9/15/25“Hope is a bit like the sunrise. You can’t always see it right away, but it’s always there—waiting to brighten the day, one soft color at a time.”

.08 rain from a sudden shower yesterday afternoon.  Sunshine today, a light  north breeze, high 75.  Clear tonight, low 49.  Sunshine tomorrow, light east breeze, high 78, low 50.  Cloudy Wednesday, a SSW breeze, high 77, low 53.  Partly cloudy Thursday, a SW breeze, high 79, low 57.  Partly cloudy Friday, a strong NW breeze, high 68. low 41.  Sunshine Saturday, a NW breeze, high 64, low 38.  Partly cloudy  Sunday, next Monday and Tuesday, SSW breeze.  Sunday's high 69, low 50  Monday and Tuesday highs 74, lows 54.  Possible showers next Wednesday and Thursday. a SSE breeze Wednesday, WSW breeze Thursday.  highs 72, lows 56 and 51.  Partly cloudy Friday the 26th through Monday the 29th. highs 68-7, low in the mid to upper forties.

  A quiet Sunday.  After church and my nap I took most of the tomatoes out of the dehydrator, leaving a few that didn't seem dry enough to dry another how and a half.  Gilbert thinks I'm drying them too long.  He and Barbie have been at Tiffany and Evans the last few days cuddling their grandbaby.  Gilbert said he kept Tiffany's dehydrator dehydrating tomatoes why they were there. Grandpa Gilbert had lots to say about what an exceptional baby Eliana is!   She is beautiful, lots of dark hair

  I got a video of my new Alaskan great grandson.  He is doing well.  Before he was born they said he'd have to be on oxygen but his lusty cry when he was born told them his lungs were fine.  No oxygen needed.

  A warm week but the forecast for next week says it is time for plants that are coming in the house  to make the transition.  My mandevilla are so pretty I don't want to rock their boat.  I'll see what the forecast is after that low of 38.  If it is going to warm back up I may wrap them up on those chilly nights.

   May your day be blessed, Sally

   

 9/14/25Everywhere from east to west Praise the Lord!  Psalm 113:3

Sun and clouds today, a west breeze, high 75. clrst tonight, low 49.  A pleasant warm week, highs around 8.  Cooling next weekend with highs in the sixties.  No rain in the forecast.

   I'm enjoying the weather as we close down the gardens and fill the pantry.  I do wish we would get some rain.  May your day be blessed, Sally

 9/13/25"The power of one man or one woman doing the right thing for the right reason, and at the right time, is the greatest influence in our society."~Jack Kemp…

Thin clouds. 45 degrees, calm.  A south breeze today, clouds, high 71.  Slight chance of an afternoon shower.  Occasional showers tonight, low 50.  Mostly sunny tomorrow, a west breeze, high 75, low 51.  Sunshine Monday, A light NNW breeze, high 74, low 48. Sunshine Tuesday and Wednesday, highs about 80, SSW breezes, lows about 53.  Partly cloudy Thursday, a south breeze, high 79, low 54. Partly cloudy Friday, a brisk NW breeze, high 73, low 44. Partly cloudy next Saturday, a north breeze, high 65, low 43. Partly cloudy next Monday, a south breeze, high 69, low 45. Partly cloudy the rest of the week, mostly west breezes, highs about 70, lows about 48.

    Yesterday's highlight was a call from Alaska, Keith and Tami have another grandson!  Although he was born at 34 weeks via C-section because of pregnancy complications he weighs five pounds, 3 ounces,  He cried immediately, assuring everyone his lungs were working great.  Mother and son are doing fine, Dad Austin is just thankful that all is well,

    Yesterday on the farm was another day of cleaning up the garden.  Bekah says all the birds that were behind the house are in the gardens eating bugs, caterpillars and weed seeds.  Repaying us for all the sunflower seeds they've been eating.  I noticed yesterday that the seeds in the sunflower blooms have doubled in size since the rain.

    I took a Cortland apple tree to the town hall for the Historical Society's benefit breakfast and silent auction this morning.  Fall is a good time to plant fruit trees.  This fall they will have to be watered.

