At Home in the Huddle 2008: Friday

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39.4 degrees and sunny!

From WKTV: "Good morning! Our warm, quiet, sunny weather pattern will continue into the weekend, with 80s in the forecast for today and tomorrow. Even Sunday, we feel optimistic about the rain holding off until after dark. Get out and enjoy spring this weekend!
As we go into Sunday, a storm system in the upper atmosphere will bowling ball across the Ohio Valley and toward New York. It now looks to pass close enough to at least deliver us some extra clouds and a few showers, but not until Sunday night. The atmosphere will become a bit more moist, and any sunshine on Monday could touch off a thunderstorm. We don't foresee a washout right now, but there will likely be some showers around."

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Daffodils are blooming. These are on Berrill Avenue.

Business was booming at "Roc's," yesterday.......

.... and the tables are out at "Stinkers," on Main Street.

The sidewalk showroom in front of Morgan's Hardware is a delight! (I took a picture, but it didn't turn out as well as it should, so you'll have to go and see for yourselves!) And while you're admiring the chairs and whirlygigs and lawn utensils, step inside and check out the prices in the "Spring Flier!" You'll be amazed!!

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There will be much more raking done, over the weekend, but this is
NOT the way to get the DPW's attention!

The magic words are: "Dumpable containers."

In yesterday's mail there was a letter from Shirley (Eisenhut) Bynum Smith whose subject line was "Thanks be to God." She wrote: (in re: the Class photograph) "I identified all correctly except for Barbara Martin but obviously didn't e-mail you to let you know. Upon reading Lois' note, I thought I must have been wrong about Pat Rowe, but I was right about that......... I was so upset by reading 'Anna Hayes is dead' that I spent a good deal of time trying to find an obituary on the internet, with no luck, and that gave me hope. I looked up Donna (Ingersoll) Morelle's phone number and was going to call her today. I woke up during the night and early this morning thinking of Anna and hoping the news was not true. Now, this morning's blog has lifted my spirits immeasurably, not to mention those of Anna and her friends and classmates who read the blog."

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Another blog reader wrote to thank me for identifying the little yellow flowers of "Colt's Foot."
Because she's a nurse, she - and others, as well - may be interested to know that this plant is more than just a pretty bit of color!

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I stopped at the Library and took a nice long look at the Hallway Gallery Exhibit of Kyle Nasypany's work.

Not surprisingly, he'll be attending Pratt Art Institute at Munson-Williams-Proctor, in Utica.

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Another photographer who has a "good eye" is Library Director Jeff Reynolds. He sent me these three pictures that he'd taken on his commute between Waterville and Cooperstown.