Well Thursday started out with chilly temps, nothing serious yet but the breeze made if feel colder, but with lots of blue skies overhead which meant once the sun broke through the trees surrounding the cabin around 9'ish it would warm up considerably and it did to t-shirt and shorts for the rest of the day and evening. It's now has started to get dark early as well as the sun gets lower behind those same trees on the other side of the cabin, oh well.
I started the day with my 6'ish rollout to my routines that start 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 and one answered prayer was neighbor Grant got better and it seems he is back home again and supposedly cancer free, although he is still have some healing issues and getting back his strength and eating healthy, everyone else is holding with this post.
I headed out to stretch on the back porch before walking the property and notice those pesky deer were in the upper garden again overnight, but thankfully I put chicken wire around my jalapeno pepper plants which are still producing and it kept them secure against their voracious appetites or they would have been eaten down. Most everything is gone for this season except one small patch that has a fence around it that is growing October beans and they are maturing despite being eaten down, before I put the fence around the patch. I still have a few herbs left which the deer haven't developed a desire to eat yet.
We headed to Galax, Va for one last shopping trip as I wanted some wood sealer and a new spark plug for the old chain saw and Nancy needed a few items plus a new "puffer jacket" and I gas up at 2.75 a gallon which was a few cents cheaper than N.C. We got back around 1'ish and then I started to clean the decks and porches with the leaf blower and gave the deck floor a good coat of the wood sealer and the top rails along the deck and porches. These pressure treated boards have held up quite well for over 30 years and the sealer seems to help as well. That kept me busy until it started to cool down a little and then I took a small hike around the property as we missed the long hike to the top of the mountain.
Nancy used the last of the ground deer meat for a shepherds pie as we had tatters that needed using and it was delicious to say the least. I'm hoping our young friend Caleb will fix me up with some fresh venison while he is home from Charlotte this weekend as neighbor Gerald who usually fixes me up is now feeding his new dog venison, oh well. Maybe next year I'll get lucky and have some to take back to Florida.
Well that was about it for the day as I did watch some of the NFL and the Steelers were down at half time against the Bengals. I had started son Bobby's second book in his 3 book sequel called the Epic of Haven. Its on top with Amazon on christian fantasy and while thats not my genre, its a good read thus far, titled THE RAVENOUS SEIZE, LATER
