At Home in the Huddle 2008: Tuesday Morning

It's 26 degrees; overcast.

WKTV's forecast: "Snow will be steady by late morning. Snow will continue all afternoon and become heavy at times. This will be especially true north of Utica. South of Route 20, some plain rain or sleet may mix in at times tomorrow evening. But this will likely be mainly snow for our viewing area. Snow will continue into tomorrow night, with a lull possible, followed by heavier snow, especially north and west of Utica after Midnight. Snow will basically linger all day Wednesday, with the potential for some isolated lake snows developing into Wednesday night."

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Yesterday was so Springlike!

These willows, north of Paris Green, really ARE showing "gold."

I went looking for "sap buckets." There was no sign of any activity at Slate's, on Camp Road .......

....... and although the "intravenous tubes" were in place on maples near Paris Station, the large containers had not been set out.

I went down into Tinker Hollow, but it didn't appear that sugaring had begun there, either.

At the end of Tinker Hollow Road, on Stone Road, this old, old schoolhouse still stands.

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I have a nice letter from Margaret Green Way who is trying to trace her ancestors and writes, "I wonder if anyone in your audience would know about my great, great-grandmother Jesse Green. She is buried in the cemetery in Pleasant Valley. Her son Hugh Green brought her over from Ireland." (Mrs. Way remarks that she is 86 years old but checks the blog every morning as does her son, in Williamsburg, Virginia. I'll look in all of the cemetery information that my husband had compiled and see if I can come up with anything. But this is just another instance in which being able to SEARCH the old Waterville Times will be invaluable!!)

For those who are interested in the digitization process that Tom Trymiski has put our microfilm through, here's a link that describes each step in the procedure.

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Heard in the Post Office:
Mr. Lou Langone is making fine recovery from injuries inflicted on him, for no reason at all, by an ill-mannered icy driveway.

"For Sale" signs have appeared in front of the old foundry - formerly C&H Plastics and more recently the Pumilia Pizza Shell Company - on Buell Avenue.

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Put "Chicken BBQ at the Fire House" on your calendar for March 16th. It will be a benefit for WCS student Heather Davis who will be going to China, this Summer, as a People to People Student Ambassador.

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This morning's edition of the O-D carries a rundown of all activities of America's Greatest Heart Run & Walk on March 8th.

From Mark: "Spring training is here and Fort Myers, Florida is the spring training home of Major League Baseball's The Minnesota Twins. They practice literally 2 miles from my home at Hammond Stadium . Took some shots today. Thought it would give some folks back home hope that spring really is coming."

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WKTV's Weather Alert at 6:06 A.M.

Snow has broken out in Pennsylvania and Ohio already this morning. The storm system responsible for this wintry blast will push eastward today. We expect snow to break out in Central New York between 7 and 10 AM. Snow may fall heavily at times this afternoon and tonight.

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The next time that the Neffs and Brennans go to Florida, I wish they'd take me with them!