IT IS A PRETTY WORLD HERE IN GEORGIA'S HIGH COUNTRY

June 9, 2014

By Olivene Godfrey

Following a long restful sleep, I awoke to a beautiful refreshed world Sunday.  It had rained during the night and had given the grass and our plants a shower bath and it was a clean world.  As I ate breakfast, I thanked the good Lord for letting me spend my last days in such a lovely environment.

Saturday, Barry bought a new chair for the front porch.  He had been using a patio chair.  The new chair has a straight back so that he can sit and read as a cool breeze wafers down from the mountain.  Sometimes, the wind turns destructive.  Thus, it is designated by the forest service as Windy Gap.  So, its nice to feel the gentle wind in the gap.

We have a wall of large trees at the edge of our front yard which helps protect us from the strong winds.  But, our view of the pretty farm next door is blocked until the fall when the leaves turn from autumn colors and then fall to the ground.  These trees and the huge cedar trees in the back yard give us privacy up here on our mountain foothill.

See you next time.  Comments welcome.  (As told to Tam)