Well Wednesday morning was another down right chilly morning with a stiff breeze that made it feel even colder than the low 40's. At least we had bright sunshine and blue skies and the leaves are finally changing to dull colors from the dull greens. I'm afraid there will be no peak this year due to all the wet windy weather and about half of the trees are bare of leaves, oh well another thing there are NO acorns this year or hickory nuts. At least there are black walnuts so maybe the squirrels will survive. The deer will be eating the bushes this year but most of them are really large due to all of the browse from the wet warm weather.
I started the day much the usual with a 6'ish rollout to my cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and fresh ginger while I posted this ramble then spent some time with my Creator lifting up several by name. GG is still in the hospital and now a heart attack has been ruled out but she is having some type of seizures more frequently where she loses control of her being. They are adjusting her meds so maybe that is the problem but up to this point they haven't made a diagnosis. Paw Paw seems to be doing well and there is a contract on his Winchester dwelling in just a day or so of being on the market. It will need lots of updates but the property is valuable within the city. Everyone else is doing well except one cousins who buried her dad the day before we buried Richard and now yesterday her mom passed. What a terrible week or so for family in Maryland who we met for the first time at the funeral Saturday.
I headed up to the Brownings around 9'ish to help get started the wood splitter which I did after several pulls and some ether in the intake but the hydraulic fluid was to low to use the arm which splits the wood chunks so we will try again this AM(Thur). It was cold on top of the mountain with the wind blowing and despite the sunshine the temps didn't get out of the low 50's for the entire day. I didn't do much except read and stay in the warm cabin until it was time to sauteed some peppers and onions on the outside grill along with brats which we were taking to Kimberly's around 2'ish. She brought Eddie home for a day from the nursing home so we could play that game he so dearly loves along with the Todd's and the Martins. We had delicious early supper of brats, tater salad and baked beans and German chocolate cake for dessert. I stayed away from the cake and had a cup of Chai tea later in the evening while watching the ball game.
Well the boys finally beat out the gals with a score of 5-4 over the course of the afternoon and evening so we have bragging rights for the winter for a change not that it means anything but needless to say it was a raucous game and did we ever laugh and cut up. We also loved up on the Martin's two little girls especially the newest one who is 11 months old. She is such a cutie and very loving. We left just before dark and headed home to a toasty cabin and settled into the news and then the ball game. Nancy was on the phone with everyone for hours until it was shower time. Afterwards I settled into my book for an hour before lights out for me around 10:30, LATER
