Wednesday

Wow was it nippy this A.M. 42 degrees and the wind was blowing 10-15 mph..yikes that felt about as cold as it gets in Florida during the winter months. After our quiet times Nancy fried up a couple eggs with some buttery grits and sliced 'maters with toast. Good Eatin'.

I checked out the gardens and no new damage of course there isn't much left just a few beets, green beans, peppers, kale and some herbs. I have 1 tomato plant in a hanging basket that is blooming. The cold may set it back of course I can always bring it into the basement over the night. Well we set out on our hike around 11 AM and had a super walk to the top. Once again it was a good day for hiking as we set out for an hour and half hike. The sun was shining and there was blue skies but the wind was blowing so the outside temp's were down right cold in the shade.

After a lite lunch we headed over to visit with our "mountain mom." The afternoon sun felt delicious but the cool temp's were evident with the brisk winds. I grabbed a sledge hammer and began knocking out pine tree stumps that had rotten off below ground. I probably knocked out 25 plus in about an hour. That was a great way to warm up as in no time I shed my long sleeve shirt and worked up a good sweat. Well we headed home around 3 PM and a few residents from up on top of our mountain stopped by for a visit; Joe and Jetta Browning and Helen. They stayed for about a 1/2 hour. Helen had never been to our cabin.

Well Nancy made a garden salad to go along with the left over soup from last night. Yummm!! Well the temps are dropping rapidly and if the wind lies down there is a strong chance for frost tonight.Our Florida friends are finding the lows of 60's to be the first sign of fall to that state and everyone is so excited while we are looking forward to a warm up as we head back there this weekend. LATER.