2/27/26  May we commit today to Christlike pauses of caring so that we may heal invisible wounds of grief and isolation in our church and community.

Sunshine, calm, 12 degrees.  Sun and clouds, a west breeze, high 32.  Clouds tonight, low 16.  Snow showers Sunday, a NW breeze, high 28, low -3.  Partly sunny Monday, a WNW breeze, high 20, low -4. Partly cloudy Tuesday, a SW breeze, high 34, low 23. 1-3 inches of snow Tuesday night.  Snow showers Wednesday, a stiff NW breeze, high 4, low 18.  Some sun Thursday, a brisk  north breeze, high 31, low 10.  Snow showers next Friday, a NE breeze, high 28, low 19. Wintry mix next Saturday PM into Sunday AM.  NW breezes, high Saturday 38, low 27.  Sunday's high 43, low 32.  Partly cloudy Monday the 9th, a SW breeze, high 49, low 34.  Showers Tuesday the 10th with a SW breeze, high 50, low 36.  Showers Wednesday the 11th, WNW breeze, high 48, low 29.  Partly cloudy on the 12th and 13th, NW breezes, highs about 43, lows 25.  Perhaps a shower Thursday night.
    Tuesday Grand daughter Sally Jo and her husband Kaden had an appointment at Dana Farber Cancer Center in Boston.  Kaden has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma.  A treatment program was set up.  Treatments will be at the Brewer Cancer Center with monitoring by Dana Farber.  Kaden and Sally Jo were told that this type of cancer has a 96% cure rate.  He had an appointment in Brewer at nine yesterday  morning.  It went well.  

    I visited Andrew and Gayle yesterday,  It was a celebration. Tuesday's doctor appointment showed no infection.  There will be a scan next week to double check.  He walked up and down the stairs yesterday.  That meant he could sleep in his king size bed last night instead of the hospital bed!

    Most of the seedlings that were in the front room are in the greenhouse.  Soon  the fuschias that hang from the barn will come out of the cellar and go under the lights.  Bekah planted lots of seeds yesterday.  She also ran water to the greenhouse, filling all the water storage barrels and buckets.  The greenhouse is getting hot enough these days so she can exchange the air without making the furnace run much.  The sun is getting stronger every day.  We,ve gained a little over an hour of daylight in February, about 3 minutes a day.  We are hoping that the forecast for below average temperatures in March for Maine is wrong.  In February our night time lows were not as low as the daily forecast said they to expect.

    May your day be blessed, Sally