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It's Garbage Day!
and it's the First Day of Fall!
Happy Equinox!
and it's the First Day of Fall!
Happy Equinox!
As the earth goes around the sun picture it looking down on its orbit from above. Summer solstice is when the the earth's north pole is pointed most directly towards the sun - warming the northern hemisphere. Winter solstice is when the earth's south pole is most directly pointed toward the sun warming the southern hemisphere and leaving the north cold. The equinoxes are the midway points between the solstices with the sun halfway between its northern most and southern most points.
It's 51 degrees and overcast.
WKTV predicts that we'll see "partly to mostly sunny skies and fog is definately a possibility, too. By the afternoon, only some fair weather clouds, otherwise partly to mostly sunny. Highs will be in the upper 60
Autumn Woods
(Dead Pond)
Albert Bierstadt
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(Dead Pond)
Albert Bierstadt
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Pumpkins have arrived on Sanger Avenue!
An unintentional color reference - but if you're heading for New Hartford, this morning, consider taking Daytonville Road or going by way of Deansboro and Clinton. This stretch, at "Hubbard's Corners," is terribly rough!
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There was nothing rough at all, about Saturday!
"What a Blast!!"
Right from the start, the Cruise-in was a whopping success!
First: do you remember why the first "Cruise-in" was organized, two years ago? It was to show people - both from the Waterville community and the surrounding area - that after two years of mud and dust and single-lane traffic and no sidewalks, it was finally "safe to come back!"
And boy: did they come!
Even before 9 o'clock, Main Street was festive and filled with people. The Mary Cleary Run & Walk was under way ........
Sheri and Jenn - almost the first ones back!
.......... and everyone who wasn't participating in that event was lining up for pancakes.
Off to the side, the barbecue pit was sending out billows of that familiar Cornell Chicken aroma-filled smoke: if only pixels could be scented!
At The Waterville Times, the Cake du Jour, complete with a picture of the Bandstand, was waiting to be cut.
An unintentional color reference - but if you're heading for New Hartford, this morning, consider taking Daytonville Road or going by way of Deansboro and Clinton. This stretch, at "Hubbard's Corners," is terribly rough!*********
There was nothing rough at all, about Saturday!
"What a Blast!!"
Right from the start, the Cruise-in was a whopping success!
First: do you remember why the first "Cruise-in" was organized, two years ago? It was to show people - both from the Waterville community and the surrounding area - that after two years of mud and dust and single-lane traffic and no sidewalks, it was finally "safe to come back!"
And boy: did they come!
Even before 9 o'clock, Main Street was festive and filled with people. The Mary Cleary Run & Walk was under way ........
Sheri and Jenn - almost the first ones back!.......... and everyone who wasn't participating in that event was lining up for pancakes.
Off to the side, the barbecue pit was sending out billows of that familiar Cornell Chicken aroma-filled smoke: if only pixels could be scented!
At The Waterville Times, the Cake du Jour, complete with a picture of the Bandstand, was waiting to be cut.
It's Stanley!
a.k.a. "D."
a.k.a. "D."
The Antique and Classic Car Show covered the entire front lawn of the Harding residence.
Bikes and more bikes - all in a row, in front of "Stinkers."
Photo courtesy Judith Ogden Kartman.
(And she's sent me a folder-full of pix that I'll post later on!)
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I really only attended two events: the Groundbreaking and the Alumni-Community Get-together in the evening because ......
Bikes and more bikes - all in a row, in front of "Stinkers."
Photo courtesy Judith Ogden Kartman.
(And she's sent me a folder-full of pix that I'll post later on!)
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I really only attended two events: the Groundbreaking and the Alumni-Community Get-together in the evening because ......
...... not since the Centennial Parade, in 1971, have I seen so many people and so many cars and so few places to put all of them!! I wonder if there was an "official" count made? In 1971 the crowd was estimated at 10,000. I've forgotten how many cars went over the traffic counter lines, that day, but it wasn't enough, according to the D.O.T., to warrant putting a real traffic signal at the Route 12 / Route 315 corner at that time!
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I'm hoping that more photographers will be sending some of their pictures for me to post - especially of the Groundbreaking, because I wasn't in a position to take pictures. The event - happy as well as historic - was very well attended and Patty Louise said that seeing all of the gold shovels go into the ground at the same time was really neat!
I'll be adding a separate post to the Memorial Bandstand blog, later on.
I'll be adding a separate post to the Memorial Bandstand blog, later on.
Dave Maggio and Scott Bullock
Two members of the Post 92 Legion Riders took time out from preparations for the Legion's Hog Roast to attend the Groundbreaking Ceremony and take their turn at earth-moving!
For the Record
At least 320 attended the Alumni-Community Get-together,
Yes: it's safe to come back!
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At least 320 attended the Alumni-Community Get-together,
and if decibel level is any indication of fun, everyone there was having a totally terrific time!
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In the afternoon, at the Park, I got to meet Hank Gardner for the first time and then I spotted Tom Barnes, who had come from Connecticut just for the Groundbreaking; I saw "Jr. Bartlett," again, Phillip Sexton, and lots and lots of people that I hadn't seen for years.
What a great Day!
One gentleman said to me "I've lived here for sixty years and this is the best thing that's ever happened, here!"
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One gentleman said to me "I've lived here for sixty years and this is the best thing that's ever happened, here!"
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Yes: it's safe to come back!
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Have a Great Day, Everyone!
