Sunday

Well it turned out to be another beautiful day in the mountains with early morning temps in the 60 and I think it may have reached 80  in between the rain showers but for the most part it was a pleasant day with a nice gentle breeze. After a 7 AM wake up we did our quiet times then had a lite breakfast before getting ready to head out for worship at Cornerstone. Today was a special day as 10 folks were getting baptized in the creek after the regular service and also it was picnic day after the baptizing at the local ball field.

Nancy and I helped with the set up and the preparation of the picnic which had a good turnout. There was a co-ed softball game after the eatin' as well. I pitched for both teams as I still am taking it easy as far as running and playing on the knee. We had a grand time and it was after 3 PM before the game ended with a close score. There was rain all around the area but we received just a few drops which made for great conditions for ball playing.

We stopped and visited with Russ and Linda who are down from Ohio. They are building a cabin on our road to the cabin. They are doing most of the finish work as we did on our place. After the visit we headed home and ate a bowl of soup before heading out on the golf cart to the top of the mountain. We stopped and had a nice visit with Joe, Jetta and Zeke. Joe just got back from Charleston, W.Va after visiting a sick relative who just had a major cancer operation.

Well the evening turned out to be just beautiful as earlier in the day we had a gully washer. A 1/2 inch of rain fell in a short time once again washing gullies in the driveway but not as bad a last week. We did a walk around the cabin and saw where the corn stalks in the garden are starting to send up tassels so there is a good chance we will have corn to eat after all. We also noticed that several volunteer spoon tomato plants are actually setting fruit; so once again we will have a great conversation piece as these small tomato's are barely big enough to see and pick. Early tomorrow morning Nancy is going trail riding on horses with the Dalton gals and several others. I'm going to pass on this adventure until I'm sure the knee can stand the pressure of riding a horse, LATER