A soft rain falls today, this last Saturday in October as we gaze out at the underlying beauty of the small maple trees over on poplar ridge. Color is going quickly with the last trees to color now emerging in their fall glory. The poplars have long since turned loose, dancing to the yellow piles lining the ridge. Here at 1400 feet, the color will soon be gone and we will have the tree silhouettes which foretell the winter which will soon come with its gray skies and cold nights.
We have soaked in the glory of October this year. It has been a lovely respite flavored with seeing old friends and meeting another generation of cousins that we did not know. It has been lovely seeing those I have known for nearly half a century and that Klep has known all his life.
We have enjoyed eating at old favorite places like the Golden Dairy. Having supper with Wilma and Bruce at the Country Café and over in Bullsgap was fun. Being with friends when you can sit and talk for a couple of hours over a good meal is a true blessing. As always, we had new “finds” which will become tradition, especially The Jubilee Café near Surgoinsville. We will remember it not only for its good food, but for the joy of watching the birds as we lunched and sharing the story of the man who now runs it.
Our lives have been enhanced by the glory of music at the museum of the Appalachians, Music Junction, Bellamy’s Hardware, Heritage Days, and the Carter Fold where we enjoyed a West Virginia old mountain group and an auto harpist. We will miss the fiddles, the guitars, the mandolins, the banjos as we return to Florida.
We have reveled in the blessing of the creations of our Lord. We have worshipped the Creator as we marveled in his artwork which has changed daily.
Now, we will return to home base nostalgic over the change of the season but eager to know what will await us as we return to friends and family in Florida. November will be upon us with the promise of holidays and cozy evenings around the fire.
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