12/3/24  You can't always be the best but you can always do your best. 

Some clouds, calm, 23 degrees.  Sun and clouds this morning, more clouds this afternoon, cloudy tonight.  A NW breeze with a high of 31 today, a low of 15 tonight.  Partly cloudy tomorrow with a SSW breeze, a high of 32, a low of 25.  3-5 inches of snow tomorrow night.  Rain/snow Thursday morning with a SW breeze, a high of 36.  A strong north breeze Thursday night with a low of 24.  Partly cloudy Friday with aa WNW wind, a high of 26, a low of 9.  Partly cloudy Saturday with a west breeze, a high of 26, a low of 12.  Mostly cloudy Sunday with a west breeze, a high of 31, a low of 21.  A NNE breeze Monday with a high of 32, a low of 28.  Perhaps 1-3 inches of snow Monday night.  Rain/snow showers Tuesday with a north breeze, a high of 37, a low of 30.  Rain/snow showers next Wednesday with a WNW breeze, a high of 41, a low of 24.  Partly cloudy Thursday the 12th. Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th with NW breezes, highs in the low thirties, lows 21 to 25.   Mostly cloudy the weekend of the 14th and 15th with NW breezes, highs about 34, lows of 25.  About the same the 16th and 17th.

     I didn't get anything done outside even though it was a nice day.   Cyber Monday, I did my Christmas shopping.  Bekah is rearranging the front room so the tree can go in there this year.  I did more downsizing and we found places to put things.  I  bought a used humidifier last summer.  Doug spent some time with the book and figured out what I needed to run it, a filer/wick.  Amazon says it will be here Saturday.  Meanwhile we will be running little vaporizers and putting pans of water on the stove.  Two pellet stoves and a wood cook range make for a very dry house.

     Lots of birds are coming to the feeders including some pine grosbeaks.  I was pleased that the honeysuckle bush would give the birds shelter at the heated waterer.  The heavy snow has weighed it down so much that I need to trim it.  The other honeysuckle bush that  had grown into a small tree may not exist anymore so many pieces are broken off.  Today I hope to get outside.

     Bekah and Jay are hoping the fan comes that will inflate the two layers of plastic on the new greenhouse today.  They thought it would come yesterday, in fact they expected it at the end of last week.  They want to get it installed before Wednesday night's storm.  Bekh got a quote for a propane furnace for the greenhouse yesterday from our greenhouse supply..  I'm calling for quote form our propane supplier today.

     May God be with you on this third day of Advent.  Sally