Wednesday

It's recyclables day!

68.4 degrees; clear.

I did get up at 4:00 and go outdoors to watch the sky. There were lots and lots of bright stars, and although I only saw a few meteors, it was nice to be out there.

WKTV predicts that: "On Wednesday, another, albeit weaker, upper level storm system will drop in from the north and west. So the first half of the day looks generally quiet, but the second half could see some developing showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will likely peak in the mid 70s. Any showers should end later. Then on Thursday, as a nor'easter moves offshore, we'll see this upper level system pull out. Similar to Monday and Tuesday though, we should see at least a few storms. On Friday and Saturday, there will be some weak upper level energy passing through, so while we're continuing with a chance of thunderstorms, we do think that chance will be mainly isolated."

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On Tower Street, weeds that had grown taller than the rows of trees in the new Walnut plantation had been mown.

The Park was mown and trimmed, as well, in readiness for today's

FARMER'S MARKET

11:00 - 6:00

and

BAND CONCERT

by

John Savage

6:30 - 8:30.

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The Bogans in Waterville, Ireland

Brian Bogan sent me this picture and E-note: "On our recent trip to Ireland our tour bus driver allowed us to pose in front of the Waterville, Ireland sign (myself, son chuck, daughter Brittany and wife Colleen). Waterville in Ireland is noted for its surf boarding on the southern coast of Ireland. It was on our tour of the Ring of Kerry. It is also famous because it is one of two places in Ireland where Tiger Woods likes to play golf in his free time. We did meet a Martin Bogan in Castlefinn-Donegal County. Edward Bogan and his wife Mary Shields were from Balleboffey, Donegal County and came to Waterville area in 1847 during potato famine. Martin said he knows very little about family history but found it interesting because two of his brothers married a pair of sisters whose maiden name was also Shields."

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I also received an E-letter and these next photographs from Shannon Wiley whose daughter, Heather, was chosen as a People to People Student Ambassador and traveled to China from July 5 through July 21.

"We would like to once again thank all the local businesses who sponsored her trip as well as friends and family who made donations. " And Heather said, "It was the experience of a lifetime!”

The Great Wall of China


Heather standing at the Wall



The Chinese mother and daughter who were Heather's hosts for a day in Hong Kong.



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Having looked at those photographs and gotten the "travel bug," I decided to go to........

Paris.

The park, there, had just been mown. The flowerbeds were pretty; the church is getting new sidewalks, and it seemed a shame that the new road takes travelers around such a pretty little "green."


After the great flurry of activity about a month ago, this is all that's been done in the way of improving visibility at "Hubbard's Corners."

Click to enlarge.

I came home by way of "Hanover."

Hanover Green was once on the main road from Utica to Waterville. There was a general store, post office, mills, church and school.

Everyone has their own idea of just where "Hanover" starts and stops:
this map view is mine. But what a surprise ---- when I opened "Google Earth" and typed in "Hanover, NY" the view flew right to it! I've added names of roads, so you can orient yourselves.

The Hanover Cemetery.

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To learn more about Hanover, you'll find copies of "The History of the Hanover Society" by Ada Marie Peck in both the Waterville and Deansboro Libraries.

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I'm going to take a couple of days off to do some historical and genealogical
digging of my own.

I will be checking my E-mail, so if you have news - send it along!

Have a great day!

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