Saturday

Well it was another busy day after a 58 degree morning with the bird singing and the dew dripping from the tin roof of the cabin. We are situated down in the trees so the sun doesn't hit us directly until later in the morning but its a beautiful sight as the light filters through the tall oaks, maples and white pines. After a 6:30 wake up I did my quiet time and other than a few distant crows cawing and the singing of the birds it is quiet here. Nancy was still in the sack so I had the early morning to walk around the flower beds, gardens and just relish in the fresh air and stillness of the morning.

Nancy awakened and after her quiet time she made a splendid breakfast of buckwheat cakes with a banana in the batter and a couple home grown cackle berries from the Pickett/Freeze abode(mountain neighbors) adorning the top of them, Yeow was that ever good with a little black strap molasses on the side. After the clean up I headed out to put the work boots on and started the day.

I fed the seedlings with some liquid Miracle Grow and I now have lettuce and radishes poking through the ground which was sow 3 days ago also new Zinnias are poking through as well; I lost about half of them on the transplant from my Florida garden for some reason also lost most of the potato plants I brought up as well; but the 10 hills of spuds that are leftovers from last years potato's are doing fantastic and are about a foot and half tall. Walking up and down this tilted piece of ground is a job in its self. I next took the weed whacker and did the perimeter of the place and then headed down the driveway to clean up the side ditches. Thankfully Nancy came as I was about to finish down below and to give a lift back up the hill in the golf cart. We decided after putting a load of laundry in to take a hike to the top to see how many of the neighbors were there.

Well we saw John and Shirley Cottle's car so we stopped and learned some devastating news about Ann and Sandy Cline(who were visting as well). He has developed blood on the brain in several places and isn't doing well at all as he had just got out of ICU and is barely able to walk with a cane. We visited with them(Cottle's who we never saw last year) for awhile then learned that Vyonne Butzback across the road in the next cabin has breast cancer and is due for a double mastectomy ASAP, yikes !!! That news and catching up with our mountains friends was not very thrilling and exciting as we had hoped and while we were greeted warmly with hugs and handshakes those illness's dampened our reunion.

We headed home and once again never made to the end of the road on top where several other friends are up for the holiday. Hopefully tomorrow we can visit with them while on a hike. After a lunch of leftover chicken on a salad I headed out once again to do some little chores. I hauled the fire circle benches up and out from under the back porch and found one that needed some renovations due to dry rot. I spent a couple hours refurbishing it and by then it was 4:30 and I was wearing thin from all my trips up the hill and around the back yard plus I had worked up quite a sweaty smell. We were having Jodi and Gerald for cards at 6:30 so after a couple watering chores and a lite supper of green beans and sweet potato's I headed for the shower and then relaxed watching a little baseball before they arrived.

Well Gerald and I teamed up against the gals and won the first game of Spades and then we changed directions(Jodi idea to throw us off our game) and played Hearts of which Gerald won handily and then back to Spades where is was close in the final hand and I bungled it so at least the gals won something. We had a fun time and by 10 PM it was time to call it a day. We were keeping up with the score of the Rays vs the Red Sox game on her IPhone while playing cards and the Rays blew a 2-1 lead in the 9th and lost 3-2, Oh well its exciting to have your home team playing up there with the powerhouse teams.

We are excited about visiting with our Cornerstone family on Sunday and hope there is no news as devastating as what we learned from our mountain top friends. Keep Yvonne and Sandy in your thoughts and prayers as we will, LATER