2/26/25  Admire as much as you can, most people don't admire enough.  Vincent van Gogh

Cloudy, calm, 34 degrees.  Partly cloudy today with a light NW wind, a high of 43.  Partly cloudy tonight with a low of 15.  1-3 inches of snow tomorrow, snow flurries late evening.  A SSE breeze with a high of 35, a low of 27.  A WNW wind Friday with sunshine, A high of 36.  A stiff north breeze Friday night with a low of 12.  1-3 inches of snow Saturday with a south breeze, some fog Saturday night.  A high of 38, a low of 32.  A strong NW breeze Sunday with some clouds, a high off 37, a low of 4.  Sunshine Monday with a stiff north breeze, a high of 24, a low of 6.   Mostly cloudy Tuesday with a brisk SW breeze, a high of 38, a low of 7.  PM showers next Wednesday with a SSW breeze, a high of 43, a low of 38.  Rain next Thursday with a stiff SW breeze, a high of 45, a low of 24.  Partly cloudy next Friday with a WNW wind, a high of 31, a low of 15.  Partly cloudy the weekend of the 8th and 9th with strong WNW breezes, highs about 31, lows of 13.  Partly cloudy Monday the 10th with a strong WNW breeze, a high of 31, a low of 17.Cloudy Tuesday the 11th with a stiff west breeze, a high of 39, a low of 24. Snow to rain Wednesday the 17th with a stiff WSW breeze, a high of 43, a low of 28.

    Josephine is home and doing great.  Last night I got a picture of her cousin, born last July, outside enjoying 40 plus degree weather .  Their forecast for the next couple of weeks is for more above average temperatures.  It seems to take about ten-fifteen  days for their weather to drift our way.  Are we looking at above average temperatures in a couple weeks?  The warm weather isn't good for the Iditarod race.  Lack of snow means a ceremonial start in Anchorage then trucking the dogs north to a place on the trail where there is more snow and hopefully colder temperatures,

    Smoke coming out of the greenhouse stove signaled cars passing by that spring is getting close in North Bradford.  The fires were started a day earlier than planned because Bekah just couldn't wait another day.  The soil barrels are full of wet soil, the water barrels are full of water with nine 5 gallon buckets full to use mixing more soil.  As it heats up all that wet soil and that water will heat up to help keep the greenhouse warm when the sun isn't shining.  The sun will heat the greenhouse up to ninety today.  There are 50 bales of soil that need to thaw, lots of mass to soak up the heat.

    Bekah spent time on the phone with the plug and cutting supplier going over the weekly shipments.  There have been very few cancellations and back orders.  As always there were some plants that the sales reb suggested moving back or ahead a week.  Bekah was able to get some rose waves, a new color that was sold out early last fall. Their germination rate was very good so they had extra.

    May your day be blessed, Sally