5/19/23 To nurture a garden is not to just feed the body but to nurture the soul.

 Mostly clear, a light SSW breeze. 37 degrees.  Sunshine this morning , partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight.  Today's high 69 with strong SSW winds.  Tonight's low 49 with a light south wind.  Clouds tomorrow morning, showers in the afternoon turning to a good rain overnight.  A strong south breeze with a high of 65.  A stiff SSE breeze tomorrow night with a low of 55.  Showers Sunday morning with a strong west breeze, a high of 75.  Sunday night's low 43.  Sunshine Monday with a stiff NNE breeze, a high of 64, a low of 36.  Sunny Tuesday with a strong south breeze, a high of 68, a low of 44.  Partly cloudy Wednesday with a stiff west breeze, a high of 71, a low of 45.  Sunny next Thursday with a brisk north breeze, a high of 69, a low of 45.  Partly cloudy next Friday with a NNW breeze, a high of 69, a low of 47.  Sunshine Saturday the 27th with a stiff NW breeze, a high of 75, a low of 51.  Partly cloudy Sunday the 28th with a brisk NW breeze, a high of 79, a low of 54.  Partly cloudy Memorial Day and the rest of the week with brisk NW breezes, highs in the mid seventies, lows in the low fifties.

     The day started out good.  I got a notice a week or so ago that if I didn't use some of the reward points on my Visa card I would lose them. I went to the web site the Credit Union gave me and chose 4 100 dollar Home Depot gift cards.  They came and yesterday I went to Home Depot and bought three raised beds.  Some assembly required but the Andrews are very good to me.  Our neighbors who grow strawberries commercially posted that the berries seemed to be ok.  Covering them with ice protected the blossoms from freezing!

     Meanwhile it was chaos here at home.  The Prides Corner Farm delivery came.  A different driver who wasn't interested in hearing how other drivers had parked to unload.  He decided to turn around  using the dirt road behind the house.  He went off the road and took out the street sign totally blocking route 11 until he finally got out.  One magnolia tree was broken up but no damage to other  plants.  By the time I got home the order was unloaded and the nursery stocked with beautiful plants.  The rest of the day was uneventful with watering, planting, and helping customers.

    May God bless you on this day, Sally