At Home in the Huddle 2008: Thursday

IT'S GARBAGE DAY!
54 degrees and drippy.

WKTV predicts that: "Thursday will start off cloudy. Overcast conditions will likely persist into Midday. But, we could see some breaks in the overcast as we move into the afternoon. We'll hold out for some sunshine, especially south and west of Utica. Highs tomorrow will get into the mid 60s with some sun, but stay in the upper 50s to low 60s under clouds.
Then, a sprawling area of high pressure is going to settle in over us just in time for the weekend. This means sunshine, and a lot of it, for the holiday weekend. Highs will top off in the mid 60s Friday, upper 60s Saturday and at least low 70s on Sunday."

I know what I'm going to be doing:

Playing in the dirt!

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Look what came in the morning mail!

"Hi Flip!
I'm sure you're working on the blog now...was wondering if you could wish my big brother, Bobby, a Happy Birthday today. (October 9th). He's 42 today and lives in Waterville with his beautiful wife Marlene and my best friend, my Mom."

TO BOBBY

FROM MARK

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And this E-note, from Charles Thompson of "No Sheep Designs:"

"It appears that so many people read your blog that the day you announced that new photos were up, so many people looked that the site exceeded its bandwidth limit. There were no visitors at all yesterday (due to the site being over-limit) and I just found out about it today. I’ve raised the limit substantially and will keep an eye on it, so would you be kind enough to let people know that they can view the photos again?"

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Yesterday afternoon, Jillian Getman sent this request from the Waterville Public Library:

"I was wondering if you would be willing to write a tid-bit in your blog about our Veteran's Day events that we have in progress. Now through Veteran's day we are welcoming anyone to come in (or call or email) and fill out a star with information, stories, pictures, etc. about a veteran. Then, on Veteran's day we will have a small reception and Louis Langone will give a presentation on his book "The Star in the Window" at 6:30 pm. Although the wall is just starting to come to life with stars, you're welcome to come anytime to take a photo or I would be happy to send you one. Thanks! Jill" (I'll stop in at the Library later today for a look, some photos and a book!)

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It was bright and cheery in the Park, around noontime.

Putnam Street

Quite a few streets in the village have been getting new surfacing, lately, with a product called "slurry." It looks like "blacktop" (or "hot mix") but is applied in a thinner layer and can be driven on almost immediately.