Well Fall/Winter is upon the mountains as the temps have turned chilly. It was 39 this morning and then again this Friday morning with cold temps yet the afternoon found us with bright sunshine and warm temps into the 60's. Perfect weather and the new a/c unit is producing such nice warm air which is keeping the cabin cozy. No mess no fuss just flip the switch and its instance warm heat.
I started the day much the usual with a 6'ish roll out to a cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and fresh ginger while I posted this ramble and then spent some quiet time with my Creator. There have been a few changes in those we lift up daily as Nancy's mom GG is in the hospital in Michigan with what was a possible heart attack however she felt no pain as the pace maker kicked in the defibrillator and she experienced only some loss of motion and anxiety. They are keeping her over the weekend as she has congestive heart failure to begin with after major surgery a couple years back. Everyone else is fine as we have heard nothing to the contrary.
I headed out after a breakfast of eggs and grits to the top of the mountain on the golf cart to pick up some steel posts and fencing the Brownings were no longer in need of to fence off my black raspberry bushes when we leave for the winter. The deer love to eat off the new growth which makes a big difference when the berries start to produce. Nancy got a couple loads of laundry out on the clothesline as it was a perfect day for drying with the bright sunshine a gentle breeze. I loaded up the golf cart with rocks dug out by the road work and filled in the washed out area at the bottom of driveway which nearly caused the road to wash away and into the neighbors house at the bottom of the drive. I put three loads of big rock into that hole through out the day when ever I travelled the back road helping Joe move in a new refrigerator for his small air BNB cabin. It is such a cute place and he only charges 25-30 bucks a night.
We took off on a long hike to the top of the mountain during the early afternoon when it was the warmest and yet in the shade it was quite chilly. We stopped and chatted with the Browning for quite a spell and she blessed us with a piece of fresh right out of the oven rhubarb/cinnamon brown sugar bread which was awesome. It was as good as pumpkin nut bread. We then headed on across the mountain and chatted with Billy for a few as he was working on diverting water from around an in front of his cabin which became inundated during all of that rain we had last week. The county is still working on the big wash out on the hard top but its open one lane for the locals. They still have to asphalt the road but they sure did a nice job with grading and gravel on our private road which was used for those on the mountain to get out.
We headed out around 5'ish for the Luffman Farm and ate a delicious supper of pork barbecue, home grown taters, pork and beans and Nancy brought fresh Cole slaw. Kay also had a fresh baked apple cinnamon cake for dessert which was delicious. Well there goes the waist line with all this bread and cakes but they are so good especially during this cold weather. We stayed afterwards and the guys vs gals in Sequence and for once we won with me playing a third hand we call the Harvey Hand. I meant it was a blow out as we won 5-0 which hasn't happened ever. It's not very often we even score as they usually wipe the floor with us but not last night. We were on. It was close to 9 when we got back to the warm cabin despite the temps in the 40's. We noticed with this cold snap the leaves are changing right before your eyes. It's amazing they change this fast, LATER
We will be away from this keyboard for a couple days as we leave for the Winchester area this morning until Sunday. Nancy will I'm sure post some pics on FB. We will travel the back roads once again northbound and see some sights we've never seen before. She doesn't enjoy I-81 with all the truckers so we will use 221, 220, 42 and Rt 11 as much as possible and visit the small out of the way towns along the Shenandoah as well as the mountain ridges of W.Va. which is just beautiful and with the leaves changing it should be even more exhilarating although Nancy is a little apprehensive about some the narrow roads through the mountains.
