Monday morning update

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It's Garbage Day

30.4 degrees at 5:00 a.m.

The Weather Forecast from YNN as of Sunday afternoon: 

"Few Flurries Possible Monday, No Big Warm Ups Ahead
As to systems to our south push northeast, look for clouds to increase overnight. We may be just close enough to be scrapped by the northern edge of the precipitation shield Monday afternoon. If we do see any precipitation it'll be in the form of light flurries for areas south of the thruway.
The next several days look to be pretty uneventful around CNY. Temperatures through the end of the work week will be slightly below average, but nothing like we saw this past week. There will be nuisance type lake enhanced flurries and snow showers, especially Wednesday as an upper level disturbance tracks through.

It's a ways out, but the Easter weekend forecast looks to be in good shape. Temperatures will moderate to near average levels with dry weather expected."

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Passover begins at sunset Monday evening.

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It was a Wonderful Show!

CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!

And, once again, Jody Hildreth gives us a wonderful show of photographs - about 300 of them!

Guys and Dolls Act I

Guys and Dolls Act II

Thank you Jody!

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Elsewhere .....

Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds and Daffodil Sprouts!
YAY!

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It snowed again on Friday night - about 6" of sticky stuff that wasn't really enough for good snowmobiling .....

............  but was perfect for building snowmen,

..... like this six foot tall fellow down in "Dicksville" ....

......... a smaller snowman and his buddy, "Snoopy," crafted by the Mincy Family Sculptors on White Street .......

........... and this amazing Beach Bunny, complete with "shades" and a beach umbrella, lounging on a lawn on West Bacon Street!

Cool!

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IN THE MAIL

- from Lynne Tuttle Matteson, remembering when her parents and then her brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Jo Tuttle, lived in the small building next to the Osborn home - the one that had been built by Benjamin White and then made into a studio for Albert Bierstadt. 

She wrote:  "I was working in White Plains at the time so never actually lived there, just stayed when I came home to visit. I remember one thing that I liked about it was that it was so bright and pleasant.  My Dad passed away in Sept of 1959 and my brother and his wife (Gary and Jo Tuttle) moved in with my Mom. They were the last ones to live there.  They moved when they were going to demolish the houses. The little house was donated to the Legion* but they had to move it.  The house was held together with pegs and fell apart when they tried to move it. I talked to Gary and he also said that it was the oldest house in Waterville.

"I don't think any of my family knew that it was an artist's studio.  All I knew was that Chuck Woodhouse owned it. He had most of the front lawn dug out for his liquor store (now Merri-Rose Florist.) There were only a few feet of lawn before it dropped off so we only used the back door.  It had a nice sized living room and kitchen, a bedroom and bath downstairs. There was a shed off the kitchen that led to the very small backyard.

 I don't remember the upstairs at all, even though I must have slept there when I was home to visit.  Gary told me there were two large rooms up there. I do remember that the staircase was at the end of the living room."

*The late Hilda Barton purchased it hoping that it could be preserved.

That's the first description I've ever read of the building - it must have been larger than I thought it was.  I'm grateful to Lynne for  sharing her recollections!

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COMING EVENTS

There are no special events at the Library, today,

nor any at the School or on the Village Calendar.

Events for Tuesday

At the Library

6:30 p.m.

"The DeClutter Coach"

Get ready for that Spring Clean feeling… 

The Declutter Coach will be back with tips on getting things cleared out and organized.

She'll start with a talk, then be available to sign her new book "DeClutter Your Life Now!"

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Kids' Book Club

6:30 p.m.

1st - 3rd Grade | Sign Up

Contact: Amanda Briggs    315-841-4651    amanda@watervillepl.org 

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Knitting Group

7:00 p.m.

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WCSD Board of Education Meeting
6:30 p.m.

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PLANNING AHEAD

Good Friday annual community-wide service 

to “Carry the Cross” 

through the village of Waterville. 

The event will begin at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church, continue to the Harding Nursing Home and onward to other churches in the village, ending at St. Bernard’s Roman Catholic church on Stafford Avenue. 

This is the 45th year of this tradition and all are welcome.

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Good Friday Fish Fry

at the American Legion

4:30 - 7:30 -  Takeouts Available.

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The Annual Waterville Rotary Club

will take place at Noon on Saturday at Hardings'.

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I will be on an extended "history hunt," tomorrow, and may not blog on Tuesday morning, but I'll be back at the usual time on Wednesday morning, for sure!

Have a great day, everyone!