Thursday morning

It's Garbage Day!

It's 35 degrees,
and WKTV has posted "The Best Forecast in a Long Time!"

Today: Morning showers giving way to partly sunny skies by afternoon. High 56

Tonight: Mostly clear. Low 32

Friday: Sunny. High 62 Low 40

Saturday: Mostly sunny & pleasant. High 58 Low 42

Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 63 Low 45

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I only took one picture, yesterday, because with this one exception, I'm really sick of forcing everyone to look at SNOW!

Here, however, the snow is just right, and brings out the shape of an old, old series of stone steps - fifty, I think we counted, many years ago - that lead from the Charlemagne Tower residence down to a flat spot next to what was then a millpond. This view is from Buell Avenue just above the former Nolan residence.


Flying low - just a few feet above corn stubble in countryside fields - there are lots of beautifully-marked Killdeer to be seen, but not photographed! I had to resort to using a drawing from Google's image collection!

The name "Killdeer" comes not from a danger they pose to animals, but from their cry, "kill-dee! kill-dee!"

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The opening of the Utica-Rome Speedaway has been delayed a week due to the recent (wet) weather.

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The Red Sox hit three solo home runs -- one each by Mike Lowell, Doug Mirabelli and David Ortiz -- on Wednesday night in a 4-1 win over the Blue Jays.

For the second straight night, the Bombers bats helped a pitcher pick up his first big-league win. On Wednesday, it was Kei Igawa, who pitched six strong innings in a 9-2 win over the Indians. The Yankees had 14 hits -- including Alex Rodriguez's ninth home run.

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