Monday

It's Garbage Day!

19.9 degrees and overcast.

WKTV predicts that: " ..... morning starts out chilly, with some sunshine. Partly sunny skies up until about noon, followed by clouds filling the sky by the afternoon. It will be a mild day in comparison to the past several days, with highs near 40. Another storm system will advance into the region after 8 PM. This one looks to be a mix between rain and snow, with more rain in the valleys and more snow in the hilltops. Accumulations Monday night into Tuesday will be limited to the hilltops,
There will be a transition to snow at some point on Tuesday as colder air works in. It does look unsettled heading into the big traveling day on Wednesday, with light snow in Central, Western, and Northern New York."

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We had quite a snowstorm on Friday. Unfortunately, it kept the WCS auditorium from being really packed for the Dave Lemery Benefit Concert, but those who braved the "elements" said it was really, really good: "lots of beautiful gift baskets and fun acts" - especially the Garbage Can Quartet, which made a memorable debut!

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On both Saturday and Sunday morning, at just about 4 o'clock, a vaguely familiar sound woke me up*: not a big snowplow - they'd been up and down the hill all night long, it seemed - but the trusty "sidewalk plow," out on it's 12 or 15-mile route!

The DPW had spent Friday attaching the rest of the new wreaths, and on Saturday the Parade of Lights Committee (who always seem to pick the coldest days!) wound spirals of garland on thirty-five or -six lamp posts.

With fresh snow, this is what Main Street looked like yesterday afternoon!

(I'm told that both wreaths AND garlands have "twinkle lights" -
I think there's a Christmas Card coming!)

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On White Street, first there were two jolly penguins ......



............. and then came a smiling snowman!

Sue Price spotted this tree of golden apples out next to the Pleasant Valley Grange and told me about it ............

(The Greek Revival style stone Grange Hall, originally a single-family residence, was constructed sometime between 1825 and 1850. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.)

........... and another blog-reader sent me out to Newberry Road to see this view of "downtown" Sangerfield in the afternoon sun. (Thank you both!)

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From Pomroy Jones' "Annals of Oneida County," 1851

"By an act of the Legislature, passed March 5, 1795, the township was erected into a town, by the name of Sangerfield, and was so named in honor of Col. Jedediah Sanger, of New Hartford. In consideration of its being thus named, Col. Sanger agreed to present a cask of rum at the first town meeting, and fifty acres of land to the church of any religious denomination which should build the first house for public worship.

"Many of the first settlers had selected New Lisbon as the name for their new town, and their disappointment and chagrin were manifested by giving that name to the Congregational Society, which was formed soon afterwards, and thus they made the society with the rejected name the recipient of Col. Sanger's bounty. It does not appear that the Colonel was at all chargeable with the "unfair means" which were attributed by those displeased with the name, to those two had been instrumental in procuring it. His promise was honorably fulfilled, by furnishing a cask of choice rum for the first town meeting, and by conveying twenty-five acres of land to the Congregational Society, and twenty five acres to the Baptists, the former being the first religious society, and the latter erecting the first church edifice.

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FOR THE RECORD

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* I had no trouble going back to sleep and, in fact, enjoyed sleeping "late" so much that I've made a really rash decision: with apologies to Tony, Pauline, Ron and any others who hit the blog first thing every morning, I'm going to aim for an eight o'clock post instead of seven. At least for a while.

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Have a Great Day, Everyone!