Well Friday was a work day that started very early for me. I awaked around 4'ish and did eventually rise around 5'ish as Nancy was sawing logs plus I had so much on my mine I couldn't wait to get started after doing my morning routines. I had my handful of vitamins and supplements then a cup of green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble then spent some quiet time with my Creator in prayer and thanksgiving. It was quiet here except for the dew dripping from the upstairs dormer onto the tin roof and a lonely crow off in the distance calling their caw.
I lifted up my usual folks by name and all it well. I need to call Paw Paw as its Fathers Day this Sunday but all others are doing fine. Just as dawn broke I headed out and down under the back porch to begin filling the seedlings into separate containers. The heat in the back of the truck took its toll on the young beet and kale seedlings. I'm not sure if they will make it but everything else is doing rather well by the end of the day. I found several large tomato plant volunteers in the compost pile so I transplanted them into large containers to await planting them in the garden which needed weeding.
Nancy awakened sometime around 8 so I fired up the grill and fried bacon outside on the deck as well as some dippy eggs in the grease. oh my did that ever bring back memories for both of us. We seldom eat breakfast like that in Florida as its usually and apple for me as I head out to the rec; but this day I knew I would need some fuel as it would be non stop work and I did just that. Did I mention it was freezing in the cabin after being so hot when we first got there. I cut the fans and had to put on a shirt and I was still just barely comfortable at 55 degrees but it soon warmed up to the low 80's by the late afternoon. The sun was very hot but in the shade it was almost like the a/c when the breeze found you.
I weeded the two back yard beds by hand which took a couple hours then fired up the weed whacker and worked over the whole place which took me to noon. I had to reduce some of the high grasses that hadn't had any mowing from neighbor Gerald with the whacker. I had several dead limbs down within the tall grasses so that took some time finding and removing them before using the riding mower. We took a short lunch break around noon for a sandwich. Nancy was out in the front yard on her knees pulling weeds from the front flower beds and she was complaining of sore muscles in her rear from bending, kneeling and just walking up and down the yard(there is nothing flat here except in the house). She wanted the porch furniture from the storage shed so I used the golf cart and transported the rocking chairs to the upper yard where she bathed them while I used the old carpet shampooer and bathed the porches of the yellow pine pollen. That machine worked great cleaning the porches.
The grass had finally dried enough to mow so for the next 3-4 hours I was mowing and many time going over the same swath of grass because of its height despite sharpening the blades. It was that high but the outcome was beautiful to say the least. It was after 5 when we stopped for a break and had a frozen pizza we had brought with us. I worked outside until 6:30 when she decided we needed to take the golf cart and visit with neighbors; Karyl was up at Gerald's, the Brownings were thrilled to see us as we were them, Billy was out working on his new building foundation and Ben across the way showed us his new deck which is larger than the cabin as well as showed us his mini-split ductless a/c he had installed last summer; both his wife Laura and Billy's wife Paula were under the weather so we didn't see them. It was close to dark by the time we said our hello's on top of the mountain and headed down.
The Brownings reported a couple of weeks three of their bird feeders were torn from their posts indicating the possibility a bear was in the area but no one had seen one; it could be a raccoon as they are quite powerful. Anyhow Nancy was on the lookout for one on the way down the mountain. I closed up the storage shed and put away tools and decided to take a break for the evening and hit the shower. Oh my what a relaxing shower as the water is so soft and it wasn't long after checking the internet that I was ready for the sandman. I never heard from Nancy after my head hit the pillow until 5 ish again this morning when she was cutting wood with her chainsaw. I decided that 5'ish is now my new arise time. We have a lot in store for us today as the upper garden needs weeding and rotor-tilled as well as the circle drive bed and the two backyard beds. I want to sow some new beet and kale seeds as the seedlings don't look as if they will survive, LATER
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