Well August went out with summer as we have the heat on here in the mountains of N.C. It's supposed to be only in the 60's for highs this next week with lows in the 40's, which I'm sure folks in Florida would love to see for a few days as its still blazing hot there. We had some lite rain and fog to start the day which made it feel even colder than it actually was temperature wise, but by the time we left church just before noon the skies had cleared with bright sunshine and blue skies. I awakened with a funky tummy and we aren't sure why so we decided to skip eating out and brought some chicken already fried from Food Lion home as we also had some leftovers we ate with it.
I started the day with my usual before 6 rollout to my routines that begin with some quiet times to honor my lord, Jesus after posting this ramble to lift up several by name for comfort and healing. The list just gets longer daily but all are holding with this post. Since is was raining lightly I didn't head out to check on the gardens but did that later after getting getting home from church and eating lunch. We did make a stop at an old friends house for some apple wood he saved for me for the smoker. I love using apple wood when smoking any kind of meat which we seldom do any longer when its just the two of us, but we are expecting some company this month and then again in October, so I'll have plenty of cured apple wood.
We did listen first to Gary Hamrick at Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg, Va. before heading out to our Cornerstone Fellowship in Sparta and heard two really good messages first on the Galatian's and then on the whole story of Jonah who was swallowed by the big fish/whale. The archaeology of the city of Nineveh bears fruit of how Jonah was able to convince the barbarians there to repent and change their wicked ways, very interesting. A whole story I've never heard before backed up with evidence saved in stone.
Well after eating a delicious tasty lunch of fried chicken, mashed tatters with chicken gravy and some mixed veggies which held me the rest of the day, I headed out to check on the gardens and to harvest several tomato's as well as zucchini's and a cucumber whose vines are just about gone. I sat outside on the deck and read until 3'ish when the first of two college games came on the TV which I wanted to watch. Virginia Tech lost to S.Carolina in a hard fought game until the last quarter and then Notre Dame vs Miami was a real close game with the Hurricanes prevailing by 3 points, after being up by 10 points in the last quarter. It was after 11 before I hit the sack after showering at half time.
Well today we have nothing planned with any neighbors so we will eat alone and probably watch another college game later in the day and catch up on some small honey-do's around the cabin and hopefully take a hike as well as read. Nancy is into a Nickolas Sparks book and I'm into a true story on the town called Tombstone which is the name of the book by Tom Glavin. Tomorrow we head back to Sparta and the library as they have LONESOME DOVE waiting for me to check out and read once again. I love the book and the story and visualize myself living that adventure once every 5 years or so, LATER
