Weekend plans...

We don't have too many plans made but we always end up getting busy with whatever comes our way. Tomorrow, Daryl is supposed to come help Wally put the stone up on the posts around the outdoor kitchen. I think I'll be getting the remaining boxes out of the cabin, into the motorcycle trailer and down to the storage trailer behind the barn.

Since the fold-out couch is in the hot tub room, I have to get that space cleared out in case we have visitors for Memorial Day weekend. They can't hardly pull the couch out into a bed when it has my junk all over it. Wally is going to get the closet set up in our room so I can get my hanging clothes out of the living room. For one thing, I can't even reach them to wear them because they are hanging from the bridge. If he comes downstairs with me in the mornings then he'll reach them for me. Otherwise I have to get a step stool. That's a real pretty sight! 

It will be nice to have those clothes out of the way. They block the view to the front door where I find myself standing whenver I'm not in the kitchen or out sitting on the porch. He's going to put some shelving in for me too. I'm hoping it will be cedar planks but I can't be too picky since I'm sure he'll be using whatever wood is on the farm. No wire shelving here thank you very much! I'll be able to stash away all the extra towels, my one little box of winter clothes (ha ha), my shoes and my candles (I might have just a couple boxes of those).

My only other goal for the weekend is to get the living room floor cleaned. I haven't been able to do it with all the boxes in the way and it gets very dusty very quick. If you feel like coming up to help, let me know. I have extra brooms, dust pans and mops. I brought all mine and he already had a set so there are plenty to go around :)    I hear the phone ringing off the hook as I write... LOL

I put some new pictures on the blog today. These are the wild roses that bloom over on the side of the cabin by our room. I haven't been able to see them yet because it's dark when I get up and they are closed by the time I get home. I saw them last year and it's a really big area that they have overtaken. When they bloom, they smell like someone sprayed perfume all around outside. Since they're wild they have a woodier scent as compared to the really sweet scent of some domesticated roses. I'm hoping to get my hands on some of them in the morning so I can clip them and put them on the table in front of the fireplace. At least I have something in bloom!  It's a NO on the Daylily scene and a NO on the mystery plant as well. To those of you who thought I had a green thumb, I guess it only worked in Florida...darn things.

Kathy tells me to be patient, that the weather here is behind Florida's weather. It seems to be quite true so I'm in the midst of learning a lesson in patience. If you know me, you know what a difficult lesson this is proving to be. It's one of the reasons I always bought at least two "Early Girl" tomato plants - it was satisfaction in less than 30 days when all others require 60 and sometimes 70 days :) 

We decided this morning that the dinner bell is to be hung on the post off the back porch. Since the back porch is closer to the kitchen, it will be more convenient for me to get to it when dinner is actually ready. Speaking of which, we had lemon pepper chicken last night. It was accompanied by sweet corn (which the Publix guy said was from FL, but I'm thinking "not so much.") cooked with cilantro and black pepper then brushed with melted butter and we had greenbeans cooked with garlic and chicken bouillon - just a little of each for some extra flavor.

The dogs got the fat off the chicken (it was cooked, settle down) and the horses got the corn cobs. Well, Rebel did anyway. Of course Mr. stubborn Smokey wouldn't come near enough to us to get his corn cob. Rebel sure did enjoy his though. He even came over to be petted so while Wally petted him I went in and got him a couple carrots. When he's being a good horse it's easy to spoil him. I wouldn't know if that's the case with Smokey since he has yet to be good unless you're riding him. It's not his fault really - he came from an abusive home and even years of niceness hasn't re-trained him to trust anyone. Maybe he never will but that doesn't mean I'll give up on him. It's that whole thing about wanting what you can't have. I want him to come to me but he could care less. Even carrots don't tempt this horse so I have my work cut out for me. He was very fond of Nacho Cheese Dorito's but Wally says we can't give them too many of those because of the salt. They make the funniest faces when they eat them! Maybe they'll get bathed this weekend so they'll be ready for riding next weekend. We couldn't get them shod today because Wally has to fix the gas tank on the truck in order for us to have something to pull the trailer with. I'm sure the horses aren't too disappointed... I am though :(

Dinner was good, so good I could smell it outside when I brought the clothes in off the line. So good, I could still smell it upstairs when we went to bed. It makes me hungry for more even if I just ate. I don't smell it in the kitchen or at the table but it sure lingers upstairs. Wally likes it when the house smells like food. No wonder the dogs hang out on the back porch when I'm cooking...I'm surprised we don't have more animals come up!

We're hoping to catch a crow this weekend. Some old guy told Wally to put some corn on a fishing hook and tie or hang it on a tree. When the crow takes the corn, he's caught on the hook and dies. Now don't go getting all "animal-friendly" on me. These crows ate every tomato in Wally's garden last year and I certainly don't plan to have that going on again this year. I'll hang corn from every tree on the farm if I have too. From what the old guy said, all you have to do is kill one and the others won't hang around to see who is next. We have chicken wire too just in case the corn and fishing hooks don't work... lol

We still can't get down through the holler. We may have to file for aid from FEMA because it's going to take a lot of money to buy enough gravel to fill the craters left by the waterfall when the flooding rains came through. The path down through there is not even in the same place as it was and you really can't call it a path or a road anymore. I don't know what to call it. It's mostly a waterless ravine down the middle and washed out rocks all off to the left side where it used to just be woods.

We need some gravel for the driveway too as most of what was there is now on the side of the driveway, in the grass. It makes for a somewhat bumpy ride getting down the hill. It makes for an even bumpier one on the way up! LOL When we take the motorcycle, we ride in the grass.

The weather was nice and cool this morning but it's supposed to be in the high 80's today. I haven't seen any rain yet but they say there's a 20% chance of it. I've found that that's what they always say around here unless they know for sure that rain is coming. Like Sunday, it's a 60% chance on Sunday. That's a little more definitive. My luck - it'll rain when I walk out the door to go to my car...

We still haven't had to turn on the air but I sense that the time is quickly approaching. It was humid enough last night that we both showered off before going to bed. Once we do that, then we're cooled to the point of almost being chilly. Of course, we're in the shade too. I like this time of year when I can roll down the car windows, put my hair up and enjoy the wind blowing through the car. I can sit on the porch with my gray jacket and be perfectly comfortable. Before long, it will surely be sweltering hot and those days will have gone by until next year.

Come along with me if you will - I'll be sure to describe all manner of weather and seasons as they come my way. It wouldn't be that big of a deal except for the fact that I've never experienced all those changes. You're invited to come experience them with me here at the cabin but if you can't make it, you can rely on the blog to make you feel like you're here.

Enjoy your weekend whatever you end up doing, or not doing as the case may be!

Until Monday then...

"I find I always have to write something on a steamed mirror." ~Elaine Dundy