1/28/25 f you give with the expectation of receiving, you are not giving.

Mostly clear, 38 degrees.  Sunshine today with a strong NNE breeze, high 53. Partly cloudy tonight, low 34. Cloudy tomorrow, a NNE breeze, high 54, low 37.  Cloudy Thursday, an ENE breeze, high 54, low 48.  Rain Thursday night and Friday. A stiff ENE breeze Thursday night. A stiff SE breeze Friday with a high of 59.  Some showers Friday night, a strong WSW breeze, low of 43. Strong west winds Saturday, cloudy, high of 5, low of 36.   Partly cloudy Sunday with a stiff WNW breeze, high of 48, low of 31. Partly cloudy Monday, a SW breeze, high of 47, low of 35. A few showers next Tuesday, a strong west breeze, high  46, low 29. Partly cloudy next Wednesday and Thursday, stiff WNW breezes, highs 46, lows about 30. Afternoon Showers Friday November 7th, rain snow showers Friday night.  SW breezes, high 49, low 31.  Showers Saturday the 8th, rain/snow showers Saturday night.  Stiff WNW breezes, high 48, low 33. Rain/ snow showers Sunday morning, a stiff NW breeze, high 48, low 28.

Partly cloudy Monday the 10th, showers the 11th.  Stiff west breezes, highs 49, lows about 34.

   A pleasant fall day.  I got a little more mulching done.  I spent a long time on the Christmas t-shirt order.  Some of the time was sending emails back and forth to grandchildren about sizes and colors, visiting at the same time.  I'm placing the order this morning, then getting a perm.  On the way home I'll get plastic to bank the north side of the house.

   One of the gray squirrels found the feeders in the kitchen garden.  It was fun watching it as I did dishes but I'm not sure I'll appreciate his appetite if he stays the winter.  A very small female cardinal spends most of each day on the feeders.  Is she from a late hatch?  The other cardinals come mostly early morning and at dusk.  They mostly feed on the feeder by the winterberry bushes.  She goes to any feeder , wherever there is a space.

   The girls had a successful shopping trip for wreath rings and wire.  A new place, very nice people and much cheaper.  In the afternoon they made places to hang finished wreaths.  They make very full ones.  Last year they found out that even if their stacks didn't have very many wreaths the bottom ones flattened some.

   May your day be blessed, Sally