Monday morning

It's Garbage Day!

It's 21.7 degrees. There was no snow during the night, but WKTV's forecast says that it's coming along with another chill and a chance for yet more snow:

"An arctic cold front is situated across Northern New York. This front will make a move to the south and affect the viewing area throughout the morning. A heavy snow squall will herald the arrival of some frigid air, and with it will come the chance for a couple of inches of snow accumulation. The snow will make for some slippery conditions on the morning commute, so plan accordingly!

By this afternoon, just some lighter snow showers and flurries are expected...along with a biting wind and falling temperatures. We'll be in the mid teens by dinnertime. Readings will plummet overnight under partly cloudy skies and wind up anywhere from 5 to 20 below zero to start the day tomorrow. A big snowstorm is possible for tomorrow night and Wednesday with several inches of snow likely. More on this later today."

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We got this very interesting letter (with link to WSYR site) from Kevin Ford, yesterday afternoon:

"WSYR - 9 in Syracuse has a page of pictures that viewers have submitted from the storm that has dumped so much snow on Oswego County. "

(Here's one of those pictures.)

He also said, "I went up to Oswego on Friday and stayed until this morning. The amount of snow is impressive, it reminded me of the January 2004 event that occurred while I was a junior at SUNY Oswego. I ended up doing a case study on the storm for my senior thesis in meteorology. During that event the highest total was 86 inches in Parish. This event however has the more impressive snowfall totals. The roads through Fulton and Oswego were clear through out the weekend. The road crews are working around the clock to keep them clean. Intersections are still a little tricky to get through due to the high snow banks."
(Thanks, Kevin!)

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Millers Mills country

Millers Mills. Population 29. The "Business District" consists of one farm (#37). There's a pretty white church up on a hill behind which is a cemetery - larger and older than expected - a Grange Hall, several tidy dwellings and - down in the hollow, the Mill Pond. I wished that I'd taken pictures of all of these last weekend, when we were there, because yesterday it was as crowded as our Firemen's Field on Field Days! I just put my camera away and enjoyed the result of "advertising!" Hundreds of people; all ages, all smiling and pink-cheeked, many crowding in to the church or Grange Hall for hot refreshments, and others looking as surprised as I at the full parking area and line of cars parked along the edge of the road for a quarter-of-a-mile or more. I didn't see anyone that I knew - but you could have been twenty feet away and hidden in the mob! The event certainly was a fine success, for sure!





I came back to Waterville over "Babcock Hill,"
where the view towards Tassel Hill
is stupendous.

One fisherman had Bailey Lake all to himself.

Deer stoked up in a sunny hillside on Frog Park Road,

...... and more snowmobiles than cars were
being fueled at the pumps in Sangerfield.

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Have a great day!