Recharging, Day 2!

This is the barn (And outhouse in the way back) seen at the end of my lane way, just as we turn off the road and head on up to the cabin.

It belongs to Barbara, whom I finally met yesterday – her little old house is right across the street from where my lane turns off of the road.

She has the cutest little white house – front porch and all, and I can tell that she dearly loves working in her yard because her flower beds that surround the porch are already thriving now that spring has arrived.

Returning in the dark on my last visit after running errands with Jason, I saw how her pathways are all lit by solar lights giving off a soft glow.  In the country where there are no street lights, this was a beacon to me!  I had worried about knowing where to find my entrance in the dark, and Barbara had lit the way all along.

Sadie and I, on our way down to Barbara’s!

You can tell that you are going to like someone when they wave hello from the porch and welcome you over.  And more than that, she invited both me and Sadie in to “set a spell” so we could get to know one another.

On the back of her simple ages old sofa was a yo-yo quilt made by Barbara.  We are off to a good start!

Barbara has lived in her little white house for 44 years.  She is a spry 80 with twinkling eyes and a ready smile.  Her husband passed suddenly 11 years ago, and I can tell it has left a hole in her heart that will forever remain.  She has two grown sons, both of whom live in the area.  Her pride and joy is her grand daughter who is graduating high school in just a few weeks with plans to go off to the air force focusing on the long term goals of becoming a vet some day.  She loves animals.

The grand daughter must have inherited her love of animals from her grand mother because Sadie never left Barbara’s side, and would give her “the look” if Barbara’s hand stopped petting her.

We had a great chat, and I think we are going to be fast friends!

Listening to the creeks on our way home.

I compiled this little video which took forever to upload to Instagram due to lack of internet at the cabin, uploading only through my phone data connection.  That’s okay.  Slow living is what it’s about up here!  The video lasts a minute and has 3 segments, so give the whole thing a go:

A post shared by Bonnie K Hunter (@quiltville_bonnie) on Apr 26, 2017 at 12:02pm PDT

The little one mile loop down the lane way, up the road to the access lane and back up to the cabin all have different little creeks and rivulets running at full speed due to the massive amounts of rain that have fallen in the past several days.

There are several springs on the property, and those trickle all the time, but due to the rain I can sit on the front porch and just LISTEN to water running in all directions.  It runs along my lane from top to bottom as it tumbles down the mountain to the bigger creek that runs alongside the road.  There is one on Barbara’s side of the road too….

Here I had worried about missing the waterfall up on Buck Mountain – which I had to drive to because it wasn’t walking distance from the cabin – and all I have to do here is open the screen door to hear running water and birdsong – the most soothing sounds ever.

The hike up the access road is STEEP!

Sadie is in there somewhere, can you see her?

My back yard is at the top of the incline.

In her favorite sunny spot.

Sadie has always been a porch dog.  She LOVES soaking up a bit of sunshine on a deck or porch. As for her mama?  Just give me a rocking chair in the shade, and I’ll hang out there with her!

Some of this happened!

Little Rolling Stone blocks commemorating my two great teaching trips this month – Roll Tide for Alabama, and Boot Scootin’ Boogie for Texas!

Winding down the day with a bit of binding time.

I don’t have TV down in my sewing room.  But I have found that I can download episodes or movies  via Netflix to my tablet by using my phone hot-spot, and watch them off-line because it is too spotty and too slow to stream.  Right now I am enjoying the Father Brown mysteries!  Light hearted, interesting characters, and perfect for mostly just “listening” while I sew.

The downloads expire after 24 hours of starting each episode, so I’m not downloading too many at once.

It’s another beautiful day, and I’m ready to see what will become of it!

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Vintage Lone Star Quilt found in Alabama.

This was a hard realization. If someone's unkindness causes you to also be unkind - they win.

Even if an unkind person has an effect on my emotions and ruins my day, they win.

Resist unkindness!

Have a wonderful Thursday, everyone!

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