I started the day much the usual with a well before 6 roll out to my usual routines of a handful of Nutrilite vitamin's and supplement washed down with my green tea laced with turmeric and fresh ginger while I post this ramble them some quiet moments with my Creator lifting several up and giving thanks. The update on little preemie Findley is he is holding his own despite some more drastic issues than just being a preemie., all others seem to be doing O.K. After a breakfast of grits and eggs with a jalapeno thrown in for flavor for me I headed out to check on the gardens and noticed a deer had wondered through the circle drive during the night but did not eat the hydrangeas, thankfully. They are starting to add some new growth and I know they are one of the deers favorite snacks.
The workers were working so I loaded up the golf cart with pelletized lime and the spreader and gave all of the yards a coating of lime to help with grass and hold the moss down from spreading. That job is almost like hiking through the woods as I was up and down the yards. The grass was really wet so that made it good for the lime to get into the soil and sweeten it up. I piddled around in the gardens hoeing and loosening up the wet ground and then moved up some cilantro seedlings I had started from seed into pots. I noticed the collards are up and I will soon move them into pots as well. The Bibb lettuce has put on another leaf and I will soon set them into ground. Most everything is holding on except for another tomato plant that rotted off at ground level due to the wet soil.
We took off on a hike before noon and met the new owner of the beautiful Butzback cabin. He was very friendly and showed us how he divide the upstairs into individual bedrooms but still maintained the open area when not used as a bedroom. He used sliding curtains and it really worked great and he and his wife have 4 children all grown. They are from the Raleigh area and still maintain a home there. We stopped for a few to speak with Paula and Billy. She is still having back issues but seemed upbeat. We stopped at the old Browning place and picked a handful of black raspberries which melted in your mouth before heading back down the mountain to a light lunch of a fresh salad.
Well a relative of Larry and Brandon's came by for the two double beds Nancy wanted to replace with queen size beds for the upstairs bedrooms. We were so thrilled someone could use them instead of having to take them to the landfill and this man is about to get married and start a family. After the worker were finished for the day I started on tearing out the carpet and pad as well as the tack strips in the bedroom above us. I cut the carpet and padding into strips and tied them with hay baling twine and removed them to down under porch for when I head to the dump. I have just one more room to tear up and then we can start on the flooring. We are satisfied we can complete the job by the first of July before our family arrives. The tiled bathroom is a plus for the cabin.
Well after an early supper of Cincinnati chili I got ready around 6 and headed out to the Roaring Gap Country Club to play some pickle ball with 4 other men. The court had been refurbished there as well and I played hard for the first time since June 1. I left after an hour with a wet shirt and whupped from all of the day's activities. It was going on 8 when I got bak to the cabin and I checked the ball scores and the Ray's were blown out by the Yanks 12-1. What is going on with our pitching...LATER
