Thursday

Well it was another warm morning with bright sunshine and a slight breeze made it comfortable however by afternoon it had reached 85 on the back porch. Luckily we finally got some clouds to move in and take away some of the heat. After our quiet times I hung a couple loads of laundry and hand watered all the flower and veggie gardens. While watering the front beds neighbor Gerald spotted me outside and came up with a pound or so of deer sausage. I mixed a little sage, garlic powder and black pepper in it and Nancy made sausage patties so I cooked them on the grille. Wow were they ever tasty, so that's what we had for breakfast. Thanks Gerald, I think that meat was from one of the deer that ate away my garden last summer; no wonder it was so tasty.

We got our hike in after breakfast and stopped to visit with Ann and Sandy Cline for awhile before heading back down. They came by the cabin around 3 and visited so we loaded them up with some cukes, Zucchini, jalapenos and a jar of wine berry jelly. I had just finished edging and mowing and we were getting ready for our "mountain mom" and brother Joe to come for supper. Speaking of supper Nancy and I put on a feast of fresh caught pan fried bass from her pond, pinto beans over rice with salsa as a garnish, cold slaw, cornbread muffins and blackberry cobbler with vanilla ice cream. We could hardly move after eating so we sat on the front porch until nearly 7 PM. After they left we cleaned up the dishes and headed out to get the mail on the golf cart then brought the rest of the cobbler to Jodi and Gerald's were we played a game of Oh W(h)ell which Jodi won and 2 games of spades which the guys won both. Wow do we we have bragging rights for a day at least.

Well its been a busy working and eating day with lots of different foods; deer for breakfast and fish for supper, we skipped lunch as we ate late in the morning and early in the evening. Tomorrow we are getting up with the Jodi and Gerald's and their boys and doing the New River Trail in Galax on bikes, should be another work off some of that fat day. LATER