Well Thursday was another busy day both outside and inside after being cooped up for 24 hours due to the constant rain that dropped over 3 inches upon us and with it more cold temps and now wicked wind at times. I managed to work out side piddling around in the yards and gardens as well as getting more areas winterized for our departure on Sunday morning for the next 7 months, where did these 5 months go and so quickly.
I started the day with my usual 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 with this post. I did stretch on the back porch before doing several laps around the property before heading in to a semi mountain breakfast of pancakes which were delicious to say the least with a banana in the batter. I used the last of the honey on my cakes as we are cleaning up little bits of stuff before we head to the dump to unload lots of empty containers and of course trash on Saturday morning. That will be my last trip into Sparta this year and then I'll stop and gas the truck up, plus gas up some non ethanol for my equipment for next summer hopefully when we arrive in May/June.
We eventually took a nice long hike as the sun finally warmed up the air around lunch time, so down to Steve's place which he is selling out and then up to the back road that runs along our upper property line and then down the side road and then finally up the steep drive way back to the cabin. I was a great hike and very exhilarating to say the least. We saw lots of wild turkeys on the back road as they had been scratching where neighbor Gerald puts out corn. What leaves haven't blown off are gorgeous as the rain brightened them up, but lots of trees are totally bare which creates a dark look in the woods. We can see clearly the landscape of how the ridges run around the cabin.
I grilled pork chops for supper and Nancy fixed the October beans I had shelled from my small garden plot as well as Cole slaw. We were supposed to have the Frankis Family but their little ones came up with some colds and throwing up so they cancelled. We will have other dear friends over for supper tonight as we continue to eat down the freezers and then we are totally into packing on Saturday for an early morning departure around 4'ish, Sunday morning, LATER
