It has been a busy couple of days since I last wrote.... it's a bit embarrassing in one way. On the other hand it has been a productive couple of days, as well as pretty fun in some instances. Wednesday was another beautiful, sunny spring day. Spent most of the day working on the fence along the front entry driveway. Got the last gate posts set and all the braces installed before the end of the day.
    I met Rima in town that evening so that we could then go on together and have some dinner before going on into Blacksburg for a special contra dance that was going to be happening. George Marshall, one of my all time favorite callers, was in town with one of the bands he is often associated with, 'Swallowtail'. We had a quick, but pleasant dinner in Riner at the buffalo café place there in town. Wonderful food as usual, and they always manage to get it out to you in a reasonable time at a reasonable price. I highly recommend them as a place to have a meal.
    We got to the dance just as the first contra was starting up and watched while we paid and got ready to dance. The music was terrific like always and the dancing was high energy if not at the highest caliber. Lots of new dancers that night, so it was kind of hard to get up and down the line unscathed. Still fun, but by the end of the first half I was pretty much worn out by all the 'bouncy' new, for the most part, young, dancers. I also found that my back and waist still haven't fully recovered from the tumble I took a few days ago. In fact there is still a huge bruise around my waist, it looks really cool, that is a wonderful blue, green, black color. I'm hoping it will start to dissipate at some point in the near future.
    Thursday was a day off from work for me. I drove into Roanoke with Rima for the day, as she had a couple of meetings to go to that afternoon. So she worked while I just hung out and read magazines and took naps. We had some really good Indian food for lunch at a local restaurant we know of. They do a lunch buffet that has a good selection of traditional dishes and every one of them is really yummy.
    We ran some errands during the afternoon going first over to a local Camping World store in order to pick up a new extension mirror for the one on the truck that was broken while we were in West Virginia. We managed to find just what was needed, as well as a few other things that were maybe not so needed, but nice to have anyway, such as a dashboard fan that plugs into the cigarette lighter socket.
   From there it was on to Tractor Supply for a couple wire tighteners I needed, and then onto Wally World to buy one of those plastic turtle sand boxes for little kids.
    Finally, for that evening we went and had a light dinner at a Lebanese restaurant in downtown Roanoke and then walked over to the local theatre for a very fun concert put on by the Roanoke Symphony. Featuring just 6 members of the full orchestra, it was a program of chamber music that was fun and unusual. Lasting only an hour it was over way to soon and left me really appreciating how good some musicians are. I really loved the sound of the bassoon and oboe on several of the selections, but all 6 members were very professional.
    Back to building fence again yesterday, but first it was off to lunch with Rima out at, of all places, a local hardware store that she had never been to. They were having a Memorial Weekend sale and were supplying a free bar-b-que lunch for any one stopping by. We had one of their sandwiches there, toured the whole store, and Rima bought a few small things that she needed.
   I went on after dropping her off back at work and picked up another load of 10 5"-6" wooden posts at another hardware store I like buying my posts from. It was then back to the farm to unload and start digging holes again. Did manage to get some mowing done and some limbs and brush cleared before starting to dig again but then managed to get one more post installed before it was time to quit for the day.
    Rima and I headed into Floyd later in the evening and stopped in at Odd Fellows for dinner and drinks. I had a pretty good prime rib sandwich and a beer while Rima went with the pork loin special and ice tea. Both tasted pretty good and it was fun to sit and talk with one of Rima's friends, Sally.
    Afterwards we took an hour or so to wander around town and enjoy all the music that was being played in every little nook and corner by locals who come into town on Fridays to jamb with each other. A very pleasant evening all in all.
    We were suppose to be on our way to Jonesbourough Tennessee this morning for another weekend contra dance, but Rima woke up sick this morning, so we are taking it easy for the time being. I know she must be feeling pretty poorly as she didn't even get up early to find something to eat. For right now though I'm just going to hang out and see what I can do, if anything, to make her feel better.


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