Well Friday turned out to be a rather nice day as the sun was shining brightly and the temps eventually reached the 60 degree mark by late afternoon; however the strong breeze kept us in long pants. We took off for Sparta as we has several errands to run as well as pick up last minute groceries for our company which should arrive sometime before dark. The small portable heater is terrific in keeping the cabin snug and warm despite the early morning cold.
I awakened a little after 6 to start the day and after my usual routines of a few quiet minutes and the posting of this ramble I headed down to the basement to put in some laundry and then I headed out to the backwoods area to check on the ears of corn. Well the deer ate about half of the corn off the cob; it sure didn't take them long to find it. I've been noticing all kinds of fresh signs especially buck signs in the yards and around in the woods. I usually am able to see them occasionally but this buck is a big one and is very shy about letting us see him. I can already taste a good venison steak on the grill. Yeow that is some fine eatin' and never loaded with hormones or food supplements. It's just plain range fed(usually from my garden).
We took off around 11'ish and headed to the library for some new reads, picked up bakery bread at Becca's and shopped at the grocery and then a Walgreen stop for a script refill for Nancy before heading home to a lite lunch of a fresh deli meat wrap. Nancy spent the next two hours doing lots of food prep work. She made a huge pot of Zuppa Tas Cana(Olive Garden potato soup) and I helped with cleaning lots of store bought lettuces while she made a huge salad. I did pick some beet greens and Swiss chard from the garden to add to the mix.
We took off on our daily hike to the top of the mountains and the views were still great but with just a little more haze. We could still see the buildings in Winston. We stopped and chatted with Tommy Cahoon as Nancy saw Lee his wife in Sparta and she mentioned we should stop by on our next hike. They added a new porch roof over their deck as well as a new tin roof on both the house and garage. We chatted for few before we headed on back down the mountain and could really feel the change in temps as we descended. The fore cast was to be the coldest night so far but tomorrow night it was calling for a hard freeze and then a gradual warm up next week to the 50's, yikes this is winter in the Sunshine State.
Well we watched the FOX shows before I tuned into the MLB playoff game and the Royals were up by three over the Jays when I hit the shower and then crawled into the warm flannel sheets for the first time this year, wow are they ever comfy and warm. We both decided to read until it was lights out sometime after 10'ish. Today Saturday is a big day as our friend Karin gets married in the afternoon and then Nancy's mom, sister and niece arrive hopefully before dark from Florida, LATER
