8/16/17
Turn off the news and love your neighbor!

.39 inches of rain with the thunderstorm last night.  Now there are just a very few clouds, patchy fog, a gentle NW breeze and it is 60 degrees.  Strong NW breezes today may get strong enough to be NW winds, some clouds, a high of 77 and a low of 52 tonight.  Sunny tomorrow with even strong WNW breezes/winds, a high of 79 and a low of 52.  Mostly cloudy Friday, rain likely Friday night. with SE breezes, a high of 78 and a low of 60. Scattered thunderstorm Saturday with SSE breezes, a high of 73 and a low of 66.Partly cloudy Sunday with a WNW breeze, a high of 82 and a low of 59.  Mostly sunny Monday and Tuesday, brisk WSW breezes, highs in the upper eighties and lows in the mid sixties.  Scattered thunderstorms Wednesday with a stiff SSW breeze, a high of 80 and a low of 69. Possible morning showers next Thursday with a NW breeze, a high of 78 and a low of 55.  Mostly sunny next Friday and Saturday with NW breezes, highs about 75 and lows about 52.  Possible showers Sunday, the 27th, and Monday, the 28th, with NNW breezes, highs of 76 and lows of 54.  Pleasant Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the mid seventies.

     Darel ha a quiet day yesterday with lots of naps.  He didn't want to go for a wheelchair ride.  A lot of family was in and out yesterday, he enjoyed hearing what everyone was doing.

     Harvesting took a back seat yesterday to cleaning the garage for Saturday.  So much cleaning the the dumpster man made an extra start to take away all the trash.  Doug got lots of fencing supplies.  I had told him they were there but he thought it was only a few odds and ends.  Rachael's soccer team is having a bottle drive, she got three garbage bags full. A big bag was mixed in with the fencing supplies.  Kendra got some Christmas decorations.  She and Rodney bought a house this spring, she is looking forward to decoration for Christmas.

      The birds have been putting on a good show for Darel.  First the gold finches were bringing their babies to the feeders and teaching them to get out sunflower seeds and hull them.  Now it is the purple finches.  The parents will feed them for awhile then fly off.  We can't hear the babies crying but se can see their little mouths open.  After a while the parents will come back and show them again.  The babies aren't very nice to each other, sibling rivalry.  This morning the littlest one learned to eat first.  She wasn't moving from that perch, she just ate one seed after another, hulls bing spit out of both sides of her beak!

     time to go pick vegetables before the hot sum makes them too big.  Especially where they din't get picked yesterday.  Enjoy your day, Sally