Well Friday started out with a 6'ish rollout to chilly temps but warmed up by mid morning to t shirt and shorts weather with tons of bright sunshine. I did my usual morning routines that begin with some quiet times to honor my lord, Jesus, give thanks for another day and to lift up several by name for comfort and healing. I did learn that a fellow associate I knew from our old church who had a daughter in my grand daughter's class at Keswick had a hear attack and passed away. He was in his 40's at best and looked the picture of health last time I saw him at a school function in the spring. All others except for America's hero Charlie Kirk's family who is suffering greatly are holding. The evil monster who did this in custody.
Nancy wanted to shop at Hobby Lobby in Galax, Va. so we headed out around 10:30 after I did my morning walk around the property checking on the gardens after a stretch on the back porch. It was nippy so I donned an extra shirt, to due the check. I did load up the truck with some garbage to be dropped off at one of the three dumpsters on the parkway heading into Galax. We made a stop at the post office there as grandson Gabriel has a 15 th birthday in a couple days. While Nancy shopped I started a new read about a tunnel that went under the Berlin Wall and the history surrounding the division of Germany after the war ended in the 40's and the history of Russia's influence in Eastern Germany vs USA's influence in western Germany. I remember the Berlin airlift that saved the folks there and then the murders by the Soviets influenced gov't that forced folks to be divided for years by the wall. Interesting read and how our news media at the time wanted to show case this operation during the digging of the tunnel to allow folks to escape.
After Hobby Lobby it was Walmart for some shopping and then back home by 1:30 for a late lunch. I picked half runner beans from the back yard garden and harvested at least a gallon or more and now I need to pick the beans in the upper garden patch as well. They had been blown down in the storm last week but managed to stay alive and producing despite losing a couple vines and poles. I did harvest more tomato's in the back woods garden patch and there are still green ones forming as well. I still have leafy greens maturing as well despite no rain for over a week now. The weather has been ideal with cool mornings and warm afternoons. Nancy still has the heat on during the early mornings and the windows and doors open in the afternoons.
Today Saturday neighbor Gerald is up for the weekend and while I couldn't get a foursome for pickle ball we decided to work on the driveway ditch which is clogged with downed huge tree limbs from the ice storm last winter. We will use his tractor and chains to drag the limbs out so we can saw them up for fire wood. That should keep us busy for most of the day as there are several limbs down and its a mess, oh well.
We settled into some reading in the warm afternoon on the deck before heading to Sparta to the library and then to meet Mechelle and Billy at the Muddy Creek for supper. It was a good visit with them and the food was good. I had the shrimp taco's and fries and Nancy a burger. Its a little pricey for Sparta but reasonable. We saw several old friends who came in as well as some neighbors from the top of our mountain. We visited for an hour or more and then headed home a scenic drive that took us down a one lane road which was at one time the main route to town. We got back and settled in to the internet and then some NCAA football before a hot shower around 9'ish and then some reading in bed for me until lights out at 10'ish, LATER
