Labor Day weekend was quiet in Ellijay. We came up on Friday afternoon. It was warm ( actually HOT). We had to run the AC Saturday. Andrew and Jackie came up for dinner Saturday. It is fun to have company here since it's so far off the beaten path.
Julie and I sat on the front porch Sunday morning and watched the hummingbirds wrestle over the feeders. They have no problem reminding us when it's time to fill their feeders.
The yellow jackets have been out in full force. Zoe got stung on the upper jaw and it swelled up to look like a platypus, fortunately the swelling went away the next morning. We found a trick to get rid of the yellow jackets that has had great success. We built a tripod with sticks; tied a hot dog covered in maple syrup and dangled it over a pan of water mixed with dish detergent. ( The detergent breaks the surface tension of the water) The bees swarm the hotdogs and in their greed to grab all the meat they can, they drop into the pan of water, overloaded. The dish detergent prevents them from skating across the surface of the water and they drowned.
It's kind of neat to watch, especially since we have no TV up here.
I have seen some tracks in the driveway that are too small to be a bear, but too large to be one of our dogs. There are three toes with very sharp claws. I'd like to find out who they belong to.
Apple season has started. The orchard bins around here are filling up. The Apple Festival is next month. We are looking forward to going to it.
We picked a batch of figs yesterday and put them in the dehydrator. They might have been in there a little too long. They taste like fig flavored rocks this morning. We're going to have to learn how to dry fruits or consider new dental work.
We hope ya'll be able to come visit soon.
Love T3
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