11/14/26   Lost time is never found again.

 It's cloudy, a gentle variable breeze, 33 degrees.  Cloudy today, a light NNW breeze, high 41, low 33.  Cloudy tomorrow, a strong NW breeze, high 45, low 31. Mostly sunny Monday and  Tuesday. A NW breeze Monday, high 47, low 26.  A WSW breeze Tuesday, high 53, low 33.  Partly cloudy Wednesday, a west breeze, high 57, low 34. Sunshine Thursday, a west breeze, high 58, low 32.  Partly cloudy Friday through  Wednesday the 25th. A west breeze Friday, High 58, low 34. A NW breeze next Saturday, high 50, low 36.  A SW breeze next Sunday, high 50, low 36.  NW breezes Thanksgiving week with highs in the mid forties, lows around 30.

   Red in the morning, take warning.  We are having a beautiful sunrise.  It was deep red, not as red now but even prettier.  There is no rain or snow in this morning's forecasts.

   Planes are flying again.  We still don't know what caused the communication problems.  Many nations are asking their people to have two weeks worth of supplies on hand.  It is easy for us, we grow much of our food, we put food by for the winter.  Wood needs to be seasoned so we always have wood ahead.  We also have pellet stoves, we get pellets in the fall.  We've seen too many times that suppliers were low or out of pellets.  We have animals that depend on us for water and greenhouse covered with two layers of plastic that need to stay inflated.  So we have generators and fuel on hand.  I wish we had a solar generator.  We plan ahead for our prescriptions because gas is too expensive to make a special trip to the drug store.  The same with groceries and paper products.  Flour is cheaper in fifty pound bags.  If we lived differently I would be thinking about ways we could get by for a while without the infrastructure  we depend on.  Thinking, not fretting, there is a difference between being prudent and panic or hoarding.  Every few years our water tank seems to need a new pressure switch.  We keep an extra on hand.  Several times a family member or neighbor has had a problem.  It always seems to happen late Sunday afternoon!  They've been glad we  had one.  Darel knew how to replace the switch.  Then Gilbert did, he showed Bekah.

    No snow in the forecast but checking to locate our snow shovels and putting them where they will be used  is on my winter list.  The sand bucket by the back door needs to be filled.  The back deck gets icy but the birds need to be fed.  Especially when everything is coated with ice!

    May your day be blessed, Saly