Well Wednesday was a total work day as I spent the biggest part of it on a ladder about 25 ft. or so above the earth staining the cabin, yikes I tried not to look down very often especially on the deck side where it was another 15 ft. or so to the ground. But I succeeded with out any mishaps and got the peak and the underside painted; today I will try to finish up with not only the staining but the repainting of the three windows as well as touch up the paint on the black spacer boards where I got some of the stain.
The day started much the usual with a 6'ish roll out to my routines that always start with my vitamins and supplements washed down with a cup of hot green tea while I post this ramble then spend a few quiet moments with my Creator in thanksgiving and lifting up several by name. All of those are holding their own as I've heard nothing to the contrary. I headed out to check on the gardens and since we were forecasted for showers but did not once again receive any overnight I decided to hand water.
I have some new lettuce seedings appearing in the lower garden path and I'm now harvesting a couple of the large cherry tomatoes. These are almost large enough to slice and oh so delicious. They were volunteers in my compose pile when we arrived in June and are just now producing. The cucumber aren't looking good despite tons of blooms as the leaves are turning yellow and then brown and drying up. I've sprayed them with Epsom salt which is magnesium sulfate but to no avail. I'm missing something in the soil because a couple years ago I harvested so many of them daily. These are the long skinny burbless variety but still the vines should not be dying, oh well. The half runner beans are producing and they too have tons of small beans and tons of blooms and the Swiss chard and beets are producing beautiful greenery.
I grilled some pork ribs for supper along with a fresh garden salad and broccoli and after the cleanup we took off on a hike to the top of the mountain. It was a beautiful evening despite the higher than normal temps but the evening breeze kept us comfortable. We did turn on the a/c for sleeping and keeping the loud crickets and cicadas noise away. The Ray's were beating the Braves when I shut down the internet for the night and read before the sandman called, LATER
