I started the day with a 6'ish roll out and Nancy a half hour later as she likes to get up earlier on Sundays due to getting ready for church whereas during the week she is a sleep in person, as for me its about the same time every day. We did our morning routines and of course mine starts with the cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric and some fresh ginger root, which I quit for awhile but now have resumed while I posted this ramble and then did my quiet time. Paw Paw is still having some health issues but the last I heard he is back home with Pat after another trip to the ER. Everyone else is holding their own. We had the heat on with the small fake fireplace which really puts out the heat using the regular socket, as the temps were down into the low 50's. It stayed that way for most of the day and never got out of the 60's with an occasionally burst of sunshine.
After the church service at Cornerstone we met up with the Tracy's and Mechelle for lunch at the Pizzeria in Sparta. We like their salad bar but I still believe the food and price at the Japanese eatery is the best for lunch. We skipped the pizza as JB's has the best in town but they are not open on Sundays so we saved our desire for a pie for another day when they are open. We made a stop at the Food Lion for a couple items which we always seem to miss getting when in Galax and then headed home. It was going on 2 so we chilled actually hoping the cabin had warmed up a little with the sun bursting through for a few moments. We had the doors open for awhile when the sun was shining but that lasted only for a short while. We put on flannels shirts and watched the Little League World Series game and the team from Louisiana played magnificently shutting out the other team. Afterwards we headed out for a nice cool hike to the top of the mountain.
We stopped and chatted with Ben and Laura for a few and then the older folks who bought Norm's place who we saw walking on top. Everyone commented on how beautiful the temps were after some hot dry days last week. The front brought some much needed rain and one gauge I checked had nearly 2 1/2 inches of rain. My rain barrel was about 3/4 full. (It's sprinkling again this morning with some fog as I make this post.) There were no bugs or mosquitoes out on this brisk evening and Nancy handled the hike the best ever with the lack of heat and humidity in the air.
We came back and piddled around in the yard then had a snack of fresh cucumber and dip, some peanut butter in celery stalks as we munched on some pop corn while watching the baseball game. We had eaten a salad for lunch so that was wearing off. The temps were dropping once again so we had hot tea and hot chocolate while watching the Netflix series TURN. We immediately liked it better than Outlander but I'm still having trouble hearing and understanding only about half of what the actors are saying. Maybe that's why I'm not a movie watcher except on my laptop which I can plug in my earbuds, oh well. The series is very well done and from what I remember of my history close to the truth as possible during the Revolutionary War. We watched two episodes before I caught myself nodding off as it was 10'ish. I hit the shower and was soon afterwards in the horizontal position by 10:30, LATER
