Thanksgiving

This day has turned out like Labor Day. Everyone bailed. So I will be cooking a turkey for the first time and eating alone. I guess if I invite some for Thanksgiving weeks ago and I don't mention it again, they get it in their head that they need to make other plans? What's with that? They could have called/texted to confirmed. Moving up here is NW Georgia has created the logistic problem that I'm a two hour drive from the Atlanta area. No problem for me as I have made the round trip drive many times in my moving process. But for others, "it's too far". But, I have been enjoying it up here. Working on installing my Ham radio antennas. I have three now. Two for HF and one for 2 meters. Now that all my "crops" have died, I can get busy pulling down the garden fence and cleaning up all the burnt debris for the mobile home that was there from the previous owners. I plan to expand the garden area, re-fence it and put in a real gate. I will have to re-route the power line for the well pump house for the expansion. They buried it about two inches deep. I found it with the back hoe when prepping a place for the LP tank for the Generac generator. Time to hike to the mailbox to see if any packages arrived with my mail. Then I start the Turkey Day cooking for me, myself and I a fine meal! Happy Thanksgiving Y'all!

What a year!

This past year I bought some property in June and am in the slow process of moving up there. It's located on Lookout Mountain in NW Georgia off Highway 157. I have acreage with mostly hardwoods. A big home with a six space carport. Up on the hill is an enclosed, two section garage with roll up doors. There is also an open covered area as part of the garage. The house is about 1/4 mile from the road. The Pigeon Mountain WMA is about a mile from me. And there is the Hogjowl Airstrip near by too. It's a drive to get anywhere like stores, gas stations or restaurants. 15-30 minutes away. I like it up here as there are critters (turkeys, bunnys, frogs, deer) and a donkey/mule that 'HeeHaws' every once in a while up the hill. I purchased a Kobota B2320 Tractor with a backhoe and I feel that is one the best investments I made. It's a whole lot of fun driving it around as it substitutes as a 4 wheeler. I have gotten a lot of stuff done with it than I could have done with a shovel and wheelbarrow. Also, for the first time in my life, I have enjoyed mowing the lawn with a John Deere riding mower! After the lawn was done the first time, I went looking for stuff to mow. My HF ham station is up and running with two antennas. A Generac will be installed next week. More later.....