12/20/18
The joy that you others comes back to you.

 Calm, mostly clear and 22 degrees.  Sunny today with a gentle SW breeze, a high of 38 and a low of 24.  Freezing rain around four am tomorrow with the temperature rising around seven.  Rain tomorrow and tomorrow night.  The forecast rain and snow melt has us under a flood watch. Strong SE breezes tomorrow with a high of 52 and a low of 48.  Afternoon showers Saturday with a SSW breeze, a high of 51, dropping to 24 Saturday night.  Partly cloudy Sunday with strong WNW breezes, a high of 31 and a low of 16.  Morning clouds/afternoon sun on Monday with a light NNW breeze, a high of 27 and a low of 13.  Sunny Christmas Day and Wednesday with NW breezes, highs of 25 and lows of 12. About the same next Thursday with some clouds. Snow to wintery mix Friday, the 28th with a NW breeze, a high of 31 and a low of 22. Partly cloudy Saturday, the 29th with a high of 29 and a low of 10.  Colder weather and some snow showers New Year's week.  Highs in the twenties and some lows in the single numbers.

    Darel had a good day yesterday.  His heartbeat was low in the morning but picked up as the day went on. We enjoyed lunch at church and did some errands afterwards.  In the morning he didn't feel like going to Rachael's basketball game, by late afternoon he called Gilbert and wanted to go.  It was a good game with Central winning over Bucksport.  A late evening for us, he is still asleep.

    Friday's weather is the reason I like to mulch plants.  The nice snow cover may all be washed away.  There even may be some thawing of the topsoil.  Then a freeze up.  Mulch protects against temperature changes.

  The last of our gifts came yesterday.  Today I'll be wrapping and finish decorating.  If I stay home.  Lil Andrew, Danielle and the kids are coming down tomorrow night to put up the tree.  Annabelle wants to help me put up the Christmas village.

    Have a good day, Sally