Monday

Happy Birthday, Gavin Sexton!!

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Garbage Day!

It's 34 degrees, breezy and overcast.


It was bright and sunny, yesterday, and snowmobilers were out. I saw Dave Fox and his son, Colton, taking a break at Nice 'n Easy. Dave said that it was only the second time that there has been enough snow - and an opportunity - to ride to Waterville and they weren't about to waste what might be the last chance of the season!

This morning, radar shows a mixture of "stuff" over the reagiuon, but - acording to WKTV - "The threat for freezing rain will only last a few hours, and temperatures will be warm enough by mid to late morning to turn any precipitation over to plain rain. Clouds, rain, and wind will continue through Monday with temperatures staying cool. Warm air starts to win the battle Monday night, as temperatures warm throughout the night. By Tuesday, we will likely start out near 50 degrees and with some sunshine, make a run into the 60s. Some late day showers and storms are likely, and a cold front will push the warm air away from Central New York. By Wednesday, temperatures will be back into the 40s but we'll see more sunshine.

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For those of us who are becoming tired of waiting for Winter to give way to Spring, Peter Bocko, who grew up in Forge Hollow and who is now employed by Corning, sent us some beautiful photographs to look at.

He and his wife, Andrea, are currently in Tokyo, where the cherry trees are in bloom!

Day ........

........... and night.

(Isn't that grand? And how interesting - it appears to be a pedestrian walkway but has directional lanes!)

Then he writes: "We also went to Aoyama Cemetery on Saturday, the oldest and largest cemetery in Tokyo. It is filled with old gnarled cherry trees and is a favorite spot for celebrations during Cherry Blossom season.



"Groups of family & friends spread tarps and have picnic lunches among the memorials and falling cherry blossoms. Although are supposed to be comtemplating the metaphor of the cherry blossom as the transience of life, there was a lot of drinking being done!"

Thanks loads, Peter!

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There were two

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

in the morning mail:

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"It's a Zoo" 2008

"Welcome to the Jungle"

-an Andy Beck and Brian Fischer musical - Based on the Aesop's Fable, The Lion and the Mouse

Monday evening at 7pm WCS High School Auditorium

Featuring 1st-4th grade students from Memorial Park School. The show will be viewed and judged by members of the CNY Community Arts Council, as part of the local "It's a Zoo" Competition. Troupes that place in the competition will perform their show again during the weekend of May 16th and 17th at Hamilton College. (That was from Mary Beth Sigmund.)

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- and I have a letter from Barb Atkyns, at the Legion, saying,

"We will have shuttle service for Jessica's benefit-due to limited parking at the Legion. The bus will run from the old Maples Diner on Rt 20, the Sangerfield Town Barn and the Sangerfield Post Office. Overflow location will be the IL Richer parking lot and the school if needed. We are accepting donations for the Chinese Auction at the Legion. Any and all donations would be appreciated. Advance sale tickets are also available at the Legion."

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Gil Condon sent an "add-on" to his earlier reminiscence: " My bro Bern reminded me that Lincoln Redmond was killed in the Battle of Okinawa, suicide bombers invaded the fleet. That happened in late March through June of 1945. My bro Dan was on a mine-sweeper a that time, and dodged the action. (I guess.) There's also a question about the fast-pitch leagues in Waterville at the time of Ross Hines ..... I maintain that Slow Pitch wasn't even invented/played in the late 40s... in Waterville, anyway."

You're having so much fun with these old photos - here's another!

In this picture, the "American Store" (Scerbo building) appears to have two doorways.

And, incidentally, although this row of buildings is not literally in the "triangle," it IS in the "Triangle Historic District" on the National Register of Historic Places.

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If you're one of the people who have been following the creation and installaion of the new chandelier at the Stanley Center for the Arts, there's a nice article about it in this morning's O-D. If you don't want to bother reading the article, here are just a few facts: manufactured by Meyda Tiffany, the chandelier is 35 feet across and 17 feet tall and it weighs 6,500 lbs. (sorry about my earlier error which said it weighed a mere three tons.)

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Have a Good Day, Everyone!