It Has Been a Busy Week

The past week was a busy one in our household.  I have said that sports and school play a huge part in our "country" lives and this week proves that.

We started the week with a journey to extreme north Mississippi and a trip to Corinth to begin our trek to State Championship.  The trip was a long one and the weather was extremely cold but, it was very much worth our time and effort.  The boys played together in a  way that is indicative of champions.  They started strong and finished strong pulling together a 6-1 victory over a good Corinth High School team.  That set us up to play again  yesterday.

FHS boys huddle up for prayer and  then  their pregame ritual chant to get them fired-up for the game against Amory. 

This time we were to play at home.  Our girls team had also won their first game with their second game  played here yesterday as well. They won against a good Lewisburg High Team advancing them to the North State Championship game.  When our boys got the chance to get on the field they were ready.  Amory brought a good team to play and scored first.  We bounced back and scored within a minute of their score.  We then scored again and kept them out of the goal for the rest of the game.  Our boys are playing a good Pontotoc High team Tuesday night here in Florence.  We are peaking at the right time of the year and our boys are hungry for a State Championship.  When they move past Pontotoc on Tuesday they will have their chance.

Since Monday, the weather has warmed up considerably and we have been experiencing almost spring like weather.  I have seen the occasional daffodil and iris blooming...almost a month too soon.  I haven't had the time for my standard walks in the woods so I have not taken many photos this week.

Yesterday I arose early and began chores.  I worked on small odd jobs and hauled hay for the horses and donkey.  They were appreciative of the big round bale.  We have been feeding them square bales and while they are more nutritious they prefer to be able to "graze" on the big bale all day long.  This year's overall mild winter has been easy on them.  They have lost almost no weight and look great.

Today I will be adding wood to the woodpile.  If we are lucky this will get us through the remaining cold weather.  I will be paying bills today...always a pleasure. But once that is done I will be able to relax about that for another  month or so.

I have been looking for a good used tiller so I can enlarge our garden this year.  I have big plans and hope that I will be able pull from my memory some of the gardening skills my grandfather and father taught me.  I am continuing to browse the seed catalogs and plan for the upcoming growing season.  We have been eating broccoli and collard greens from our covered gardens and soon we will be eating spinach, too.  This week I harvested the last of our cherry tomatoes and I have to tell you eating them was like tasting summer in the middle of the winter.

I need to go and begin the bill paying so I better get to it.

Until next time...John.