3/18/26  Remember, those who want to talk with you about others, will talk with others about you.   

Clear, calm. 11 degrees.  Sunshine today, a brisk WNW breeze, high 31, low 16.  Mostly cloudy tomorrow, a stiff SE breeze, high 37, low 20.  Mostly cloudy Friday, a SW breeze, high 43, low 28.  Snow/rain Saturday, a north breeze, igh 39, low 29.  Snow to rain Sunday,  a brisk NW breeze, high 39, low 24.  Partly cloudy Monday, a strong NW breeze, high 37, low 18.  Partly cloudy Tuesday, a brisk west breeze, high 40, low 23. Mostly cloudy next Wednesday, a stiff NW breeze, high 39, low 20.  Partly cloudy next Thursday, a stiff NW breeze, high 39, low 29. Snow showers the morning of Friday the 27th, 1-3 inches of snow Friday night.  A strong WSW breeze, high 43, low 21.  Morning snow showers Saturday the 28th,  afternoon fog, 1-3 inches of snow at night.  A brisk NW breeze, high 37, low 21.  1-3 inches of snow Sunday the 30th, a stiff WNW breeze, high 38, low 22.  Partly cloudy the next three days. Some snow showers possible Tuesday. WNW breezes, highs in the low to mid forties, lows in the mid to high twenties.

    The forecast low was twenty.  If the hose is let on abit at twenty it doesn't freeze.  At 11 degrees it does.  Today's high of 31 means the frozen hose needs to be dragged into the greenhouse to thaw. Bekah carried two buckets of water from the greenhouse to the barn for Mabel.  The sun is bright, I'm sure it is warming up the greenhouse but the outside temperature is only up to 12.  

   The lonely cardinal must have found a mate, we don't hear him singing for one anymore.  Yesterday a small flock of blackbirds came, they're probably the locals that raise their families here.  The red-winged blackbirds nest in the swale and by the firepond,  the grackles build nests in the pine tree.

    Bekah planted a third planting of parsely yesterday.  It will be for us.  The first two didn;t germinate very well, enough plants for customers but not us.  People like to plant their parsley with their cool crops, a spring chill won't bother it.  But neither will a fall frost so we'll have plenty to dry even though we'll be setting the plants out late.

    May your day be blessed, Sally