Well Thursday was a work day until early afternoon when nephew Tom and 5 cousins came for an overnight camping visit from Miami , Fl. I worked on the ditch in our driveway collecting and hauling a couple more loads of rocks gathered from the ditches and paths as well as cut away some of the low hanging bushes in the ditches. That kept me busy for most of the morning until lunch time when we finished the last of the ribs and salad. We welcomed the Shuster's around 3 ish after their GPS tried to bring them down the back way from the top of the mountain that only a 4 wheeler could travel on; any how we got them here and the boys had a grand time running up and down the hill.
I did my usual morning routines that started with a 6 ish rollout and a cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble then spent some quiet time honoring my Creator as well as lifting up several by name. All is well with those as I've heard no difference in their status. I ventured out to check on the gardens when I had to return and put on a flannel shirt as it had cooled down considerably plus it had dried out with no humidity. Wow what a change from just a day ago. I hand watered the gardens and found my first set of green tomato's. The plants were volunteers in my compost pile so I'm not sure what these will be but they look as if they could be small cherry ones, oh well.
We took the Shuster's on a hike to the top of the mountain to wear out these young lads and the hike was uneventful. We didn't see anyone on top of the mountain and headed on back down sometime around 5'ish. I got the corn hole boards out and showed them how the game was played and then young Peter I think who is a marvelous checker player and who whupped me good while we were visiting in Miami decided to get in a game before supper. Well I caught him quickly on one of his worst games. The boys flew balsam wood airplanes and then we got ready for a supper of marinated chicken breasts on the grill, green beans and parsley taters as well as a fresh garden salad. These young fellers know how to put away the chow and then Nancy had a pan of brownies for dessert.
We had their tents set up which helped a lot as she didn't have to wash sheets again as the Botbyl's arrive tomorrow. I started a camp fire and then they all played with fire sticks as most all young boys do. The lightning bugs were out and we sat under the stars until after 9 when it finally started to get dark. It wasn't long after a shower I hit the sack as these boys too head down to their tents, LATER
