8/4/17
No matter what may be your lot in life, build something on it.

 Cloudy, gentle NE breeze with fog and 62 degrees.  A strong SSE breeze with sun and a high of 79 this afternoon.  Dropping to 62 tonight.  Scattered thunderstorms late tomorrow with a brisk SSE breeze and a high of 76.  Thunderstorms tomorrow night with south breezes and a low of 60 degrees.  Partly cloudy Sunday with a west wind, a high of 74 degrees and a low of 62 degrees.  Afternoon showers Monday lasting into Tuesday morning.  A brisk west breeze,Monday, with a high of 76 and a low of 56.  A north breeze Tuesday with a high of 69 and a low of 52.  Pleasant the rest of the week with highs around 80 and lows about 58.  Showers next Sunday and Monday with scattered thunderstorms midweek.

      Darel was very quiet yesterday.  He had had a stroke around three yesterday morning.  He as very soft spoken yesterday morning but his speech was clear so I thought it was one of the minor ones he has so often.  But he was very weak and tired yesterday, sleeping a lot and only setting up a few times.  He enjoyed visiting when he was awake and by evening he sat up for Rachael's birthday supper.  In the afternoon Rachael was able to play her ukulele and sing for him, first time since she had her wisdom teeth pulled.

Sally Jo sang with her.  Last night after everyone left he and Keith visited.  They got in another long visit this morning.

      I was tired yesterday and didn't get much done besides lots of watering.  Brian pulled the garlic and tied it in bunches.  Andrew put the bunches over the garage rafters to dry.

It is a good crop this year.  Today i'm going to pull Walla Walla onions.  I didn't get to them yesterday.  I already have  soaker hoses running.  It is dry, I'm hoping tomorrow night's thunderstorms dump on us.

      Darel is asleep and Gilbert is sleeping on the couch.  Time for me to go to the garden. Have a good day, Sally