Well Thursday was another rather chilly day here on the mountain with temps into the high 30's to start and then the low 40's through out the day. At least there was some sunshine at times but mainly overcast with a breeze which made it feel even colder. By late afternoon it reached the upper 40's with some sunshine as we traveled off the mountain to the Tracy's cabin for supper.
I started the day much the usual with a 6'ish roll out to my cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and fresh ginger root while I posted this ramble then lifted up several by name to my Creator for comfort and healing. Nancy's mom GG is still in the hospital in Michigan and seems very groggy on the phone. There is no word on what the plan is for her and her condition. Everyone else is as well as can be expected for their ages. I'm ready for some warmer temps as we have one more week here at the cabin. Seems we went from a/c to heat almost over night and now I'm ready for a change and some pickle ball exercise. I've done nothing but eat the past several weeks with no real exercise except hiking.
I headed out around 10 for Joe Browning's place up on the mountain to help with splitting wood but the splitter didn't want to run right so Dean the local mechanic and handyman came up to see what the trouble was and despite draining all of the fuel lines and tank with fresh gas it would only run for a few seconds then shut off. I was hoping to help with the wood before we left next week but now that the splitter is broke down and today its a total rain day its not looking to good to get that task completed. I spent a couple hours outside working with Dean and Joe as we did everything we knew to make the splitter run and I may have picked up enough cold temps to give me a head cold as I awakened with a cold this morning, oh well. I doubled down on the Vit C to start the day in hopes that will help. The weather is damp and cold out so that's not to great when battling a head cold as I'm stopped up, oh well its been a while since I've had a cold.
We took off for Sparta around 3'ish to pick up spare ribs at the butcher as we are having a huge supper tonight(Friday) for friends which has the count up to 14 for sauerkraut, ribs, smashed taters, kielbas, hot dogs and Nancy is making two pumpkin cheese cakes yeow what a feast that will be. It's too bad the weather turned nasty for this occasion but we will survive despite the smallness of the cabin. We had a clean out the fridge supper at the Tracy's which was awesome and delicious as always with the Patrick's sister Meg and husband Jim. We got into a game of Euchre and the gals won this time. We headed out around 7:30 for the cabin and the temps were in the low 40's . I know that doesn't sound cold but it was and we had the heater on in the truck. We watched a little of the FOX Cable News before I hit the hot shower and then curled up with the novel Natchez Burning. It' s a huge story and very convoluted but just so entertaining. I'm down to the last 100 pages or so and while I'm a speed reader this is one book I read every word and I want to finish it before next week. It was 10'ish when I decided I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer as the sandman calleth, LATER
