Well it was down right chilly with temps in the upper 40's to start the day on Saturday but it eventually warmed up by late afternoon to shorts and t-shirt temps. The stiff breeze made it feel even colder so I donned a flannel shirt for most of the morning, yikes this is still summer and August is usually one of the hottest months, oh well. We did notice on our hike lots of colored leaves already falling to the ground.
I started the day with my usual 6'ish roll out to my routines that start with some quiet moments to honor my LORD, give thanks for another day and to lift up several by name. I have to add another to that list as my nephew Justin who is son Bobby's age, has an infection in his leg and has been admitted to the hospital in Winchester. Everyone else on my list is holding as of this post.
I harvested tons of lettuces, kale and beet greens and cleaned them for the salad bowl. I recently sowed lettuces seeds which are breaking ground in a pot which I hopefully will transplant into 6 packs before we head up to Virginia next weekend. Its been a great year for a change for lettuces here in the mountains which is unusual due to the clay packed soil but since I've added so much compose to the gardens its finally staying rather loose which is great for growing lettuces, beets and most leafy greens.
I harvested another zucchini and several cucumbers which have done fantastic out in the new bed along the deep ditch. The zinnias continue to add so much beauty to the front flower bed and they are waist high which is just what we wanted in that bed. I'll be saving their seed come this fall when I close down all the beds and gardens. I picked another pint of blueberries with more to pick another day. Such a bumper crop this year.
I finished another J.A. Jance book and the author tells a good story, so I started another one of her books. I'm usually not in tune with a woman author but she tells a story with many twists and turns. I finished FLYBOYS by Bradley which was a true declassified account of WWII events with Japan. Wow, the atrocities which happen during this war is uncivilized and the Japanese were the most awful when it came to survival to fight until death as they were brainwashed by their leaders. Do not read this book if your squeamish about what happened to our captives who flew missions over Japan. It's barbaric to say the least and while we destroyed much of their nation with our bombing by the fliers of the B-29's they took such horrible acts of retribution towards those who were shot down and captured as well as their Chinese prisoners when they invaded China.
I grilled some deer burgers for our supper with a mess of fresh green beans given to us by our neighbors and after supper we tuned into the LLWS series games and I had the Ray's game on at the same time on the laptop. The Ray's lost the first game of a double hitter in LA and the Canada LL team won and then the Nevada team whupped the Ohio team big time. It was an afternoon and evening of sports as I watched a couple UFC matches after the base ball games before shower time and then some reading until lights out at 10'ish. Well today is corporate worship day at Cornerstone in Sparta with some online worship before hand. Pray for our nation that we will find favor with GOD and He will turn this ugly scene around to where we will see good once again and that evil will be kicked out of our gov't and culture, LATER
