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Yesterday at around 2:00 outside the Waterville Library!
We had had a little bit of rain on Sunday night, but there's no sign of any moisture on the ground this morning and the little Grant Hill Pond is going ......... going ......
Here is WKTV's forecast: "Tuesday will start out similarly to Monday, with haze, heat and humidity. We expect temperatures to approach 90 or better by Noon. Then, as a cold front (the leading edge to the end of the heat) arrives tomorrow afternoon, things will begin to get unsettled. We expect a chance for a few strong storms between Noon and 3 PM tomorrow that may develop ahead of a line of severe storms to our west. After 3 PM and through 8 PM, that line of thunderstorms should progress across CNY from west to east. Within that line, we expect strong, gusty winds, isolated hail, heavy rain and frequent lightning. As of now, it looks like a traditional Upstate New York summer t'storm day.
Showers will end tomorrow night with clearing commencing after Midnight. "
Showers will end tomorrow night with clearing commencing after Midnight. "
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Could they have picked a worse time?
The D.O.T. landscaping contractor arrived in town yesterday morning with shrubbery and trees to replace all of those that didn't make it through the winter. It appears that quite a few of the plants at the point of Monument Park (including the nevergreen that our DPW removed before Memorial Day) will be replaced as well as many of the same varieties in plantings further south toward Sangerfield. In addition to those smaller plants, I counted nine fairly large trees waiting for planting on Sanger Avenue. I hope they have a very large water tank!
("Wegelia" or "Weigela": my grandmother called these pink-flowered shrubs "wegelia" - with a definite "ya!" at the end of the word. Somewhere along the line, in the last 70 years, both spelling and pronunciation have changed. Are they still the same bush? And - a few of us are wondering - if that variety died one winter, why would you expect them to live the next?)
This coming Saturday the Band will be in Dolgeville for the Annual Violet Festival
Parade which starts at 10:00 a.m.
One of the wildflowers that thrives in poor soil and dry, hot weather is the Scabiosa - "pincushion flower." There's a whole field of it between the new Townhouses and the Medical Building on Madison Street.
("Wegelia" or "Weigela": my grandmother called these pink-flowered shrubs "wegelia" - with a definite "ya!" at the end of the word. Somewhere along the line, in the last 70 years, both spelling and pronunciation have changed. Are they still the same bush? And - a few of us are wondering - if that variety died one winter, why would you expect them to live the next?)
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A member of the Brothertown Music Boosters has kindly sent the
WCS Placement in last weekend's Sherburne Pageant of Bands
Jazz Band 1st Place
Drum Line 2nd Place
Marching Band 3rd Place
This coming Saturday the Band will be in Dolgeville for the Annual Violet Festival
Parade which starts at 10:00 a.m.
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"Blue Flag" is blooming wherever it can find a watery ditch to grow in.
Field Daisies are everywhere!
Field Daisies are everywhere!
One of the wildflowers that thrives in poor soil and dry, hot weather is the Scabiosa - "pincushion flower." There's a whole field of it between the new Townhouses and the Medical Building on Madison Street.
"Water Avens" is one of those small plants that has a much larger legend attached to it:
"It was called 'the Blessed Herb' (Herba benedicta), of which a common name still extant - Herb Bennet - is a corruption, because in former times it was believed that it had the power to ward off evil spirits and venomous beasts. It was worn as an amulet. The Ortus Sanitatis, printed in 1491, states: 'Where the root is in the house, Satan can do nothing and flies from it, wherefore it is blessed before all other herbs, and if a man carries the root about him no venomous beast can harm him.' Dr. Prior (Popular Names of English Plants) considers the original name to have probably been ' St . Benedict's Herb,' that name being assigned to such as were supposed to be antidotes, in allusion to a legend respecting the saint. It is said that on one occasion a monk presented him with a goblet of poisoned wine, but when the saint blessed it, the poison, being a sort of devil, flew out of it with such force that the glass was shivered to atoms, the crime of the monk being thus exposed. Hemlock is also known as Herb Bennet, probably for the same reason.
I simply like the colors of the Avens blossoms......
........ and those of the insignificant Barberry.
This flower is one that no one can miss: it's from a Tulip Tree growing on the front lawn of the Kaufmanns' on Route 12 south of CVS.
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FOR THE RECORD
Hummingbird status: still sitting.
Hummingbird status: still sitting.
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It's "Cans & Clams" day at the Legion!
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Speaking of Birthdays .........
At Home in the Huddle
was first published on June 10, 2006!
(I'm going to take a couple of days off, just for a change of routine - OR I might post at different times of the day - and call it a mini-vacation!)
Have a great day, Everyone!
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I had a nice E-letter from Tanya Arthur Lach, yesterday, asking me to forward her best wishes to June Richmond and saying how much she enjoys the blog.
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THIS IS AN ERROR!
POSTED EARLIER THIS MORNING -
"On Friday we'll be saying 'Happy Birthday' to our always dapper senior 'squire!
#96, I believe!
IT'S NOT UNTIL JUNE 29!
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#96, I believe!
IT'S NOT UNTIL JUNE 29!
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Speaking of Birthdays .........
At Home in the Huddle
was first published on June 10, 2006!
(I'm going to take a couple of days off, just for a change of routine - OR I might post at different times of the day - and call it a mini-vacation!)
Have a great day, Everyone!
