Well Thursday was a busy day that had us going into Sparta to run some errands as well as a stop at the library and then the grocery store as we are expecting company this weekend for about the next 5 days. Sister Dee and Mike with their new pup Sophie will be here, so I would expect some good card playing over these next nights and then neighbors Dan and Carol arrive on the 3rd of October for 10 days, plus Sheri and Steve should be here for a couple weeks as well. The next 6 weeks which is about all we have before heading back to Florida should be filled with friends, good eatin' and lots of games.
I started the day with my usual 6'ish rollout to my routines that begin with some quiet times to honor Jesus, give thanks for another day and to lift up several by name for comfort and healing. All are holding albeit some with more severe health issues than others. Nancy and I are blessed as we both are holding on to decent health at this point as we both hike the mountain usually daily, but skipped yesterday due to the shopping trip to Sparta. Neighbor Anne and Frank came by at supper time and brought us supper which was a stew called Brunswick along with a loaf of fresh baked bread she made herself, delicious. I use to order this stew when we would get barbecue in Seminole at Willy G's as a side dish. Tasty and loaded with veggies. I added a fresh jalapeno to mine which really spiced it up.
I did check on the gardens after stretching on the back porch and noticed the deer were once gain in the back yard patch so I added another post and strung a rope across the top to maybe thwart them from jumping the fence an eating whats left. Thankfully they have not developed a taste for the actual bean as it just the leaves they like. I did harvest another gallon or more of the beans from the two patches and gave away about 2/3 of them to neighbors including Anne and Frank as well as a pint of blue berries I picked. My bushes are still producing although not nearly as much as a couple weeks ago and we are blue berried out. I still eat them at least twice a week with my oatmeal for breakfast, but I've given away tons this summer to all the neighbors out here on the mountain.
I did do some porch setting and reading and finished the true story titled SPEARHEAD about a WWII tank devision that helped capture the German cities that brought and end to the war. It is a great read, but with lots of pics from the era and event that claimed the lives of so many who operated those Sherman tanks. This read puts you right there in the battles and engagements including the horrible injuries and deaths to so many who operated them. It's a well worth reading story and horrific at times on what these men went through during the war and their associations with the native folks. Some folks welcomed US(A) as a blessings to those who were under authority to the Reich which was brutal and these folks welcomed Americans and their actions to relief them from these radicals, especially the German SS troops.
Well after supper and the clean up I headed out to set the deer devices and once again one decided not to even turn on. I'll never buy anything from this company again as this is the fourth device that just quit turning on, oh well. I watched a little of the Ray's game before turning on the TNF game and it was tied at half time. Not sure how the Dolphins managed that score after getting blown out in their first two games and the Bills were two big wins to start the season. Just maybe the Bills were over confident and or the Dolphins got it together. Not sure what the final score was as I hit the shower at half time and read until after 10, LATER
