1/27/25 No matter how slow or how wobbly, forward is forward, and every step counts.

Some clouds, calm, 18 degrees.  Sun and clouds today with a SW wind, a high of 34.  Clouds tonight with a SW wind, a low of 26.  Morning clouds/afternoon sun tomorrow with a WNW wind, a high of 28, a low of 3.  Snow showers Wednesday with a NE breeze, a high of 19, a low of 2.  Mostly cloudy Friday with a west breeze, a high of 27, a low of 9.  Partly cloudy Saturday with a brisk NW breeze, a high of 19, a low of -1.  Partly cloudy Sunday with a WSW breeze, a high off 23, a low of 19.  Mostly cloudy next Monday with a brisk west breeze, a high of 37, a low of 10.  Partly cloudy next Tuesday and Wednesday with brisk WNW breezes, highs of 19, lows of -1 and 2.  Partly cloudy Thursday the 6th with a WNW breeze, a high of 24, a low of 11.  PM fog Friday the 7th with a WNW breeze, a high of 29, a low of 20.  Snow showers Saturday the 8th with a WNW breeze, a high of 32, a low of 18.  Partly cloudy Sunday the 9th with a brisk WNW breeze, a high of 30, a low of 12.  Cloudy Monday the 10th with a west breeze, a high of 30, a low of 14.

     Bekah has taken warm water out to the hens and is breaking the ice in the cows water tub.  There are those who think farming is a seasonal job. Even the greenhouse is a year round job.  We choose to produce as much of our own food as possible.  This week Bekah has been rendering tallow.  She saved the fat from the beef animal butchered this fall.  A desire for a change in lifestyle is one of the things that has brought the grandkids back to the farm.  Kicking the processed, ready made food style of eating isn't easy.  Sugar, salt and "taste enhancers"  are habit forming!  The companies producing all those bags and boxes of 'food" in the snack aisle have invested a lot of money in ingredients that make people crave more of their "food".  Profit is more important than health.  Food dyes have been in the news making us read labels.  My iron tablets had 3 different dyes in them.  Why?  I never thought to check the label on iron tablets for dyes!  I'm glad I raised my family on a homestead in Alaska.  We couldn't afford all the processed foods even when they were available.

     May your day be blessed, Sally