12/29/24  Santa is gone but Jesus is with us with the gift of salvation that never ends.

Cloudy, calm, 28 degrees.  today's high 39 with a gentle SSW breeze.  Rain this afternoon will give way to fog overnight with a low of 35.  Rain tomorrow with a stiff SSE breeze, a high of 50.  Partly cloudy tomorrow night with a SW breeze, a low of 34.  Partly cloudy Tuesday with a SW breeze, a high of 46, a low of 30.  Rain Wednesday with a strong NE breeze, a high of 39.  Rain/snow Wednesday night with a stiff NW breeze, a low of 33.  Cloudy Thursday with a west wind, a high of 36, a low of 24.  Cloudy Friday with a west wind, a high of 28, a low of 17.  Partly cloudy Saturday with a stiff WNW breeze, a high of 26, a low of 11.  Partly cloudy next Sunday with a stiff WNW breeze, a high of 21, a low of 7.  Partly cloudy next Monday and Tuesday with NW breezes, highs of 20 and 17, lows of 7.  PM fog Wednesday the 8th with a NW breeze, a high of 20, a low of 11.  PM snow showers possible Thursday the 9th with a NW breeze, a high of 23, a low of 10.  Clouds Friday the 10th and the weekend with NW breezes, highs in the low twenties,  Friday's low 12,  weekend lows about 8.

     In the morning the Christmas tree went out to the birds..Even though it had been in the house three plus weeks it lost very few needles.  maegin took her tree down and bought it here for the birds too.  It also lost very few needles.Jay and darel set them up and I tied them to the fence so they would stay in place  Between the fence and trees the birds are protected from the NW winds.  Up here on the hill we are often warmer than down in the low places but we get lots of wind.  Twenty month old Ruby had a meltdown when the tree left.  Maegin said it didn't bother her when she took the tree down at home.  For some reason Great Grandma's tree was different.

      Dexter has free roller skating in the winter Saturday afternoons.  Maegin took the girls, Bekah stayed home and watched Ruby.  In the evening they all went to Orono to walk the River Walk of Christmas lights.  Jay and Darel spent the afternoon tweaking the tightness of the plastic on the new greenhouse so it would inflate evenly and snow/ice would slide off faster.

     On this day of reat may we all give thanks that the greatest gift of Christmas, Christ, is with us twelve months of each and every year, not just December and the twelve days of Christmas.  Sally