2/23/19
Listen to anything your children want to  tell you.  If you don't listen to the small stuff they won't tell you the big stuff.

Clear,17 with a light west breeze.  Sunny today, a NW breeze, a high of 36 and a low of 18.  3-5 inches of snow tomorrow with an ESE wind, a high of 35.  Changing to wintery mix late in the day, winds becoming west overnight with a low of 30.  Morning snow showers Monday, strong west winds, a high of 35 early in the day, dropping to 5 at night.  Mostly cloudy Tuesday with a WNW wind, a high of 14 and a low of -2.  mostly sunny Wednesday, slightly less windy, a high of 14 and a low of 2.  Partly cloudy Thursday with a stiff WNW breeze, a high of 23 and a low of 5.  Sunny Friday with a WNW breeze, a high of 28 and a low of 8.  Starting next Saturday snow showers are forecast for every day through March 9th, not much accumulation is forecast.  Next Saturday and Saturday, March 9th, the high is forecast to be 33 and the low 18.  In between highs mostly in the twenties and lows in the low teens, a few single numbers.  Not a good forecast for greenhouses!

     Darel is having a good spell.  some glitches but mostly good.  Enjoying carrying on a conversation with visitors, even answered the phone a few times.

     Beautiful days like yesterday equals less birds at the feeders.  It's good to know that they can find lots of natural food when the weather is good.  They still seem to come for a drink of water.  A warm day meant the barn skunk ventured out for a walk.  I just stood still and it rushed away.

     I ordered more flower seeds yesterday.  Last year I didn't sell much cleome so i wasn't going to grow it this year.   But i've had people asking what colors and what kind I'll have this year.  I'll have the tall queen cleome and all the colors including the new cherry.  I'll have the yellow thunbergia (black-eyed Susan vine)  and a new color that I fell for.  Peach, coral, called African sunset.  Snapdragons are the annual of 2019, I already have a nice selection planned.  Yesterday i saw a blue hanging snapdragon.  The picture was so pretty i ordered some seeds.  Now i need to put flower catalogs away, there is only so much room in the greenhouse!  I have to leave room for vegetables.

      We will get through the next two weeks and spring will come.  Enjoy today, Sally