jacket hole in the ground and luckily they didn't sting me after mowing over it. I loaded up a plastic bottle with a little gas and cloth inside of it for a wick and after dark stuck the bottle neck in the hole. Good by you nasty bees as they are aggressive this time of the year.
Well that was about it for the day as I watched and flipped back and forth between two pre-season football games. The Panthers came from behind and beat the Bills and the Falcons beat the Titans. Both of those winners are in the Bucs league and look rather impressive even though it's pre-season. It was time for a hot shower as I had dozed a little in the fourth quarters. I read a few chapters after the hot shower and it was nighty nighty for me just before 11. We were awakened around 2'ish with the much needed rain beating down on the tin roof and to the clock on the stove blinking. We must have temporarily lost power during the storm, LATER
