6/15/23  The only way to have a friend is to be one.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

 .07 rain overnight.  Foggy, calm, 55 degrees.  Occasional light rain today.  Thunder possible.Some clouds tonight.  A light SE breeze today, a light west breeze tonight.  Today's high 73, the low 57.  PM thunderstorms tomorrow with a light north breeze, a high of 68, a low of 53.  Showers this weekend with stiff ENE breezes.  Saturday's high 68, the low 54.  Sunday's high 58, the low 51.  Cloudy Monday with a NNE breeze, a high of 65, a low of 52.   Cloudy Tuesday with a NE breeze, a high of 68, a low of 52.  Partly cloudy Wednesday, next Thursday and next  Friday with NNW breezes. Wednesday's high 75, the low 55.  Thursday's high 81 the low 58.  Friday's high 79, the low 60.  Showers next Saturday morning with a SW breeze, a high of 79, a low of 60.  Scattered thunderstorms next Sunday with an ENE breeze, a high of 80, a low of 62.  Showers and thunderstorms the week of the 25th with highs in the upper seventies, lows about 60.

    An uneventful but pleasant trip to Millinocket with a good doctor's visit.  When I got home I did pt and some weeding.  Sometimes I cut grass for the hens but they prefer it pulled.  They love the long white roots of grass.  The highlight of the day:  Bekah and Jay set up the raised beds the Andrews had put together for me.  There is groundcover under the beds so grass won't grow up in them.  There is room for me to get around each one with a ground cover path.    They put in soil from pots of perennials that didn't come back in the beds.  Soil left after transplanting has been saved and went in the beds.  Today I will make sure there are no weeds in the soil and level it.  I'll add the coffee grinds and tea bags I've been saving to the soil. That will make a  good base.  Coast of Maine soil and compost will fill it up.  In the evening I went up to my sister's for supper.  A long but productive day.

   When I went to Bamgor Tuesday I bought what I needed to repair the mess last winter's ice made of the house gutters.  Today I hope to get the gutters fixed so I can finish planting flowers.    I couldn't get just what I needed so I'll be using some super glue and silicone calk.

    May God bless you on this day, Sally