At Home in the Huddle 2013

Today is Garbage Day
and it's 17 degrees at 5:00 a.m

Here is the YNN Weather Forecast:

"Cold and Breezy, Storm Threat Tuesday Night/Wednesday
Look for flurries/snow showers to wind down this morning Temperatures will be warmer than yesterday but still way below average for late November.

Tuesday will start quiet, but a powerful storm will be making its way up the coast, and will be on our doorstep by the late afternoon. There is a lot of uncertainty regarding the track of the storm, and precipitation type heading into Wednesday.

It's looking like a good bet that we'll see at least some wintry precipitation. Expect travel of all kinds to be impacted by this storm from Tuesday afternoon, into a good chunk of Wednesday."

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NEWS!

Found posted on Facebook by Waterville Vocal Music!

The Cast is Announced!

Performances on March 13, 14 & 15, 2014.

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Here & There

There was a flurry of lighting activity gong on at the Whites' on White Street during one of the early-weekend "lake effect" flurries.

Jeff Reynolds caught the Village crew beating the wintry weather, putting Christmas wreaths on our Victorian lamp posts last Thursday ........ 

...... all along East .....

............. and West Main Street.

(Blog readers who are unfamiliar with traffic patterns on West Main Street may wonder why that car seems to be going the wrong way, but it was, in fact, at the right place at the right time - exiting Stewart's.)

More decorations:  at the Woodman - Getman Law Offices .....

............ the Neffs' home on Berrill Avenue ....

..........  and at the Verdon residence on Putnam, next to the former "Home for Homeless Ladies," Santa and his reindeer have once again taken flight.

With three or four inches of new snow on the corn-stubbled fields in Hanover, the colors change once again.

This is the surprising new view of the Weaver Farm's new barn as seen looking South from the corner of Shanley and Gridley-Paige Roads.

I was in that location because I had expected to find more ice on the little waterfall, but that wasn't the case.

Much of the surface of the ponds next to Madison Street had frozen over, 'though, and any open water that was left was crowded with Canada Geese.

No: the snowmobile trails have not been marked, yet!

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 IN THE MAIL

"Parade of Lights"

From Jennifer Neff, a reminder that:

 "The theme this year is 'Silver Bells,' to commemorate the parade's 25th year. 

"The parade is at 6:30, line up is at 6 in the village park, Madison Street side and ends at the firehouse with Santa and Mrs. Claus.  Any vendors that would like to have a table at the firehouse can contact a committee member (Lisa Belfield, Doc and Kathy Upcraft, Don and Jennifer Neff, Diane Marceau, Angela Plante or Scott Whitehead.)"

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Public Star Gazing Event Announced

The Mohawk Valley Astronomical Society 

invites you to join them for a 

Tour of the Sky* 

on Saturday, November 30th, from 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. 

at the Barton-Brown Observatory at the Waterville Public Library.

(*Weather permitting, of course.)

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Gillian Mowrey replied to the query posted last week asking if you remembered where you were when you first learned that President Kennedy had been killed.

She wrote:  "I had just run out of the doors of my elementary school in Binghamton.  One of the other students told me the news, but as she was often the  source of "misinformation" I didn't believe her. Nevertheless, I ran  all the way home (I was 8) to see my mother. As I neared my house, I  saw my father's car in front  and I knew something was very wrong...  It was far too early in the day for him to be home from work. I ran in  the house to see both my parents, my Mom in tears, sat in front of the  TV. I remember sitting at their feet, too young to understand the deeper implications, but old enough to know this the news was far more than just 'sad.' That something of deep significance had happened. We  had only just become citizens of the US, and my parents were real  supporters of JFK, so they were deeply moved by his death."

Thank you, Gillian!

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EVENTS

WCS SPORTS 

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Happening Today at the Library

At 4:00 p.m. it's the LEGOs Tallest Tower Competition!

To satisfy my own curiosity, I "googled" images of Lego Towers:  some were amazing! This was built by students of the Red Clay School District in Wilmington Delaware last summer.

The Waterville winner will get his or her name on a trophy in the library!

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For Your Calendar

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FOR THE RECORD

Have a good day, everyone!