Thursday, February 21, 2008

Thursday

Today at 5:00 at the Waterville Public Library

a reception for WCS artist


Sarah Weeks

whose work will be on display in the hallway Gallery until March 11th.


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The WCS Girls' Varsity Basketball Team
will meet
Weedsport
in the Section III Semifinals
at 4:00 on Saturday in Chittenango.

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Today is Recyclables Day!


It's 10 degrees, with just a trace of new snow.

From WKTV: A nice day is expected Thursday, with seasonably chilly temperatures and hopefully ample sunshine. Then, on Friday, we'll watch a storm system work its way up the Eastern Seaboard. A period of snow is likely from Friday afternoon through Saturday morning. North of the Thruway, snow should be light, perhaps accumulating a couple inches in spots. South of the Thruway, it appears that the chances for snow are better, with several inches possible. Snow will be moderate at times in those areas.


It was cold, yesterday, and Lake Hanover's still crunchy.


There were little "snow showers" throughout the day: this one, as seen from Mason Road yesterday afternoon, was concentrating its attention on Stockwell.

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10:42 p.m.

It was cold, last night - but clear!

In the morning mail was a nice note from Michelle Roback along with these two photographs of last night's Lunar Eclipse: "They were taken by Steve Spudie out on Mason Road, Waterville. Mighty chilly out tonight, but the results were worth the nip !"

10:57 p.m.

I kept going outdoors to peek. The next chance won't be until December 21, 2010!

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Yesterday morning - in re: a photograph of Taylor Pond on the Colgate campus - I asked where the swans went in the Winter. And Tim Smith sent me the answer!

"The Secret Lives of Adam and Eve."
(Click on this link!)

And here they are, with friends, at Slate's.


Right across the road from the pond, a new "attraction" - lots of little Mountain Goats, all wanting to be King.


There are two other swans that winter locally. I don't know the names of these, at their year-round home in N. Brookfield, but we could call them "Romeo and Juliet."


When Mark saw yesterday morning's photo of the snow squall on Main Street, he wrote, "OMG" and sent this view!


And while I was out taking pictures of swans, he was doing his own bird-watching at the "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island.

Real Flamingos!

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In other mail: Tom Tryniski says that the microfilm of The Waterville Times has all been scanned, and is ready to be picked up. The Image Recognition process is taking place, now, and the entire searchable set will go up on the internet in two or three weeks.

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Maple Sugaring in Sherburne

Saturday, February 23
10:00 AM
How do you turn the sweet sap of the sugar maple tree into delicious syrup? Learn all about maple sugaring by visiting a small backyard operation. Meet at Rogers Center's main parking lot to car pool to the site. Wear boots and dress to be outdoors.


And then you can enjoy Maple Syrup and Pancakes at Benefit Breakfast at the Legion on Sunday morning!

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Have a Good Day!