    May your day be blessed, Sally

When violence makes the headlines, I’m reminded that revolutions don’t begin in the halls of power, they begin around kitchen tables, in backyards, in homes where children are taught that life is sacred and truth is worth living for. We can’t stop all the chaos out there, but we can raise sons and daughters who will carry light into a darkened nation.

RIP Charlie

 9/12/25When society forgets morality parent must remember home is the first battlefield.  And the first refuge!

Clear, calm, 46 degrees.  Sunshine today, light NW breeze, high 71.  Partly cloudy tonight, low 43. Cloudy tomorrow, a SSW breeze, high 71, low 48,

Partly cloudy Sunday, a west breeze, high 74, low 47.  Mostly sunny Monday, a light north breeze, high 74, low 48.  Sunshine Tuesday, a west breeze, high 78, low 49.  Mostly sunny Wednesday and Thursday, SW breezes, highs 80, lows 51. Mostly sunny next Friday and Saturday, north breezes, highs 68 and 65, lows 43 and 40.  Partly cloudy next Sunday, a SSW breeze, high 67, low 43. Partly cloudy the week of the 22ed, SW breezes, highs in the low seventies, lows in the upper to mid forties.

     Zucchini flour Zero!   I have one bag of dried zucchini that I can put in stews and no one will know.  The waste basket has some browned zucchini.  When the instruction book says you may want to rotate trays it means you will rotate trays more than once if you're drying something as wet as zucchini.  It is also important to use the dehydrator in a warm dry place.  The garage is not warm and dry enough when foggy chilly nights come in  September.

    Since the rain there have been very few birds at the feeders.    No hummingbirds.  I cleaned some feeders yesterday.  I put one out with fresh food for any stragglers that might come through.

   Yesterday in the nursery they picked cucumbers.  A lot of them.  A very good picking for this late in the season.  Jay is pleased with all the clean up he and Ezekiel did.  Lots of used up vegetable plants and weeds went on the compost pile.  Parts of the garden are ready for rye seed as soon as there are showers in the forecast.

   May your day be blessed, Sally

   

9/11/25 May Charlie Kirk's influence live on and may this cause a thousand just like him to stand up and carry the torch of trurh and right!

66 degrees, clear, gentle west breeze.  Sunshine today with a stiff HW breeze, high 75.  Clear tonight, low 44.  Sunshine tomorrow, NNW breeze, high 71, low 42  .Mostly cloudy Saturday, a SSW breeze, high 72, low 48. Partly cloudy Sunday, a WNW breeze, high 74, low 49. Mostly sunny Monday, a light NNW breeze, high 75, low 49.  Mostly sunny Tuesday, a light west breeze, high 79, low 53.  Mostly sunny Wednesday, a SW breeze, high 80, low 54.  Mostly sunny Thursday, a south breeze, high 75, low 55.  Partly cloudy next Friday, an ESE breeze, high 74, low 54.  Partly cloudy next Weekend, highs about 70, lows about 5.  A SE breeze Saturday, a SSW breeze Sunday.  Showers Monday the 22ed, a south breeze, high 69,low 50.  Partly cloudy the rest of the week, highs about 69, lows about 48.  SW breezes.

    Yesterday started out as a very good day.  I looked out my kitchen window, no bamboo and mostly mulched.  Later in the morning the electric range switch was made.  A man came and got the old one last night.  A lightning power surge ruined his.  Our old stove is better than none why he is saving for a new propane range.

    Mike came with a load of well seasoned firewood.  We'll use it and let the wood we have season a little longer.   Darel put a new window in Azalea's room. The old window wasn't doing much. It let enough breeze to move the curtains!

   Jay was very happy with what he and Ezekiel accomplished in the nursery.  Ezekiel is coming to help him again today.  And maybe a few days next week.

   And then came the news of Charlie Kirk's murder.  One of my granddaughters said, "We live in an evil world."   God gave us a beautiful world!  He even gave us His Son,  Allowing Him to die on the cross for our sins.  We have remained silent, we have bent the words of the Book he gave us.  Just be quiet, don't make waves.let others do their thing.   Ignore the sick culture that has consumed people to such a degree that killing someone who doesn't agree with you or infringes on your life is an ok answer.  We need to start our day with prayer and then step out of the shell we as a society have built around ourselves.  Keep a chair open. In your home, in your heart, in your schedule. You never know whose life might change because you let them sit for a while.

