It's confirmed I've lost my mind. On Tuesday's blog I listed those of you who say you're coming to visit. In what can only be described as a brain fart, I spelled Britney's name as Britany. Of course I know better, goodness I have known this child for how long???? At least 11 or 12 years...
So please accept "Aunt Darcie's" apology... LOL
In a quick update, when asked if you would like me to keep writing "books" in the blog or if I should taper off some, the majority of you said to keep writing. The score was 3 to 1. Sorry Debbie, you'll just have to read them when you can or skip them altogether. It's all up to you. Now that you're boyfriend-less, maybe you'll have more time to spend on my blog...LOL and school work - crack those books woman!
It was really nice outside when I got home from work yesterday. Wally had gone to Pee Wee's and was on his way home. The dogs met me at the car and followed me to the house. I put some chicken tenders in a bowl of water so they could thaw out and changed into my usual garb; jeans and a tank top.
With my hair up in a hair-tie and my sunglasses on, I grabbed a beer, a lawn chair and my Southern Living magazine and sat out on the front porch looking at the view and slowly turning the pages. There was a turkey in the driveway but he never made it down to the house. I could hear him gobbling off in the woods though. It really echos up there on the hill. You sometimes feel like you're surrounded by the turkeys when they all get going but in reality there are only 3 toms - that's how loud they are.
About 10 pages into the magazine Wally got home. He showed me the work they had completed on the kitchen - it's really coming along and I can't wait to get out there and have a cookout!! He did build in the 4-burner stovetop lower than the rest so I have a space of my own - thank you honey!
We took our walk out to the newer garage-type space. He put up a metal structure where he can keep tools and do light mechanical work. This way he can keep a set of tools up at the cabin and not have to go down to the barn everytime he needs something - gathering materials takes more time than using them for the purpose they were intended. The space is big enough to park the motorhome in with plenty of room leftover. I'm pretty sure he only knows how to build "BIG." If you've been here - you know what I mean.
We got on the 4-wheeler and went all the way down the front yard where Wally had spotted a new flowering tree. I don't have any idea what it is but I'll be searching the internet on my lunch to see if I can identify it. It's growing in the rocks - literally, there is no grass anywhere near it and it's about 3 feet tall. We can see bunches of them all down the side of that holler. We're going to try transplanting them along the driveway if we can get to enough of them. They smell like a jasmine but they don't look like one. I'll figure it out though, rest assured.
We took the 4-wheelers down to the "condo" so I could check out the rosebush. It has about 20 buds on it but none are open yet. They are very tightly bound but you can see that the flowers are white with what looks to be a red or pink trim on the outer petals. I can't wait!!! You so know I will have pictures of these flowers as soon as they bloom!
We took some carrots over to the horses, well, I should say over to Rebel. Smokey wouldn't come to us so he didn't get any. Then we went through that gate, through the pasture and down into, what I call, the deep woods of the property. Wally had bulldozed it at one time and we could see where the horses preferred to travel but a lot of it was very overgrown. It's beautiful mind you with the creek running along side of us and the trees making a canopy over top and wild flowers growing everywhere but it is rough terrain for a beginner 4 wheeler like myself. I did okay but don't ask me to find my way alone. I'll learn it soon enough. Indeed last night was truly an adventure for me.
As it turns out, we ended up at the bottom of the front yard, right where we started out. How about that? I knew Wally knew where he was going but I had no idea that's where I would be when we came out of those woods. Pretty darn cool I must say :)
We had chicken tenders, seasoned with some seasoning salt and black pepper then just pan fried in a little tiny bit of Olive Oil. Crunchy on the outside, juicy-moist on the inside. Sissy and J - sorry you weren't here for them, it was one of my better batches :) Love you though :) We also had some "Glory" brand seasoned, mixed greens and some pinto beans. Yummy, yummy for the tummy and very filling too. While I was cooking we watched a new PBS series called "America." I usually enjoy those types of documentaries (I know - nerdy- who cares?) but this one might turn out to be a flop. It just couldn't hold our interest. We moved on to Sienfeld and then Criminal Minds which we made half way through before heading upstairs to bed.
It was a nice night weather-wise, we had the little heater on (by my side of the bed of course) but somewhere in the middle of the night Wally turned it off. We really didn't need it because the room was just right for sleeping. Cool enough for covers but not so cold you need a heater - loved it!
I know this post is lengthy but I have to tell you about the ride in to work. I was still in Hickman County and coming up over one of many hills. On the side of the road, heads down and grazing were 6 deer. Their fur was really thick since they still have their winter coats. They barely took time to look up at me and then went right back to eating. They were so pretty and so much bigger than the deer in FL. I wish I had one in the freezer but that'll have to wait until hunting season. Sorry but that's a fact folks. Continuing on my way, it must have been wild animal day because just as I came into Brentwood there was a bunch of turkeys all pecking away at the ground right there by the traffic light at the Brentwood High School. Tell me where else in the world you would see something like that in this day and age?
That gives you an idea of where my head is, daydreaming and counting the hours until I'm back on the road headed towards home. I'll leave you with a note to say I do miss you all but this is really, really good for me.
"The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." - Marcel Proust
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