Well Friday was another work day until 5'ish when our neighbors and good friends Dan and Carol arrived from Seminole, Fl. I mowed and weed whacked the first thing after my usual morning routines and then puttered or piddled around the cabin helping Nancy to tidy up the last minute vacuuming, hanging laundry and getting ready for our guests. It was such a perfect day for being outside as it was rather chilly at 60 degrees to start the day and at first limited sunshine.
I did with my usual routines with a before 6 roll out to the proverbial cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric while I posted this ramble and spent a few quiet moments with my Creator in thanksgiving and lifting up several by name. Bobby our son and Family got back home after a week of vacation split between here with us and Katie's folks in Blowing Rock, N.C. Amy our daughter and Family were safely in a motel for the night in Mississippi after leaving western Kansas where they spent almost 2 weeks with Tyler Family. They will head on home today to Seminole and will need some prayers for traveling as well. All is well with those we lift up everyday for comfort, healing and blessings.
There was very little dew on the grass so after a lite breakfast I headed out to fire up the riding lawn mower and commenced to mowing which took me a good couple hours. Nancy wanted to get a hike in before lunch so we took off up the steep back trail to the top of the mountain. The air despite the sun now shinning brightly was cool and perfect with temps reaching almost to 70. We made it half way across the top when one of the folks who owns the most beautiful real log cabin inside and out stopped us to remind us about our friends coming up to look at their place as they are going to sell. Their age and health has led them to this decision but this is the Rolls Royce of a cabin whereas our is compared by a VW Beetle, oh well. They had never been down to our place so we invited them down for a visit and to show them how the folks live below the mountain top. Their views are awesome with vistas from both sides of the mountain and we finally learned they are asking the tax value for the cabin which is much less than I anticipated, oh well.
We hurried back down the mountain and had a quick lunch as we awaited their arrival. They stayed for at least an hour and thought our place was neat but they loved the lay of the land and our veggie and flower gardens and were impressed with our decorations that were homemade. They are a few years older than me and he had some major health issues a few years ago. They had a huge farm about an hour away and sold the land for big bucks but their cabin is the real deal and should be showcased in magazines. We would like for our friends to purchase it or someone we know as it's just that gorgeous and so well made as they did most of the work and they keep it manicured and maintained to the nines, oh well we will see; personally I would like to buy it and turn it into an airbnb and let that pay for the purchase price in a couple years as you could get top dollar for nightly stays but Nancy is opposed to going in debt, oh well.
Our friends arrived around 5:30 so we took them to the top of the mountain in the golf cart to give them a view of this cabin from the outside and today we have an 11 AM time to see the inside. The golf cart ride was uneventful and we came back to some orderves before I grilled rare rib eye steaks, corn on the cob and a fresh garden salad. The lettuces were ready for picking along with some kale, beet greens and baby Swiss chard leaves which all made for a very tasty salad. We sat out on the deck and had our supper in the almost perfect temps. After the cleanup we taught them a new card game called 'Kings in the Corner" and then a game of Golf another card game. I supplied some great music in the background from the lab top which featured Allan Jackson and various other oldies but goodies. It was going on 11 when we decided to call it a day and I hit the shower as they headed upstairs for the night.
We were awakened to heavy down pour on the tin roof sometime in the night and it sounded like hail it was that loud. We were in need of some rain but just not this type of gully washer. I will need to check the driveway to see if it washed out from the run off. Well today promises to have more much needed rain for the mountains and of course my gardens and yards were most thrilled as I had been hand watering now for over a week. We will visit another house on the market his afternoon as we have befriended a realtor friend on FB, LATER
