1/22/19
The time is always right to do what is right.

Clear, -3 degrees with NW winds.  Winds averaging 13-15mph, we just had a 25mph gust.  Later this morning winds will die dow a little, a little more this afternoon with a high of 17.  Clouding up tonight with a low of 4 and a WSW breeze moving in.  Cloudy tomorrow with a SSW breeze and a high of 32.  A low of 29 tomorrow night with a wintery mix turning to rain that will continue late  through Thursday with a high of 44.  Possibly an inch of rain.  SW breezes will turn to NW breezes Thursday night with snow flurries and a low of 25.. Mostly sunny Friday with a west breeze, a high of 31 and a low of 2.  Cloudy Saturday, a west breeze, a high of 18 and a low of 3.  Snow showers Sunday with an ESE breeze, a high of 31 and a low of 26.  Snow showers Monday with a NW breeze, a high of 31 and a low of 15. Snow showers next Tuesday with a NNW breeze, a high of 27 and a low of 19. A few more snow showers next Wednesday morning with a Nw breeze, a high of 24 and a low of 4.  Sunny next Thursday with a high of 14, stiff NW breezes, and a low of -2.  We'll end January and start February with daily snow showers, highs about 20 and lows in the single numbers.

     Darel had a good day yesterday, quiet, glad for the warmth of the pellet stove.  Sons and grandson stuck their head in to say hi, they were all busy clearing snow.  More like sugar sand.

    Only fed the birds twice yesterday.  Watched the blu jays and the red squirrel fight over the most protected feeder.  Neither seemed to win, just wasted a lot of energy fighting.  Took hot water out to the hens four times.  Fixed them a hot meal in the afternoon.  I'll be doing the same today.  No matter what I do the eggs will be smaller but hopefully production won't drop.  Even though I have a light on them usually production picks up with longer days the end of January.

     I'll have lots of old fashioned pink bleeding hearts but no white ones, the nursery is sold out.  I'm waiting to see how bad the fighting in Washington affects the economy before I finalize my bareroot perennial order.  Shrubs and fruit trees were ordered last fall.  I have lots of perennials I've started.

     Hoping to send out my winter letter tomorrow.  Have a good day, Sally