Got another late start, arriving at 9:30 PM so the boys could attend a dance-theme birthday party beforehand. Our ritual of singing Take Me Home, Country Roads during the drive has been enhanced now that we are accompanied by the disk playing on the car stereo. The song is so addictive, I'm afraid we are going to have to limit to two hours per day the amount of time the kids listen to it, along with TV and video games.
Sunday was an action-packed day that began with a "secret mission" to deliver eggs to the neighbors. The morning air was brisk. A round of eggie sandwiches from the dozen we kept for ourselves was followed by a couple hours of raking in the yard. The autumn leaves were deposited in a small area designated for next year's vegetable plot. We'll leave it up to Mother Nature and the leaves to kill the grass there. Hopefully the bugs and snakes don't retaliate.
Into the slow cooker went a batch of potato soup, the kind grandma made when I was a kid. Spuds and onions from our home garden, combined with corn, milk and bacon. A family walk through the neighborhood gave the soup time to consummate as we worked up an appetite. Along the way we met Corbin and his young dog, an athletic husky with enchanting blue-gray eyes.
After lunch I replaced the mower's battery before slipping away for a scenic drive down real country roads to enjoy the fall colors. We built a campfire for no particular reason, and spent a good thirty minutes shelling three walnuts with a pair of pliers. Our youngest took me on a Power Ranger "scavenger hunt" along the riverbank to the "magical staircase". Just the kind of agenda I like.
After dinner we left drove home which, of course, gave us another opportunity to listen a few more times to Take Me Home, Country Roads.
Pictured above is an autumn scene from Ridersville, WV.
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