2/17/22 Don’t waste today or wish it away waiting for something new or different to happen.  Rev. Bruce Young

Clouds, a brisk SW breeze, and 40 degrees.  Cloudy today with a high of 51 and a SSW wind.  Cloudy with rain tonight, perhaps a half inch, strong SSW winds, a low of 47.  Rain early tomorrow morning with strong NW winds, 52 degrees.  Temperatures will quickly fall to  a high of 20 degrees in the afternoon, dropping to 6 tomorrow night.  Snow showers Saturday afternoon, an inch?   A brisk south breeze with a high of 29, a low of 10.  Partly cloudy Sunday with a brisk WSW breeze, a high of 27, a low of 20.  Cloudy Monday with a WSW breeze, a high of 46, a low of 20.  1-3 inches of snow Tuesday, another 1-3 inches Tuesday night.  A brisk ESE breeze with a high of 32, a low of 31.  Showers Wednesday morning with a stiff NW breeze, a high of 42, a low of 11. Partly cloudy Thursday with a brisk NW breeze, a high of 23, a low of 5.  Thursday we will start the greenhouse fires for the 2022 season.   Friday we'll have 3-5 inches of snow with a NNE breeze, a high of 21, a low of 12.    Partly cloudy the weekend of the 26th and 27th with stiff NW breezes, highs about 29, lows about 8..  The 28th and the first week of March we'll have partly cloudy skies, stiff NW breezes, highs in the twenties, lows in the single numbers.  In like a lion, out like a lamb?

     Yesterday the warmth came in too slowly to put down an ash path.  The strong south winds would have blown them away.  Some places lost power but ours never flickered.  The tree trimmers did a good job!  Late afternoon when I realized it wasn't going to warm up I loaded the trash in the truck and took it to the dumpster.  I'd been cleaning so there were old catalogs and such making the bags heavy for me to carry anyway.  I did the evening chores because I was out there.

     I drove out to the greenhouse in the morning and started the wood stove.  I was happy to message Jay's dad that it worked just fine.  I filled it with wood so the greenhouse would be warm for Heather and Darel to work  in there.  Darel is finishing the coldframe lids and heather is working on the new Country Junction sign.  I won't start a fire again until next Thursday.  I made a double batch of cookies yesterday, one for the freezer.  To get out that first week in March when all the boxes of plants come in.  We hope there is a warm day to move plants from the house to the greenhouse.

     I filled the bird feeders.  The sanded back deck is protected from the wind.  The sunflower seed hulls drift down into the paths acting like sand so they aren't slippery.  The three cardinal pairs are starting to feed close together as are the doves.  They know spring is coming!  Both doves and cardinals will start nesting very soon.

     Enough ice melted overnight so the ash path is quite visible.  I will renew it first thing this morning.  I'm looking forward to my doctor's appointment.

    May God be with you this day, Sally