29.9 degrees! Yea!
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After a sub-zero start, yesterday turned out to be beautiful: the sun shone, and 'tho snowmobilers were out enjoying a fine Winter day on the trails, back in the village puddles formed everywhere and bits of grass appeared next to our sidewalk!
(Not really GREEN, green grass, but grass all the same!)
Spring and Soft Ice Cream go together,
and Tim Francisco celebrates both at "Roc's."
(I used my telephone to take Tim's picture: not an exceptional photograph , but - to me - an amazement that such a thing is possible!)
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After a sub-zero start, yesterday turned out to be beautiful: the sun shone, and 'tho snowmobilers were out enjoying a fine Winter day on the trails, back in the village puddles formed everywhere and bits of grass appeared next to our sidewalk!
(Not really GREEN, green grass, but grass all the same!)
Spring and Soft Ice Cream go together,and Tim Francisco celebrates both at "Roc's."
(I used my telephone to take Tim's picture: not an exceptional photograph , but - to me - an amazement that such a thing is possible!)
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Dale Meszler used his telephone to take this picture of the WCS Jazz Band warming up before the Oneida Jazz Festival, yesterday morning. (Better telephone = better picture!)*********************
Saturday Morning: Clouds continuing to increase. A few breaks of sun likely.
Saturday Afternoon: Cloudy with rain showers arriving. Some icy patches are possible north and east of Utica at the onset of the rain. Highs reaching around 40 degrees.
Saturday Afternoon: Cloudy with rain showers arriving. Some icy patches are possible north and east of Utica at the onset of the rain. Highs reaching around 40 degrees.
St. Patrick's Day Decorations are appearing and today, for sure, runners and joggers will be out! Join them!!! and check out this Boilermaker Training program at the High School.
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"The Nose!"
Apparently it's as I thought: John Cornelius and Carol Aldridge simply aren't OLD enough to remember "The Pope's Nose!"
A gentleman of sixty-some years whose ancestors were among the early settlers wrote that he always called it "The Pope's Nose" because that's what his mother called it and she probably learned that from her parents. (That would take it back at least 100 years.) He added that he was, in fact, surprised to learn that the name had been changed to "Daniel's Nose!"
I imagine that when Daniel Madden began driving the schoolbus he was well-aware of the long-time localized name for the "nose" but may have felt that it was degrading to the Pope to credit his profile with the likeness and so he just referred to that curve as "the nose."
A gentleman of sixty-some years whose ancestors were among the early settlers wrote that he always called it "The Pope's Nose" because that's what his mother called it and she probably learned that from her parents. (That would take it back at least 100 years.) He added that he was, in fact, surprised to learn that the name had been changed to "Daniel's Nose!"
I imagine that when Daniel Madden began driving the schoolbus he was well-aware of the long-time localized name for the "nose" but may have felt that it was degrading to the Pope to credit his profile with the likeness and so he just referred to that curve as "the nose."
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