Monday

The air was so still this morning with sunlight peeping through the tree tops and just a light drip from the dew dripping from roof. The hummers were feeding as I did my quiet time with a hot cup of green tea. Nancy was finishing up her quiet time and getting ready to make buckwheat pancakes with turkey bacon and eggs. Wow what a breakfast and I needed it as we got ready to head over to Ms. Helen's to do a few odd jobs for her. First I painted the fascia board on her garage which has a steep hill so setting the ladder is a little tricky, Nancy held the ladder as I gave it two coats of paint, then I painted her chimney rocks with a silicon base sealer to prevent water leakage into her attic area. After that I sawed a couple boards for the base of her shed that was starting to show some dry rot then dug up a couple roses from her flower bed, fixed the chain in the commode and finally planted an oregano plant. We were finished and back home by noon. It was a fun time and she greatly appreciated the help. We had her over for dinner as well.

After lunch we took a good hike to the top where it was really hot. It seems about 10 degrees hotter up there than down off the moutain. Carson followed us most of the way on his dirt bike. After getting back he wanted a couple games of checkers so we played two then he was off riding again. I had to hand water some of my plants as they were beginning to wilt in the dry breezy conditions. Now we could use a little rain shower.

Nancy did fried chicken in the oven with oven 'taters rolled in rosemary and parsley, fresh corn cut off the cobb into a blender to make cream corn and a fresh garden salad. Mighty fine eatin'. After eating we took off on the golf cart to the top of the mountain and visited with Ann & Sandy Cline who knew one of Ms. Helen's long time friends from Winston. We then rode down the mountain and back around visiting several new homes and their owners. The nice breeze had dropped the temp's down to where Nancy thought she needed a jacket. We got back to the cabin around 8 PM and had some fresh baked chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Well we are going to plug the dvd player in and watch Valkrie, a movie Gerald left with us to return to Sparta later in the week. After setting up the dvd player it wouldn't take blue ray disc's(rental flicks) so we are watching Nights in Rodanthe. I read the book by Nickolas Sparks(chick flick) but since I figured out how to hook the player up might as well use it.LATER