The morning started much the usual with a 6'ish roll out for me. The dew was dripping from the roof and the skies looked as if it was going to be a clear day. It's a good thing we did laundry today as this morning it's raining and the forecast is for it to be this way until Friday. We did need the rain but not an all day occurrence for the rest of the week. Anyhow, I'm ahead of myself as this is just Tuesday morning and our weather forecast is some what unreliable when it comes to rain predictions.
I headed out after my usual morning routines of a few quiet moments, a lite breakfast and the posting of the day before activities on this rag. I did manage to put the boot to several slimy slugs as they love the cool damp mornings on my initial walk around. I saw a couple cotton tails out in the yard munching on the abundant clover which has infiltrated the yards this summer. After speaking with our "mountain mom" I fired up the golf cart and loaded it down with the tools I would need to take out the tree. It was a rather nice size gum tree which has so many limbs and leaves that it always shades that one section of the yard and of course the moss loves the shaded area. I decided the area needed light so the gum tree had to go. It's not like I'm short on trees as the back woods yard still has lots of trees even after taking out several large oaks last year.
I worked up a good sweat and was soon soaking wet despite the temps in the low 70's. That kept me busy until 3 PM when Nancy called a halt to my working for the day on the tree. I have to leave the digging out the stump to another day which is always exciting. I changed out of my wet work clothes and sat on the back porch and read Bob Goff's book LOVE DOES for an hour or so. This is a great read about one man and how he handles life. It's easy reading and many of his experiences I can attest to but the difference is how he brings GOD into every occasion while not being overly religious per say. Nancy decided we would finally eat some garden grown beets so I harvested 17 plants which I brought up from Florida in May and transplanted. I had some beets the size of a soft ball. We fixed two for supper along with the beet greens and a grilled pork chops, yeow were they ever delicious with a little butter. I stored the 15 in the basement and then bagged up a couple for our neighbors the Browning's when we headed out after supper for our daily hike. What a beautiful evening for a hike and by the time we got back it was really starting to get dark in the woods and kind of spooky especially with all of the animals that like the night time.
We tuned into the FOX News channel for an update on all that is taking place in our land. I'm not one to put my head in the sand and pretend that all is well but we have the most inept leaders in our land and I'm now for sure the most crooked. There is no wonder a guy like Donald Trump is leading all of the career politicians in his bid to be president next year. This administration has sold us out to the special interests, to our enemies who chant death to America and those who want to see the country go bankrupt with this out of control spending and now they have a criminal running for president in their party, wake up America before it's too late. How can anyone trust those who no longer care about what happens to US(A). We as a people are the first to help a neighbor or a country that is in dire straights but those in this administration and the media demonize the country, our faith and what made us strong and generous to a fault, LATER
