8/21/23 Let not dismay over what you cannot do keep you from doing what you can do.

 Cloudy, calm. 65 degrees.   Clouds today, slight chance of a shower with a brisk NW breeze, a high of 77. Cloudy skies will become partly cloudy after midnight tonight with a NNW breeze, a low of 54.  Sunshine tomorrow with a stiff NNW breeze, a high of 74, a low of 49.  Sunshine Wednesday with a WNW breeze, a high of 76, a low of 52.  Partly cloudy Thursday with a south breeze, a high of 74, a low of 54.  Rain is forecast to move in around midnight Thursday night and continue through Friday and Friday night.  A brisk SSE breeze Friday with a high of 64, a low of 59.  Some showers Saturday become less Saturday night.  A NNE breeze with a high of 68, a low of 54. Partly cloudy next Sunday and Monday with north breezes, highs about 70, lows about 55.  Possible morning showers next Tuesday with a north breeze, a high of 73, a low of 56.  Mostly pleasant Thursday the 31st through Labor Day weekend with WSW breezes, highs in the low seventies, lows in the low to mid fifties.  Slight chance of showers Friday and Saturday mornings.

    Yesterday was truly a day of rest for me. I was very tired from battling this immune disease all week.  Doctors had warned me pemphigoid was not gone but in remission. The Lord is good, I am fine now but even though it was a beautiful day I knew I needed to rest.  I did take advantage of an empty house and scrub the kitchen floor.

    Sadly there will be no Sunflower Maze this year.  The seeds were planted in mud so they didn't all germinate.  Sunflowers need sun, which has been lacking this summer.    The field was so wet that whenever Doug tried to cultivate mud  piled up on the cultivators.  So weeds grew unchecked.  A lot of work and money invested in a field that will become a beef cow pasture this week.  They are cutting the sunflowers that are in bloom and selling them at the vegetable stand for a dollar a stem.

    Bekah had to wather the mums yesterday.  They are such large beautiful plants that with sun and breeze they quickly use up the moisture in their pot. I'm going to water my hanging baskets and containers.with fertilizer water today.  I'll probably use fertilizer in the water Thursday too.  The soil had been overly washed this year.

      Despite the cucumber plants  ragged appearance they are able to pick enough cucumbers to keep the coolers full.  Lots of sweet and hot peppers and big beautiful sweet onions.  Onions for the grill or a cucumber onion sandwich?  The sweet onions are wonderful in pickles and relishes too.

    May God bless you today.  Sally