Happenings on the Homestead in the Appalachian Mountains

Weekend Coffee Share

Hello there Adventurous Friends & Family, greetings from Georgia. How you doing this 43rd week of 2023?  We went on another good leaf looking jeep ride, the fishing wasn't no good. I made party favor bags for Sister's Halloween party coming up. Grab a coffee or your favorite beverage & I'll tell you the results of the football game I went to, come walk with me... 

Leaf coverage was getting thinner,
still lots of green.

Pretty bursts of color throughout.

Grand & Girlfriend went leaf looking.  What a view! 
The town is surrounded by a lake. It's good fishing.

Great-Nephew, Me, Grand.
I cheered for both teams, my team won. Yay! 

Boo Bags 👻

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how has your week been?

View out my window of the fall
 colors in the mountains.

Happenings on the Homestead in the Appalachian Mountains

Weekend Coffee Share

Hello there Adventurous Friends & Family, greetings from Georgia. How you doing this 42nd week of 2023? I marked leaf looking off my Fall Bucket List, we went to Grand's housewarming shower. Grab a coffee or your favorite beverage & I'll tell you how many fish we caught while out & about, come walk with me... 

Kevin gave 1 of his paintings for a
"Something From Home" gift.  

My veggie topping tray
for the burgers.

*  Grand & Fiancé got lots of needed things at the housing warming shower that Me & Daughter gave for them.  It was good visiting with everyone that came. Son-in-law cooked up some of his delicious gourmet gourmorgan smash burgers. For my "Something From Home" gift, I gave a can of WD-40 that I discovered we had 2 of. I told Austin now that he was getting older, he could use that on his joints. He chuckled.

My version of candy corn harvest mix
with a hint of pumpkin spice.

"One minute you're young & wild,
the next minute you're into air fryers",
said somebody somewhere,

This pavilion in the park along the
river is a beautiful area for
get togethers & such. 

*  Moma & Sister made a home supplies cake.  It's like a diaper cake for a baby shower expect the ingredients are useful household items instead of diapers.  We've made diaper cakes for the Grand's baby showers when they were born, so we thought it to be essential that they get a home supplies cake as they move out on their own.  It's a fun decoration for the shower & a gift all stacked up into one.

*  Kevin & I went on our annual fall leaf looking drive & chicken dinner picnic. Kevin grabbed us a bucket of chicken & biscuits from Kentucky Fried Chicken. There was lots of leaf color, but the color really wasn't that close to being at the peak for the most colorful time.  We ate our chicken sitting on the creek bank. Kevin did a little fishing while Me & Rose walked along taking pictures of fall.  Kevin caught 5 rainbow trout that made 2 suppers for us. 

Kevin put all the windows back in 
the jeep, so it's safe once again for
Rose to come along on our rides.  She
enjoyed leaf looking & chicken as
much as we did & she didn't even
care that her harness was on 
backwards.
 

 

We picked a beautiful little spot along the creek to have our picnic.  Unfortunately, 
there was evidence that others had been there before us.  We like the "leave no trace"
kind of picnicking & camping areas.  I usually pick up the trash but there was so much
of it, we didn't have room in the jeep to haul it.  

My Christmas cactus is blooming & the
orchid has 2 new little leaves.

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how has your week been?

Happenings on the Homestead in the Appalachian Mountains

Weekend Coffee Share

Hello there Adventurous Friends & Family, greetings from Georgia. How you doing this 38th week of 2023? The roosters are starting to crow & service the hens.  I'm excited to think we might be getting some eggs soon.  I turned on the heat to knock off the chill then Kevin opened a window cause it got to hot. I went to a baby shower, Kevin went to a cowboy shoot, we both went to Grand's football game.  Grab a coffee or your favorite beverage & I'll tell you more, come walk with me...

 

*  I love baby showers.  This shower was for Coworker that's due in November.  It's a girl. The shower was at a local restaurant.  I had a drink (diet coke) with Party Goers, got my Italian calzone to go then Kevin & me headed to the football game. 

*  Kevin went to the shooting range for the cowboy shoot.  The event was cancelled due to not enough participators. He went hog & bear hunting a couple times but didn't see anything.

*  Nana Grandjoy Camp Run-A-Muk - Grand spent the night to go jeep riding & fishing with us.  Turned out the fishing place wasn't so great after all but there was an awesome swimming hole. Kevin cooked us up lunch on his little camp stove.  The food was delicious even though it was just canned beef stew & ravioli.  Everything always tastes better on a picnic.  It was a damp day, especially for Grand going for a swim, the warm food hit the spot.

These are some things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how has your week been? 

What would you do to get free doughnuts?
This week 8 years ago......
Daughter, Grand & me dressed like pirates
on Pirate Day at Krispy Cream.  We each
got a dozen free doughnuts.  "Arrr Matey!"

Happenings on the Homestead in the Appalachian Mountains

Weekend Coffee Share

Hello there Adventurous Friends & Family, greetings from Georgia.  How you doing this 36th week of 2023?  I've been Christmas shopping & checking things off my Fall Bucket List.  I had an extra day off work this week due to the Labor Day Holiday, though it was my Sunday to work.  I was up at 3:30 am to get that day started.  Grab a coffee or your favorite beverage & I'll tell you about a few other things, come walk with me...

I love when these 2 host a
smash burger cookout.

Happy Birthday to Grand Tripp.
Daughter made a minecraft
birthday cake for the occasion
with chocolaty goodness,
rice krispie treats & jello.

*  Daughter & Son-in-Law hosted a birthday party/Labor Day weekend cookout at the creek.  There was swimming, fishing, tubing & rock climbing that went on along with burger & birthday cake eating.

I did a little toe dipping
in the creek.

* Kevin & I had a good day exploring in the mountains, jeep riding, walking, fishing, taking pictures & picnicking.  A lot of other jeep folks were out enjoying the day too.  I got stung by a yellow jacket while walking. Kevin noticed the nest after the fact & said it looked like a bear had dug it out to get the baby bees.  We walked by the nest 2 times.  Man oh man that sting on my arm hurt for the longest time then it was gone, no swelling or nothing, thank goodness. Then there was a couple days of itching. We noticed a little leaf color changing on a few of the trees while out & about.  Kevin caught us a small mess of rainbow trout. We ate them for supper along with a veggie stir fry from stuff out of the garden.  The okra has put out more here at the end of the growing season than we thought it would.  Kevin put several packs of okra in the freezer.

38 years of marriage

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the weeks, how has your week been?

Then

Now