Well Saturday was a fun day and we found a new eatery as well. More on that later in this ramble. I started the day much the usual with a before 6 roll out to my routines that start with a cup of hot green tea while I post the day before's activities and then spend some quiet time with my Creator and Lord in thanksgiving and lifting up several by name. All seem as well as can be expected due to age and health issues. I got in my non stop morning hike to the top of the mountain before a breakfast of oatmeal and fresh fruit. I headed out to hand water the new seedlings in all of the garden patches and to transplant some zinnias from one of the beds into another one which for some reason the seeds did not germinate. Nancy had promised the Luffman's we would come over to see and play with their horses during the morning and what beautiful gentle giants they are and oh so beautiful.
We spent a couple hours or more petting and playing with these beautiful animals and their young offsprings. The Luffman's are into raising these Gypsy Vanner's as a business now after starting out as a hobby about 8 years ago and have become a leading breeder with selling horses as far away as Australia. Their stud is a magnificent gentle horse and is demand constantly for his siring great foals. We both just love how gentle and friendly these horses are. Kay blessed us with some of her garden lettuce before we left the farm and met up with Gerald and Mechelle at a small local eatery we pass every time we go to Sparta. The Circle L food was fantastic and very plentiful. I will definitely eat and share their good food with others folks. We notice every time we go by the parking lot was full but had no idea it had changed ownership which was for the good since the last time we were there years ago.
We made a stop at our "mountain moms" for a visit on the way home and brought her some of the night before supper of Swedish meat balls, rice and gravy. She is doing well for her age at 93, still drives to town but is now limited on some of her most cherish activities like riding her tractor and mowing. She is or was an outdoor gal and very independent. We promised to go over next week and help with some chores she is unable to do that requires some physical muscle. We got back some where around 2'ish and then after being so full from a lunch we sat and read until it was time for a hike around 4'ish. The hike was uneventful as we never saw or spoke with anyone on top. It was close to 5 before we got back so I piddled around in the gardens and then read until nearly 8. I skipped any supper except for a handful of nuts with my glass of red vino around 7 as the lunch still had me satisfied.
I watched the Lightning game and they were getting beat 3-0 when I hit the shower after the second period which was right at 10'ish. They did come back and make it a close final at a 3-2 loss so they are tied up in games at 2 each. Today is Fathers Day which will find us celebrating with a young family we have grown to know and love at their place for food and games. Jake and Katilyn have the cutest year old daughter named Skylar after losing their first born a son on this day 2 years ago. They are now the youth directors at Cornerstone and doing a fine job as well with a great youth department. They will be such a great help with the development of Skylar as she matures in the church. Both of them are go getters and embody the spirit of hard work, love of Jesus and family. We have been blessed with their friendship, LATER
A few pics of their horses and the white one became my closet pal while there never leaving my side, she is a gypsy but a different color than most of their horses. Most of these in the pic are young horses but check out their size in comparison to Kay in one pic of a yearling. They are stout and broad backed as they were bred to be work horses.
