Monday Morning

Well Sunday was a great morning of worship as we listened to our home church in St.Pete Bridgepoint Church live streaming on the Internet and then we headed out to Cornerstone in Sparta. We haven't been there in a couple of weeks since we headed out to Virginia the first of the month. It was good to visit with all of our friends there and heard a good sermon from Pastor B about the pitfalls that keep us from being or becoming a good servant. Jesus was the great example of servanthood and set the standard for serving others. I shared a bag of cucumbers, green beans and a few tomato's from our bountiful garden and they were well received. It was good to be back with such awesome folks. Afterwards we met up with the Tracy's for lunch at the Tavern 21 in town for lunch where I had breakfast. I even brought my own garden grown jalalpeno pepper to add to my eggs, sausage and hash brown casserole. (I knew the kind of food I was planning on eating and no one has fresh jalapenos so I brought my own.)

I started the day with my usual 6'ish roll out to my usual morning routines; a hot cup of turmeric tea while I post this ramble and then a few quiet moments with my Creator. It was worship day and then lunch out so I had a lite breakfast of a fresh cucumber and a fresh tomato. After eating so late on Saturday evening I wasn't all that hungry besides I need to cut down on the carbs for a few weeks or so and eat fresh from the bountiful garden. Just maybe I can reduce the spare tire. I've reduced my daily glass of vino to just a glass or two weekly.

We met up with the Tracy's for lunch and then afterwards we did some shopping in town and made a stop at the library to drop off a book before heading home. The humidity seemed to have dissipated which made it quite comfortable despite the bright sunshine with temps around 80. We settled into our books on different porches until 3 o'clock then into the final little league world series game between Korea and New York. It was a very close game and right down to the final out when Korea who had two runners in scoring position to tie or go ahead. The last batter for Korea stuck out and the the kids from New York won 2-1. It was a good game and well played by both teams.

We got ready and headed out for a long hike to the top of the mountain. The distant views were blocked by the haze as once again it was very hot down off the mountain. We had a nice breeze as well as low humidity which made for a beautiful evening and a great hike. We came back after seeing no one on top and I decided since we hadn't received any rain for nearly a week to hand water the veggie gardens. I noticed the beets were wilting a bit during the hot afternoon sun. The new beans seedlings as well as the okra could use a drink. The cucumbers don't seem to ever want to stop producing. I only wish we knew how to make pickles like our "mountain mom" Helen does. She made two batches this summer and cucumbered out. The tomato's are starting to ripen and I picked a handful today as well as gave away tomatoes to Kathryn and the folks at church.

Well after watering I decided to pop some corn in place of any supper so we sat and munched on corn while watching American Pickers. That is a very interesting show as well as a history lesson on forgotten items and places where they came from and who used them or created them. We watched that until shower time for me around 9'ish and then I tuned into the pre-season football game for a few before heading to the bedroom with my new read by Ken Follett. I've never read him before but he is quite interesting and I love the back grounds on each person who will become a major part of the story. He reminds me of the historical author Stephen Ambrose. I know Follett has several books so I will read all of his in the future.

It was soon lights out for me around 10:30 'ish, LATER