"Mountain Engineering"
 
It was a pretty, sunny, spring day and I drove out to a tract of vacant land in Andrews I have listed to get some updated pictures with the trees leafed out.
I went up past the property to where the neighbors live at the heart of the 'holler'. I had met them on a previous excursion when I tried to find the exact location of the property. Neighbors can generally be a great help when you are looking for a needle in a haystack. Sure enough, it being a nice day, the neighbors were outside. The 'neighbors' were two young men and a young girl about 5 years old and several pure bred dachshunds barking and scampering underfoot. The men were very cordial and seemed to be in quite good spirits and I took it to be on account of intoxication of the lovely weather. But, as I got closer I noticed one of the guys had a jar of olives in one hand and a pint of vodka in the other. I remarked jovially, "Well now, fellas, looks to me that you just about got yourself the fixins' of a martini going on there", thinking to myself that all they needed was a glass with ice and a perhaps a touch of vermouth. They both looked long at me, back to each other and then the other gentleman pointed to his friends hand held treasure and bragged
"This here is a Mountain Martini!"
 
Once again, I am amazed by 'mountain engineering', offering further proof that simple is best!
 
--
KATE  FIELDS, Broker/Owner