5/9/24  A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight D. Eisenhower

.31 inch of rain.  Cloudy, gentle east breeze, 43 degrees.  Clouds today with a strong NNE breeze, a high of 52.  Partly cloudy tonight with a light NNe breeze, a low of 36.  Partly cloudy tomorrow with a brisk NE breeze, a high of 61, a low of 38.  Cloudy Saturday and Sunday, Mother's Day with NNE breezes, highs about 56, lows about 40.  Partly cloudy Monday with a stiff SSW breeze, a high of 65, a low of 46. Showers Tuesday and Wednesday with brisk SSW breezes, highs of 68, lows of 50.  Partly cloudy next Thursday with a brisk NE breeze, a high of 69, a low of 50.  Cloudy next Friday with a brisk ENE breeze, a high of 66, a low of 48.  50% chance of showers next weekend with brisk SE breezes, highs in the upper sixties, lows of 48.  Chance of showers every day the week of the 20th with highs about 68, lows about 48.

      A lady came yesterday and asked Bekah when  she would start selling hanging baskets.  Bekah said she had been selling them for a couple of weeks.  The lady questioned her, there were no blank spaces.  Bekah explained that the baskets are  growing and taking up more room every day.  And everytime a basket leaves Bekah plants another one with plants she has been growing just for making more baskets.  Later this month the snowbirds come back from Florida.  When school gets out people move to camp.  They'll want baskets.  Even by planting a second round she never has enough.

     Gilbert planted one of my raised beds with strawberries yesterday.  Today I'll mulch them with the straw I mulched my climbing rose with over winter.  The greenhouse strawberry bed isn't all planted yet.  They try to work on it between customers.  They got their pots of cucumber and squash seeds planted.  Next are pumpkins.  Last are watermelon and cantaloupe.  Those seedlings don't go in the ground until the middle of June.

    Bekah took down the brooder yesterday.  The chicks are "teenagers" now with lots of feathers.  There is still a light in their room to warm the room up a little.  Today they get a grown up feeder.

     May God bless you on this day, Sally