Wednesday

Well the temps have certainly changed back to what we are accustom to here in the mountains of North Carolina. It was a high of 72 today with a low in the low 60's and the day was just magnificent with some high clouds until the afternoon which gave way to bright sunshine. Our morning was the usual with waking up around 6:30, having a spot of tea while doing my quiet time then I finished off the last 2 leftover buckwheat pancakes with Amish butter and honey.

Nancy mentioned that bugs were eating the leaves off her cone flowers so I mixed up some Malathion insecticide and sprayed all of the flower beds before we headed out for our morning hike. After the hike I mixed up some weed and grass killer and sprayed the unwanted grass in the driveway and around the fire circle. We had a couple bean burritos for lunch and then we got ready to make a double batch of black raspberry jelly. Wow is that a messy and use every pan in your cabinets chore. Nancy and I have this down to a system as we've been making jelly every summer.

After the jelly making chore I transplanted some Zinnia's into larger pots and got them ready to add some color to the porches and deck and then painted the back porch screen door before we got ready for supper which also turned out to be Mexican. Yeow we love taco salad especially when we have a lot of our own home grown ingredients. We headed out to the back road after supper and made it to the top of the steep trail but decided afterwards to visit our neighbors out near the mailbox as we hadn't retrieved our mail for the day. We met several more neighbors who were out an about on 4-wheelers and golf carts in this beautiful evening weather. Nancy actually complained she was cold while riding in the golf cart.

Well its certainly been a busy day with lots of busy chores and fantastic temps, it now is into the low 60's and will quite possibly go lower tonight into the 50's. Should be great sleeping tonight and speaking of sleeping I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes open. LATER