7/18/17

I will speak ill of no man and speak all the good i know of everybody. Ben Franklin

Calm, dense fog and 63 degrees.  Cloudy this morning, thunderstorms this afternoon, a stiff south breeze, a high of 87 and a low of 67 tonight.  Sunny tomorrow with a light NW wind, a high of 74 and a low of 57.  Sunny Wednesday with a stiff WNW breeze, a high of 80 and a low of 56.  Sunny Thursday with a nice WSW breeze, a high of 87 and a low of 62.  Afternoon thunderstorms Friday with a WSW breeze, a high of 87 and a low of 64.  Possible morning showers Saturday with a WNW breeze, a high of 87 and a low of 64.  Scattered thunderstorms Sunday with a SW breeze, a high of 84 and a low of 61.  Today's forecast shows pleasant days from Monday, July 25th through August 1st with high temperatures in the mid eighties and lows around sixty.

    Very dark this morning thanks to the fog, the weather station says 99% humidity.  I've been having to turn on a light mornings.  I don't like that, means the days are already getting shorter.  Once again the storms went around us yesterday evening.  We did get three tenths of gentle rain why we were in church.  I dug dandelions and pulled wild mint along the edge of the flower garden under the living room windows.  Then put down newspaper and mulch for an edging.  I weeded the flower garden off the back deck and finished cleaning the flower garden under the kitchen window.  i was pleased with myself.  This afternoon I'll put nicotianas under the kitchen window for fragrance and the hummingbirds and plant odds and ends of leftover annuals in the rest of the space.

     The rest of the summer my days will start with changing the ice in the coolers, switching soaker hoses and harvesting.  I'm going to plant flowers this morning, most days i'll weed when i get through harvesting,  There are always some weeds somewhere.  Doug is finished putting hay in the front of the barn.  This morning Tiffany will clean up the spilled hay and put the flower boxes along the barn.  They have been planted for some time, waiting for the hay to go in.  I'm going to put a few more leftover flowers in the boxes along the garage and make up a planter for the second picnic table.  then the south side of the house will be done.  Except for maintenance.  half the summer gone.  But we usually have a late fall.

     Have a good day, Sally