Well Thursday turned out to be almost perfect weather wise day, yeow this Indian summer is fantastic except we do need some rain. We slept in for a change or at least for me until nearly 7:30 yikes, that hasn't happened in many moons. I guess being back in the mountains has pushed the "being home button" which has finally allowed me to sleep but I think the real cause for that is the nose strips which has limited Nancy snoring, yeah. After my quiet time to give thanks and lift up several by name I had a lite breakfast then headed out to the yards and gardens.
The transplants from yesterday were looking great with the cool nights and heavy dew so I hand watered the gardens and flower beds. The Zinnias are starting to head up, although the stocks are small compared to their normal size from last year there are heads which I hope will bloom and give me seeds for next years planting. Sowing the seeds the end of July didn't help with this short growing season at all. I picked a colander of green beans and since the watering when we first got back Tuesday afternoon they have really started to mature. I should have plenty to share with friends and neighbors.
The garlic patch is really doing quite well with lots of new seedlings. Hopefully I will harvest a mess come next spring/summer as they grow all winter long. I'm going to load the bed with horse manure before I leave for the winter so that means I need to spend a day at the stables at Kimberly's cleaning out the stalls and then spreading it on the garden patches. We got in a good hike to the top of the mountain and the views were awesome in the distance. We could barely make out the buildings 70 miles away. We made a stop at the Browning's for a chat as Joe and his cousin Mark were still working on one of his out building.
We had a lite lunch of a garden salad before we got ready to head out for Sparta. I loaded up the garbage and the cooler as we wanted to pick up a few items at the grocery while in town. We then headed over to the Tracy's for an evening of good food and games until nearly 9:30. Dan and Carol got in from Florida around 1:30 in the morning so it was a big reunion of the "Cool Peoples Club" as we designated ourselves. Kathryn had a turkey breast roasting, along with smashed taters, dressing and corn with plenty of cheese dips and spreads while we worked the gastric juices up to being active with some vino. We ate outside on their picnic table which was splendid in the shade of the cabin under neath the porch, yeow what a feed and then of course Nancy had made a pumpkin pie with whipped cream on top for later as we played a game of Balderdash. We had played a game of Euchre on the porch before supper and the gals won that game as well and then Nancy was the biggest liar in Balderdash. There were lots of laughs as we always have a fun time together.
We got back to the cabin with a full moon showing over the mountain tops around 10'ish and it was almost daylight out as the moon was that bright. I hit the shower and then just a few minutes watching the Bucs lose to the Patriots before hitting the sack. I've lost my enthusiasm for the NFL due to their unpatriotic actions with the anthem and it wouldn't displease me if the league goes under and these high paid players had to get a real job, LATER
