12/12/24

Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else. Fred Rogers

 Cloudy, calm, 39 degrees.  Sun and clouds today with a strong WSW breeze.  39 was today's high, it is 37 now and will slowly drop today.  Clear tonight with a WSW breeze, a low of twenty.  Sunshine tomorrow with a stiff west breeze, a high of 28, a low of 12.  Sunshine Sunday with a WSW breeze, a high of 29, a low of 21.  Cloudy Monday with a SW breeze, a high of 36, a low of 32.   Light rain Tuesday with a brisk south breze, a high of 46, a low of 37.  Partly cloudy Wednesday with a strong WNW breeze, a high of 40, a low of 24. Possible  PM snow showers Thursday with a NNW breeze, a high of 32, a low of 23.  Possible PM snow showers next Friday with s NNW breeze, a high of 30, a low of 24.  Possible morning snow showers next Saturday with a brisk NNW breeze, a high of 29, a low of 16.Partly cloudy next Sunday and Monday with NW breezes, highs about 24, lows of 13 and 16.  Partly cloudy Christmas EVe with a NW breeze, a high of 27, a low of 17.  Partly cloudy Christmas Day with a west breeze, a high of 31, a low of 24.  Mostly cloudy Thursday the 26th with a west breeze, a high of 34, a low of 24.

    There is a lot of bare ground showing, the driveway is completely bare.  We got less wind than forecast, others were not so fortunate.  There were some local outages that were already repaired.  

     I spent much of yesterday setting up the Christmas Village.  Jay and Bekah bought in the Village and the stand it goes on.

This morning I am doing some things outside but I'm hoping to finish it today.  I have some orange essential oil.  I can already tell I'm going to have to put it on the Village to keep the cats out of it.  

     We have a skunk problem again, I'm going to set the live trap.  I fear it is the same skunk that was a problem last fall. We thought it was gone.  Now we think it was hibernating under the house.  Bekah says other places have tornadoes and hurricanes, we have skunks.  The snow is gone from the kitchen garden.  The shrubs don't look any better

     May God be with you today.  Sally