Yesterday
morning we discovered that friends of Gloria, folk festival performers, would
be playing in Jonesborough at the “Music On The Square” event. We made plans to attend.
The road
through Jonesborough, passing the Court House, is blocked off at 1700 and
becomes “opera seating.” Yesterday the
temperature reached 90°F but the clear skies allowed for a timely cooling down
by performance time.
We ordered Cuban
Roast Pork sandwiches from The Dining Room and had a thoroughly enjoyable
meal. The music was well performed and
was worth the trip into town. Gloria’s
friends recognized her despite a 20-year gap in seeing each other.
On other
fronts, today’s forecast calls for rain so I decided after yesterday’s Hike
with Mike to trim and mow. While I was
tackling the edges and areas with the gas powered string trimmer, Gloria was
using a smaller, shorter battery-powered trimmer along the front of the house
and around some flower gardens. Suddenly
she was waving her arms and motioning.
She had encountered a copperhead under a down gutter director.
This is the
same area where I encountered one last autumn.
I moved in with the trimmer to dispatch it, and then discovered that it
was actually two, engaged in making more.
We disposed of the carcasses in the creek bed to keep them away from
Loki. While they are a protected animal
in TN, I don’t want any venomous animal taking up residence near the
house.
That bit of
excitement over, we finished mowing and discovered a dead rodent near the pool. We initially suspected a propane leak but the
propane company worker who came out to check for leaks couldn’t find anything. A final search disclosed the culprit. It also wound up on the downstream creek
bed.
By the time
we left for the evening’s entertainment, we were ready for a quiet evening.
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