3/26/26  The time to be happy is now: the place to be happy is here; the way to be happy is to make others happy.

Clouds, a variable breeze, 32 degrees.  Occasional light showers today, rain late this evening, showers overnight.  today's high 53, a SSW breeze.  Tonight's low 30, a NW breeze.  Partly cloudy tomorrow, a strong NW breeze, high 34, low 10.  Partly cloudy Saturday, a NW breeze, high 28, low 16.  Partly cloudy Sunday, a WSW breeze, high 41, low 27.  Clouds Monday, a stiff SW breeze, high 51, low 27. Partly cloudy Tuesday, a NW breeze, high 44, low 30.  Rain/snow Wednesday, a WNW breeze, high 43, low 33.  Rain next Thursday, a NE breeze, high 45, low 29.  Snow/rain next Friday, an ENE breeze, high 41, low 28.  Partly cloudy Saturday the 4th, a west breeze, high 43, low 33.  Rain/snow Easter Sunday, a SW breeze, high 47, low 32.  Rain/snow Monday the 6th, a west breeze, high 47, low 28.  Clouds Tuesday the 7th, a WNW breeze, high 45, low 28.  Partly cloudy Wednesday, the 8th. a brisk SW breeze, high 48, low 30. Rain/snow Thursday the 9th, a brisk SW breeze, high 45, low 30.

    Today's rain is passing us by, headed to the maritimes.  That does nothing for our drought.  Perhaps we'll get the quarter inch of rain forecast for tonight and wake up to bare ground tomorrow.  Lots of snow flakes are in the forecast but the spring temperatures and showers will melt them.
 Heather bought us a beautiful new butter mold yesterday. Husband Mike had taken the measurements of our one pound butter mold and used them to make the new one.  The old one molded hundreds of pounds of butter back when I was milking cows and selling butter.  The new one will be so nice to use,  I won't be trying to hold it together because the screws are stripped.
    A week from today this year's chicks arrive.  I'm thankful there aren't any lows forecast to be in the teens.  I'll get the feeders and waterers sanitized.  Bekah has the big job of getting the brooder room ready.  The tractor has been inside all winter, protected from the elements.  But it is parked in front of the brooder room door.  So out it goes.
     As soon as it warms up we are going to be anxious to start cleaning our laws and gardens.    Leave the perennials until we have several days in the fifties., cleaning them out too early may destroy good bugs that have used the dead foliage for a winter home.   Also soil is fragile, and you can irreversibly compact yours if you stomp around in your beds before they have time to thaw and drain.

    May your day be blessed, Sally