Wednesday

Its so quiet here its hard to sleep or maybe its the promise of a day filled with lots of outdoor work. The temps were in the low 50's in the morning and didn't get above 63 for the day. It was overcast and looked a little like it could rain but the sun finally broke through after lunch and warmed things up a little. After my quiet time and a cup of steaming hot green tea Nancy decided to make buckwheat cakes with a banana in the batter as well as some home grown cackle berries, one that Caleb Dalton gave me was a double yoker. Thanks not only to the Daltons for eggs, but also to Gerald and Jodie for their yoker's as well. Mighty fine eatin' they were and all home grown.

After a great breakfast we called Amy our daughter as today she turned 27, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY, you have made both of us proud and what a super mother you are, we love you and your family deeply.

I ventured out to check on the veggie and flower gardens for deer damage but didn't see any new damage. I loaded up the golf cart with the spreader and a couple sacks of lime and grass seed to be spread on the back yard. I worked on that area for a couple hours before heading into the back woods to saw up a couple tree tops that had broken off during the winters heavy snow and ice storms. Neighbor Gerald came by on his tractor scraping our driveway and leveling out the small gullies from the severe rain storm on Sunday; did I mention we had over 2 inches of rain. Thanks neighbor!!!

Nancy finally came outside wearing sweat shirts and dressed for winter but did manage to work in her flower beds until lunch time. You wouldn't believe a bowl of hot leftover Zuppa hit the spot. After lunch we worked outside until it was ready to head over and pick up Helen and her brother Joe around 3 PM. Nancy and I had an appointment to get our pictures taken at the photography studio in town at 4 for the Cornerstone Church directory. We were pleasantly surprised with the folks in charge and they took several poses and we choose the one that suited us right there and now. Afterwards we headed over to the hardware store and purchased grass seed, cuke and squash seedlings before heading over to a local eatery, Browns Restaurant. Its a family run business and we have never had a bad meal there and this evening was no exception. We both had the meatloaf and Joe and Helen both had perch. We were stuffed with very good food and quite reasonable. We headed on back to Helen's and sat on the back porch in the warm sunshine until it clouded over again so we headed out for home around 6 PM.

We took off for a mountain hike and hope to once again make this routine a part of every day. We saw Jetta Browning on top and visited for a few moments before heading back to transplant the squash and cukes. Well its pitch black outside and American Idol is on the T.V. so will call it a day, LATER.