9/22/25  Forgiveness is not a feeling; it is a commitment. It is a choice to show mercy, not to hold the offense up against the offender. Forgiveness is an expression of love.

Dense fog, clouds, 46 degrees.  Partly cloudy this afternoon, high 72 with a brisk SE breeze.  Showers after midnight with a SSW breeze.  Cloudy tomorrow, occasional afternoon and evening showers. A light WSW breeze, high 70. low 56.  Partly cloudy Wednesday, a NE breeze, high 69, low 51.  Rain Thursday, a SE breeze, high 74, low 52. Cloudy Friday, partly cloudy Saturday, west breezes, highs about 73, lows about 53. Mostly  sunny Sunday with a stiff west breeze, high 74, low 54.   Mostly sunny next Monday, a stiff WNW breeze, high 68, low 42.  Partly cloudy next Tuesday and Wednesday with brisk NW breezes, highs about 66, lows about 39.  Partly cloudy Thursday the 2ed and Friday the 3rd.    WSW breezes, highs 70, lows 45.  Partly cloudy the weekend of the 4th and 5th with west breezes, highs about 68, lows about 44. Chance of rain Monday the 6th.

   I came home from church and uncovered the plants I'd protected from the frost that didn't happen up here on the hill.  I didn't see any white at the bottom of my back yard but Gilbert said there was some white in the drainage ditch.  I spent most of the afternoon watching Charle Kirk's memorial.  Today's status is part of my take from his wife's eulogy.

   Another load of hay went into the barn. The hay is so thin it takes a lot of diesel fuel and tractor hours for a load of hay.  No mulch hay this year.  We may be banking the house with straw.  We still have some of last year's straw available.  Delivery of this year's straw will be soon, maybe this week.  Jay will wrap the bales in plastic to keep them somewhat dry.  They'll be easier to handle next spring when they will be used for mulch in the garden.  We'll mulch strawberries, the roses and some perennials with straw later this fall.  Fall officially arrives at 2:19 this afternoon.

   Pellets are coming this week.  After they come, fuchsias and some other house plants will be sprayed with an organic spray and moved into the garage on their way into the house this winter. By next weekend I'd like to have them inside.

   May your day be blessed, Sally