Mon. morning add-ons

IN THE MORNING MAIL

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Via USPS.

Please click on image to enlarge.

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From the Mohawk Valley Astronomical Society

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A PUZZLEMENT

Can anyone enlighten me:

WHY does the blog get so many "hits" from the Ukraine, Moldova, Turkey, Romania, etc.?

It's 57 degrees and sunny at 6:30 a.m.

Today is Garbage Day.

The TWCNY Weather Forecast:

"Very Warm and Quiet, Rain Returns.
We'll see sun mix with clouds today and it will be very warm with highs in the middle/upper 80s!
Wet weather will be more likely on Tuesday as a cold front works in and temperatures should ease up quite a bit as well. After seeing highs right around the mid 70s on Tuesday, temperatures will only manage to top out in the upper 60s and low 70s the rest of the week.
Unsettled conditions are expected to accompany this cooler air mass with a couple of showers staying in the forecast."

In case you didn't have a good view of the "Super Moon,"
this photo was posted on Facebook last night ......

................ and Jean Desany, who used to live in Waterville but is now in Amherst, New Hampshire, wrote:

"We saw the Super Moon tonight, although perhaps a little too late for size. It was already quite high in the sky. Too bright to look at directly for too long, though - like looking straight at a flashlight."

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The weather for the past four or five days has been grand. Farmers have been  "making hay while the sun shines,"  and Saturday was perfect for the Waterville Historical Society's Summer Festival.  (My thanks to Doris Stephan for these photographs!)

Boarding the bus.  Tickets for the Loomis Country Tours were completely sold out - in advance.

In the "store."

Yum!

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Meanwhile, in Deansboro at Marshall Day ........

I arrived early and found members of the Fire Department manning the grill pits .....

............... and Anna McMullen and Doug Cornelius were on hand to sell tickets to the chicken BBQ ......

........... while participants in the Ruth Allen Memorial Walk /Run collected their trophies.

(Click to enlarge.)

  There were plenty of things to do: kids played in the "bounce house,"  and grown-ups browsed displays both outdoors and inside the Town Hall where there was a Library Book Sale and the Marshall Historical Society archives were all on display. 

I spent a few hours talking history with Society President Yvonne Brady and Township Historian Dorothy McConnell while signing copies of the souvenir Map of Marshall Township that I'd designed for the Society's Twentieth Anniversary. 

 I know of several people who were away over the weekend and wanted to have copies reserved - if you would like to order any you may write to Society president Yvonne Brady at Ybskyline@gmail.com

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IN THE NEWS

"Brookfield couple has lived simply, happily for 34 years without power"

From the Observer-Dispatch.

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Are you Irish?

This SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT is for you!

(From Lisa Belfield.)

"This year we are having a 1/2 way to St. Patty’s Day Parade the day of the Cruisin.  We are going to have an Irish float and are looking for Grand Marshalls from Waterville to ride on the float.  The criteria is 70 and over and Irish.   

If anyone is interested in participating they can contact Jennifer Neff  at 841-4943 or Sheri Brennan at 841-8372."

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COMING EVENTS

AT THE LIBRARY

MONDAY

Kids' Movie Matinee at 11:00

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TUESDAY

6:00  p.m. Movie

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Teen Craft: at 6:00 p.m.

"Vinyl Record Notebooks"

Ages 10 & up | Sign up at the library

Create your own masterpiece of a notebook by using real vintage records. We guarantee you won't have the same notebook as the person next to you with this one. 

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WEDNESDAY

Kids' Movie Matinée at 11:00

Drop In Craft: Sunflowers

All ages can stop by the library anytime today to make a sunflower craft!

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Wildflower photos will follow later on.

Have a good day!