While Frances minded the yard sale Al and I put the stuff that goes under the deck back and picked produce and apples. Sales were slow today. What they did not sell I am taking to Cares next week.
It’s another nice day with temperatures in the mid 70’s and low humidity, but breezy.
Frances and Al were up early this morning to get set up for the yard sale event. I got up around 6:45 to eat a bowl of cereal before going out to help with the set up.
We had right many folks stop by this morning and a few bought some stuff. This afternoon has, so far, been pretty quiet. It’s a nice day. Temperatures in the upper 70’s, partly cloudy, and a bit of a breeze.
While Frances worked the sale Al wheelbarrowed the sand left over from the rock project over to the garden. He also used his electric pole trimmer to take down some limbs hanging over the fence from the trees in the back pasture. I alternated between helping Frances with the sale and hauling some brush for Al.
I am reading Land of the Free by Donna Ball.
Gym this morning. Starting today and running through the weekend is the hwy. 21 road market that runs from Harmony, NC to Wythville, VA. Hwy 21 runs right through Sparta. Right now, we have a traffic light just inside the Sparta city limits because of the road being down to one lane due to construction of a bypass. Traffic is always backed up at the light but this morning when I left here at 10 am to go back to the gym for my five hour shift it was already a mess at the light and traffic was heavy in town.
Fortunately there is a back way home that takes me out of town and bypasses all the mess and comes out opposite where you turn to go onto our road. I came that way home.
Frances and Al will be up this evening for the weekend. Frances wants to sell some stuff at the yard sale. Al is setting up a tent at the end of the driveway. We are just off 21 and easy to see from the hwy. I have a few things to put out to try to sell myself. Most of the stuff I cleaned out that I did not want to keep after Bob died I have donated to Cares but I do have a few things still in the attic that might bring a few dollars.
Gym this morning. On the way home I stopped to visit with Grayson, the man who bought Bob’s guns, and his wife. They live right in town on Main street in Sparta. I had something I wanted to give him I had found when I was cleaning out a drawer.
Once home I grabbed a quick snack then went to the garden. I picked a pan of beans, several zucchini, a squash, and a cucumber.
The guys are not working again today because of a chance of rain. It was mostly cloudy and warm this morning but it’s thundering right now. We may or may not get any rain out of this storms heading up from the south. They seem to be going around this end of the county lately.
Gym, bank, and grocery store this morning. When I left the gym, around 9:15, there were two deer standing in the road that goes to the gym from Hwy 18 in front of one of the houses. I slowed down as soon as I spotted them. They took off across the road and into the field.
The supposed rain we were to get all day today from the low moving up from the south never did materialize here. The guys did not show up to grout the stone since the forecast was to be rain off and on all day. And, it looked like it all day until late this afternoon when the sun came out. We had a slight shower last night about the time I took Colin out for last time but it did not amount to much.
I volunteered at the bookstore this afternoon from 1:30 to 5.
I am reading Grave Mistake by Ngaio Marsh.
Gym this morning. It’s been mostly cloudy all day but no rain so far. We had a pretty good storm yesterday afternoon but only .05 inches of rain. Last night’s storm went around us. The rock on under the deck and the side porch is laid but needs to be grouted.
I worked from 11 – 4 at the gym.
Still no rain. Yesterday evening the skies turned dark and a severe thunderstorm warning was issued for the county. Twenty minutes later the storm had petered out or gone around me. Rain and thunderstorms this morning have done much the same thing; skirted my side of the county. I’ll wait to water this evening just in case we get some rain this afternoon.
I did the usual house cleaning chores this morning and washed a load of towels. Otherwise, watching the British Open and working the today’s crossword.
Frances and Al came up for the day and brought their neighbors Constance and Robert. Frances and Constance and Robert have been neighbors for 21 years. I called Al Thursday to see if he and Frances would come up today and get all that produce I picked Thursday. Their neighbors had been wanting to come up with them sometime to see the house and visit Sparta. It worked out they were free today to come along.
They got here a little after 10 am. We visited for awhile then went into town to eat lunch at The Pines. Afterwards we walked around downtown Sparta. Back home, we picked more produce and finally some apples. This years crop was slow to ripen and they did not get as big as they did last year. They are a cooking apple as opposed to an eating apple. I sent all the apples home with them. Al will cook up some applesauce and freeze some for me.
Larry came by this morning to spray sealant on the porch. Since it looked like rain, which it did sprinkle for about 20 minutes, he did not do the sidewalk. The guy that helps him wanted to take today off so they were not working today. Next week they need to finish cementing and grouting the stone under the deck and do the side porch.
I worked at the gym from 10:30 to 3:30. Coming home, I saw a deer get hit by a car as I was driving up hwy 21. That’s the first time I have ever seen one hit a car and go flying over the hood onto the side of the road. It came out of nowhere and hit his car on the side almost at the passenger door before he even knew what hit him. The guy continued a few yards up the road and turned into the little local produce place. The car behind him also turned in, I guess to see if he was okay.
