6/27/24Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Rachel Carson

 '66 inch of rain overnight.  cloudy with possible showers and thunder today.  It is 61 degrees, today's high 77 with a west breeze.  Partly cloudy tonight with a low of 52, a light WNW breeze.  Sunshine tomorrow with a strong NW breeze. a high of 72, a low of 50.  Clouds tomorrow with a light south wind, a high of 73, a low of 60.  Rain/thunder Sunday with a brisk SW breeze a high of 81, a low of 59.   Partly cloudy Monday with a NNE breeze, a high of 75, a low of 56.  Sunshine Tuesday with a north breeze,  high of 81, a low of 57.  Partly cloudy Wednesday with a SE breeze, a high of 80, a low of 60.  Partly cloudy next Thursday, the Fourth with a high of 80, a low of 62.  Perhaps some PM showers next Friday, occasional showers overnight.  A SSW breeze with a high of 82, a low of 64.  Showers Saturday the 6th with a SSE breeze, a high of 79, a low of 64.  Partly cloudy Sunday with a west breeze, a  high of 82, a low of 63.   Sun and clouds the week of the 8th with highs in the low eighties, lows in the low sixties.

     Annabelle's birthday is today but she and I celebrated at Amy Bishop's hair salon yesterday. We both had a pleasant time and Ammabelle loved her new hair do.  Amy could tell from Annabelle's hair that she had hard water at home.  She suggested that once a week she mix a tbsp. of baking soda with her shampoo and then rinse her hair with apple cider vinegar.  She said those simple ingredients do as well or better than the fancy stuff that comes in a pretty bottle.

    Jay picked 85 cucumbers yesterday, they are gone.  He'll be picking more this morning.  He's going to dig some potatoes and see how large they are.  There are lots of perennials blooming  and the weather is good for planting so there is a steady line of customers.  There are some big tomato plants for people who want to plant a plant or two in a five gallon bucket on their patio.

   Knowing it was going to rain last night Doug baled the hay in the big round bales and wrapped it.  It looks like the weather will be good for square bales next week.  Let's hope the forecast doesn't change again..  Gilbert reminded me that the Boyd lake boat parade was at ten on the 4th.

   May God bless you on this day, Sally