2/8/24  Greet the dawn with enthusiasm, and you may expect satisfaction at sunset. Amish Proverb 

 Calm, clouds, 24 degrees.  Possible areas of patchy fog early, partly cloudy, the high 40 with a light NNEbreeze.  Partly cloudy tonight with a gentle NNE breeze, a low of 19.  Cloudy tomorrow with a south breeze, a high of 40, a low of 31.  Cloudy Saturday with a SW breeze, a high of   47, a low of 33. Occasional rain showers Saturday night. Cloudy Sunday with a strong NW breeze, some flurries, a high of 45, a low of 32.  Partly cloudy Monday with a brisk NW breeze, a high of 45. 1-3 inches of snow Monday night with a north breeze, a low of 27.  1-3 inches of snow Tuesday, mostly in the morning.  A stiff north breeze with a high of 32, a low of 19.  Partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with a NW wind, highs of 28, lows about 16.  Partly cloudy Friday with a strong NW breeze, a high of 26, a low of 12.  Partly cloudy the weekend of the 17th and 18th and Monday the 19th with strong NW breezes, highs about 23, lows about 12.  Partly cloudy the next three days with NNW breezes, highs near 30, lows in the mid teens.

     I went to Bangor yesterday, a pleasant break.  I saw some people I knew in Sam's, including a couple of my favorite greenhouse customers.  We had a nice visit.  I was tired when I got home but I had gotten everything on my list.  Bekah and Heather had collected eggs and cared for the hens.  They carried in the groceries.  Why I was gone they winter sowed ten different perennial and annual seeds.  The seeds need four weeks of cold so they are sitting outside on a pallet by the greenhouse.

     There is lots of green showing in the trays on the germination shelves.  The tiny seedlings will be just about the right size to transplant in two weeks when the greenhouse fires are started.  Jay bought a bag of potting soil in from the greenhouse yesterday.  It wasn't frozen!

      May God bless you on this day, Sally