Well Yesterday saw us with a first while being here for just a week. We got a gully washer of a rain last evening and it was so much needed, plus it cooled the temps down to where we had to close the windows. Since it was the longest day of the year and really the temps held in the low 70's we headed over to give a hand for our "mountain mom" Helen with some chores she just can not handle easily.
I started the day much the usual with a before 6 roll out to my routines that start after washing down a handful of those Nutrilite vitamins and supplements while I heat a cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric. I spent some quiet time with my Creator as I gave thanks for another day and all the blessings of life while lifting up several by name. I've heard nothing to the contrary so all must be well with these I daily pray for. Most are getting up there in age so basically I'm lifting them up for comfort and well being in this their stage in life.
Helen amazes me as she is out there working along side of us at the age of 90. We have to make her sit down while we did the work but she is right there. I mistook her saying she wanted her box woods cut when she meant trimmed and I did a number that required cutting them both back to about 1/10th their original size; they needed it as she found she had a concrete slab they had covered up with being so large. We spent the morning cutting, trimming and piling the brush for her. She is so cute driving her electric golf cart around and it really comes in handy for her. It took her years to get one as her son Rick realized she needed one and purchased it for her. It saves her some many steps as well as she has her garden tools in box in the back bed.
We came back to the cabin around noon and devoured a garden salad with a grilled left over chicken breast as we sat on the front porch for the first time to eat lunch. It was fabulous with a slight breeze and birds were giving us musical show with their happiness. We could her a hawk in the area as one lives nearby as well as turkeys. After lunch I headed down to the basement to catch up on some small things then headed to the back woods to saw up a huge oak tree that had snapped off in the last wind storm for our mountain top neighbor Joe. Nancy interrupted that chore as she needed to go shopping for some antibiotic cream as she imbedded a dried stick into her cheek while working at Helen's. So I cleaned up and we headed to Galax to the super Walmart around 2'ish.
Well we loaded up again with necessities, goodies and gas before heading home around 4:30. The BRParkway has finally been resurfaced and it a such a pleasure to travel on it as the scenery is awesome. It was cloudy and looked like rain for most of the day and we finally got a nice hour or so soft rain at first and then the water was running down the driveway. I will need to check the road for ruts this morning. I fried fish on the grill and we had fresh broccoli and cantaloupe for our supper and ate outside on the deck, wow such a beautiful setting and the food tastes so great here. I did manage to transplant some peppers neighbor Billy Avant grew from seeds for me as well as the cilantro seedlings which looked very poor and I got them at half price as well as the last of the volunteer tomato plants I found growing in my compost pile last week. I had transplanted them into bigger pots as they grew in a clump and wanted to give them some attention before setting them out into the garden. These volunteers I hope are from the tomato's sister Dee gave me last summer when we visited her place not only where they pretty to look at but oh so tasty. I had a couple that rotted so I had throw them in the compost.
Well that was about it for the day as I checked the social network and then hit the shower and read until 10'ish, LATER
