Well Friday turned to be a rather mundane day after the past couple of days. Our plans were to meet up in the early afternoon with the Tracy's and travel to Mt.Airy to watch a local kid from the mountains play football but he wrote us and said he was injured and would not be playing this evening. We decided that since it was going to be in the upper 90's that we would forgo the 45 minute ride down off the cool mountain and maybe on a later date watch him play. We have know this youngster since he was about 4 or 5 and he is a great kid. So we cancelled the trip which made everyone happy about not being subjected to this extreme heat.
The day started much the usual for me with a 6'ish roll out. I had my proverbial cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric. I decided to first heat the water with some green tea and then add the herb for some additional taste plus I have a huge box of green tea bags that need to be used. I like the added flavor and of course green tea is very good for the body. Its been fourteen years since I last had a cup of java or coffee. Sam our friend here in the mountains can't drink coffee either as caffeine is a trigger point for migraines. I never had migraines but I feel so much better without coffee, oh well!
I did my daily posting of the day before's activities in this ramble and then spent some quiet time with my Creator. It is such an awesome time in the stillness of the morning here at the cabin surrounded with woods and beautiful flowers. I hear an occasional drip of the dew dropping from the dormer onto the tin roof and sometime the caw of a crow somewhere off in the distant. The dawn has just broken the darkness and while the sun is hours from actually shining on the cabin the sunlight can be seen in the very top of the tall trees that surround us. While looking straight up the blue skies announce what will be another beautiful day. We are so blessed to be able to spent several months in this part of God's creation.
Well after Nancy rolled out sometime near 8'ish I decided to have some breakfast which amounted to some leftover fruit dessert from the night before. I grabbed the container along with a spoon and headed outside donning my gum boots as the dew on the grass was extremely heavy. I walked around the yards and gardens checking for any insect damage as well as any deer damage. We have been very fortunate this summer as the deer have stayed away which is very unusual. I haven't seen much slug damage in the past couple of weeks but the flying grasshoppers are very much in play this year and so are the small worms found on the cabbage and kale plants. I have had to use some Sevin dust on those plants. The beans have survived any real damage except for a few Japanese beetles but they have been in such small numbers this year they haven't really caused any severe damage.
I hoed the new 1/2 runner green beans and then picked a gallon or more of the Kentucky Wonder bush beans. They are very hearty and are still blooming. I'm not sure if I will plant them again next year as they are very stringy and not as flavorful as the Blue Lake or 1/2 runners, oh well such a dilemma. We decided to get in our daily hike to the top of the mountain before it got too hot on top. The sun was shining brightly and the forecast was for more humidity and temps in the 80's which isn't too bad but with extra added humidity it can be uncomfortable out in the direct sunshine. Just before we took off neighbor Gerald came by as he was down for the day from Blacksburg to catch up on some maintenance chores around his place. He was here just for the day.
We took off and as we climbed higher up the back trail we could feel the temperature rising. We noticed a huge moving truck at Mike and Nancy's cabin on top and then we chatted a few with them. They were ambivalent about the selling of their beautiful place with extraordinary views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. Nancy noticed a tear in her eyes as we said our good-bye's. They indicated they will visit the area from time to time. They just live in Winston-Salem about an hour away but I doubt they will be back as they seldom spent anytime here with all of their doctor appointments and now the added burden of getting rid of her recently deceased mothers place. We hugged them before heading off across the top of the mountain. We stopped and chatted with Jetta a few before heading down on the shaded road which was very much cooler than the hike across the top in the blazing sunshine. We were talking about the heat and humidity we were going face as we were still under the impression we were going to Mt.Airy after lunch.
I sliced up a garden fresh tomato for our lunch. This was the first really nice tomato from the our garden that had any size and along with some sweet onion we had a deli ham sandwich and some salsa. It wasn't long after eating we got a message from Carson that he would not be on the football field this evening due to an injury. So we quickly made a decision to watch him play another time and notified the Tracy's of our decision. They agreed quickly as well as it was in the upper 90's down off the mountains. Well with lunch in our bellies we decided to sit in the shade of the porches and read which we did until nearly 6 o'clock. I finished the ROGUE LAWYER by John Grisham and Nancy was well into her Maccomber book. We had supper all ready with leftovers from the evening before; beef roast, smashed taters and gravy and spinach casserole, yeow it was even better as the flavors had meld together.
After the cleanup I headed down to the lower garden and gave the new lettuce seedings a little shot of water with my bean sprayer as the ground was throughly dried out. That area is now getting 5-6 hours of direct sunshine as the sun moves around with the seasons. Before it received moderate sunlight among the trees but with the season changing and the time changing it is now getting plenty of sunlight for garden growing plants. I'm hoping to get another crop of lettuces and some October beans from that garden. I didn't pick any cucumbers today but did see where I may have to pick again on Saturday as they are maturing almost by the hour. We tuned into the Fox Cable news and its the same old crap with the media lambasting Trump on every word or idea he presents. They are in cahoots with the established crooked politicians and elitist who are so afraid of losing their influence if he is elected. I say we need someone other than a politician to straighten out this corrupt government and Trump is beholding to none.
I tuned into the Panther football pre-season game and the Patriots were whupping their tails when I headed for the shower and eventually for some horizontal lab around 10'ish, LATER
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