Thursday

It was a late night!!

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It's Garbage Day!

47 degrees and drippy - again!

WKTV predicts that: "gusty northwest winds will allow for lake effect rain showers to develop south and east of Lake Ontario. That means that while it won't be raining the entire time, there will be occasional raindrops to dodge out there. Highs will be in the 50s. Thursday night will see things get interesting. Winds are going to shift into the west and traverse the length of Lake Ontario. A heavy band of lake effect rain, embedded thunder and possible graupel (small ice pellets) will be likely tomorrow night north of Utica, primarily in Northern Herkimer, Northern Oneida and Lewis Counties. The lake band may dip southward toward Friday morning, bringing more of Oneida County into the showers."

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Yesterday was either bright and sunny or dark and rainy and, sometimes, it rained while the sun shone!


During one of the bright spells, I caught this view westward from South Brothertown Road.


Closer to Sanger Hill Road, a hundred or more Canada Geese browsed in a corn field.

Later, the sun lit this tree on Fuess-Cleary Road.
(I know - I showed you this tree just a few days ago, but now it's better than ever!)

In the village, more Autumn decorations: this doorway is on White Street .......


Here's one on East Bacon Street ..........


..... and another on Madison Street, too.

Major changes are taking place - I'm not sure exactly what they are, but I bet that the end result will be "Victorian!"

One of Waterville's best examples of late-19th century architecture - formerly known as "The Buell Block" - is getting some scraping and painting by it's owner, Mr. Tom Eisenhut.

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I had a note from Gil Condon - he'd been searching the web for a picture of the sort of Coke machine that was in "Pughie's".
Unfortunately ------ I couldn't open the JPEG file that he inserted in his letter.. BUT ... I, too, remember lifting the top lid of a Coke machine, finding the opening where only one bottle could be removed, and then snapping off the lid with the bottle opener! I can still feel the cold, wet glass bottle and taste the not-quite-icy but Oh, So Delicious Million Dollar Taste of that five cent treat!

Is this close, Gil?

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Hey, look! Dave Desany just sent this picture and note:

"I am sure Arnold’s (at least that is what it was called when I was growing up – no disrespect to the other owners!) had a few different machines over the years. I do remember the glass bottles and needing to use the opener on the side of the machine to get the cap off (no twist offs back then!! – listen to me, I am 40 not 80!).
During my tenure visiting the popular soda, candy and video game emporium – the machine was a stand up version with a glass door you opened and pulled the bottle out horizontally. Something similar to the attached photo. I thought your readers might get a kick out of seeing another type of machine!"

Thanks, Dave!!

And who remembers the "game" of looking at the bottom of the bottles (after the soda had been drunk) to see what state the bottle had come from and who had the one from farthest away?

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There are more and more really neat programs taking place at the Waterville Public Library and NOW you can sign up for automatic Email notification for either Childrens Programs or Adult Programs. All you have to do it write to with the subject heading "Children's Programs List" or "Library Programs List" for the adult programs and ask to be put on one or both lists!

( Write to - ABriggs@midyork.org - Do it now!)

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FOR the RECORD

Have a great day, everyone!