May your day be Blessed, Sally

 9/10/25Happiness is the only thing we can give without having.

Fog, partly cloudy, 45 degrees.  Partly cloudy today, a light south breeze, high 75.  Clear tonight, low 45.  Mostly sunny tomorrow, a strong NNW breeze, high 76, low 44.  Sunshine Friday, a north breeze, high 71, low 42. Partly cloudy Saturday, a south breeze, high 72, low 49.  Showers Sunday, a SE breeze, high 68, low 49. Partly cloudy Monday, a NNE breeze, high 73, low 49.  Partly cloudy Tuesday, a WNW breeze, high 76, low 51. Mostly sunny next Wednesday, high 75, low 49.  Partly cloudy next Thursday, a south breeze, high 73, low 52.  Partly cloudy next Friday and the weekend, WSW breezes, highs around 7, lows about 5.  Partly cloudy on the 22ed and 23rd, SW breezes, highs about 74, lows about 5.

   The bamboo is gone!  until it finds a way to sneed through the cardboard and hay.  I will be on the lookout for it to send up a shoot, I'll yank it out.  We'll have to petrol the area regularly for a couple years.  Even then someone will have to guard against it..  I've had it "all gone" for several years twice since we moved here.  Just a few years of not checking for shoots allows it to sneak  back.  The man I hired to help me with it did a great job.  Today he is going to move a large perennial for me.  We'll divide it.  Part of it will be planted by the honeysuckle vine, the rest will be potted up for sale next year.  He'll spend the rest of the day helping Jay in the nursery..

    Bekah moved the dehydrator inside.  The garage is too cold for it to work right.  The book says it needs to be in a warm and dry place. 

    Doug has the waterline for Maegin's trailer  in.  Today the electrician and her stepfather will finish the new wiring.  Heather is painting the walls in their addition today.

    We're hoping lots get checked off the todo list today, so many projects in the works!  May your day be blessed, Sally

     

   

 9/9/25  Happiness isn’t something you find — it’s something you do, over and over, until it becomes who you are.”

Sunshine, calm, 45 degrees.  Sunshine, Light SSW breeze, high 72. Clear tonight, low 41.  Mostly sunny tomorrow with a SSE breeze, high 73, low 47.  Mostly sunny Wednesday, stiff NNW breeze, high 75, low 44.  Sunshine Friday, a north breeze, high 70, low 43.  Partly cloudy Saturday, south breeze, high 71, low49.  Cloudy Sunday, a south breeze, high 70, low 52.  Partly cloudy next week with north and NNE breezes, highs in the low seventies Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, high 69 Thursday and Friday. Lows in the forties. Partly cloudy next weekend, WSW breezes.  Saturday's high 69, low 47.  Sunday's high 73, low 60.

    Yesterday was a busy day for me.  In the morning I finished getting zucchini ready for the dehydrator.  I have more zucchini and tomatoes to dehydrate.

In the afternoon I went to Bangor with a long list, getting home at dark.  Today will be busy too.  I'll be keeping the dehydrator going.  A young man is coming to help me finish off the bamboo.  Maegan and I have cleaned up the storm damage and lots of the bamboo is gone.  But the season is ending.  I'm slow.  Maegin has her school bus job and her trailer to redo.  Yesterday she finished opening up the walls for the electrician.  He is coming today to put in the new wiring.  She was very pleased to find that the insulation is in excellent shape.

    If the man works out well Jay is going to hire him to help in the greenhouse.  A lot of greenhouses don't accept plastic pot returns.  We understand why,  there is a lot of sorting and cleaning involved.  Country Junction believes in recycling as much as possible so we do.  They have been overwhelmed by returns this year.  Fall brings a lot of other work too.  Such as cleaning the wood cook range and chimney so we can switch back to wood for our hot water and cooking.  The heat will feel good these chilly mornings.  Bekah started the pellet stove this morning.

   May your day be blessed, Sally