Well Thursday was really a great day for working outside. It was mostly overcast through out the day with very little bright sunshine and the temps stayed down into the 70's after a 60's star to the day. The humidity was back just a bit but overall a great day for being outside. I got rid of an eyes sore in the backwoods area with the huge pile of dead brush from the trees Jake cut last winter with a controlled burn which took most all the afternoon to finally burn up.
I started the day with a before 6 roll out as Nancy has moved back into the bed and she snores, so I'm waking up a little earlier than usual, but I'm still getting close to 8 hours of decent rest. I had my cup of hot green tea spiked with a little honey while I posted this ramble and then some quiet time with my Creator and Lord giving thanks and lifting several up by name for comfort and healing. All seem as well as can be expected as I've heard nothing to the contrary. I headed out shortly after for my solo non stop morning hike and talk with GOD. I love my morning chat as I get to vent on why HE has abandoned America but earnestly pray that will change when we as nation recognize what has and is happening to our once people loving country. The violence that is occurring throughout the land is a direct result of taking GOD out of the culture completely and the corruption in the gov't is also another result of denying the Judeo- Christian principles the nation was founded on. Now academia wants to subvert and do away with our constitution which is based on those principles as well.
Well after my hike I stopped off at Steve's place and chatted briefly. He was awaiting a ditch witch to make the channels for his electric and water lines to his stations through out his camping area. We came back later in the morning to check on him and his progress and He had that job done and was attempting to unroll and spread this astroturf that was in a 800 pound roll. Well we used the ditch witch to push in around and then spread it through the area. Its loaded with sand and rubber pellets which not only makes it durable but very heavy or otherwise it would just blow away. This material comes from football and soccer fields that have been redone and now there is a market for the home owner. Its very durable and does look like real grass but oh so hard to manage due to the weight.
Nancy and I took a long slow hike to the top during the late afternoon and on the way met a couple who are interested in the land across from the "hoarder house" Pam Johnson. They are from the Myrtle Beach area and want a place to put a camper on during the summer months. They are retired and seemed like they are really interested in the area. We talked for nearly an hour and filled them in on the neighborhood. They are Beth and Tommy McKee and maybe related to Keyes McKee's who lives at the start of our road. Such a small world.
I checked on the burn pile and except for some huge old blocks of the dead tree I cut down earlier this summer which were still burning the rest had burned up completely. I had cleaned up a bunch of dead limbs in the backwoods and added them to the pile as well. We were getting some sprinkles throughout the morning and so since it was overcast and no wind I got rid of that eyesore to me. Nancy wasn't thrilled which is always the case when I burn so I had to drag the hose out close enough to the burn pile in case it got out of hand which it never did and wouldn't.
I grilled a couple New York strip steaks which we had in the freezer and they were delicious along with a large home grown beet and some tater tots for our supper. I tuned into the Ray's game and they are home against the Tigers and they won 5-2 to keep their lead atop the division. It wasn't long until I hit the shower then another Jack Reacher book until lights out, LATER
