It's Garbage Day!
60 degrees with a thin haze.
60 degrees with a thin haze.
WKTV predicts that "a cold front will cross the area with showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. Some of the storms Thursday could be strong with heavy rain south and east of Utica. Severe weather is not expected though More importantly, this front is going to stall just to the south and east of our area. Looking at the latest information, we have removed the slight chance of showers we had in the forecast for the Fourth of July. It appears that any threat of rain will be well south of our area, which means the fireworks displays, parades and barbeques should go off without a hitch!"
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Yesterday
Farmer's Market in the Park!
Vendors and customers appeared to be having a good time.
Artist Pamela Brown (right) chats with a customer in front of her booth which, in addition to featuring framed prints, also offered a sampling of Pam's excellent baked goods.
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Don't forget
Eagle Scout candidate
Alec Strohmeyer's
BAKE SALE TODAY
from 3:00 - 6:00
at Foodking!
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Don't forget
Eagle Scout candidate
Alec Strohmeyer's
BAKE SALE TODAY
from 3:00 - 6:00
at Foodking!
Flowers are everywhere!From front doorways .......
to garage window-boxes!
The young "street trees" along E. Main Street between Babbott and Buell Avenue are all Linden Trees and they're blooming now. Step close and you'll smell the sweetness of the blossoms and also hear the buzz of happy honey bees!
A sixteenth-century woodcut of the Linden Tree Dance.
You can read about the linden (or lime) tree's importance in mythology and folklore by clicking HERE.
Digging on Madison Street slowed traffic, now and then.
Out on Route 20, where surface paving was in progress, there were more problems:
Although it was possible to make right-hand turns from some side roads (here, at Madison Street) there was no way for motorists to cross to the Eastbound lane or to continue south on Newberry Road! I turned around and went west to Brothertown Road: not even a right-hand turn was possible. At Saw Mill Road I was advised that I would not be able to proceed either right or left for fifteen minutes. Once again I turned around. Whereas these reversals were not a problem for me, other motorists were quite unhappy!
I don't know where paving work will be taking place, today, but it may be that the only way to cross Route 20 or easily make left- or right-hand turns will be at the lights in Sangerfield!
I don't know where paving work will be taking place, today, but it may be that the only way to cross Route 20 or easily make left- or right-hand turns will be at the lights in Sangerfield!
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Meanwhile, back in Whiskey Hollow,
there was some excitement!
The chicks were just hanging out, stretching their wings .......
.......... sticking out their tongues, when suddenly .......
Meanwhile, back in Whiskey Hollow,
there was some excitement!
The chicks were just hanging out, stretching their wings .......
.......... sticking out their tongues, when suddenly .......
"Eeeeeeeek! An intruder!"
"Don't worry! I'll get rid of it .........."
"....... somehow!"
"Mom: you won't believe what happened!!"
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"Mom: you won't believe what happened!!"
Jody remarked to me that the chicks spend a lot of time preening and exercising and - as you can see in the first photograph - they're close to being fully-feathered. He said, "It won't be long now!"
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He knew that he had somegreat photos of the hummingbirds, but before he packed up his camera to leave he came up onto the back porch to check out the Carolina Wren nest in the begonia. The female wren was, indeed, at home, sitting on the four little eggs. With an angry start, she flew off to get a better look at this "intruder".............
and he got one more great shot before deciding that he'd better leave!
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Have a great day!
