Tuesday morning

41.4 degrees.

WKTV's Forecast reads

"SUNNY, SUNNY, SUNNY!"

Tuesday: Mostly sunny and warm! Highs in the upper 70s to near 80.

Wednesday: Sun, some clouds and just a slight chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. High: 76, Low: 53

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Much of the Erie Canal - and all portions in Oneida and Herkimer Counties - has opened.

The sight of Elfie Goedeker's rock garden, out on Canning Factory Road, caused me to make a dusty U-turn so that I could go back and take a picture. Seeing me stopped, Mr. Goedeker came to investigate: he approved of my picture-taking and offered, "It's all my wife's doing. I take no credit for it!"


Truckloads of new trees pulled in to Waterville early yesterday morning.

It didn't take long for this pretty young lady to go to work and for planting to begin.

A very observant blog-reader, however, was wondering if more care will be taken, this year, when planting trees directly under utility lines! This tree - at 241 Sanger Avenue - has either grown alot since last Autumn or shouldn't have been planted there in the first place!


Black-topping was taking place at the new School Bus Garage on East Bacon Street....

..... and at #146 Stafford Avenue, where it seems much work has been in progress inside the building, two bright urns of geraniums appeared at the front doorway of the old "Bigelow House."

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Gary Tuttle sent me the next two pictures last evening, saying that he had seen a fox on the hillside behind their Sanger Avenue home at suppertime.



They - or perhaps "it" - visits Whiskey Hollow, now and then, probably to get a drink from Big Creek. Many years ago, when the Desany family lived at #242 Buell Avenue, a family of foxes set up housekeeping in the "old shed." On sunny days, Mother Fox would bring the kits out onto the front step to play in the sun where, unperturbed by their audience, they provided amusement to quite a number of passersby.

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Boston had a travel day and will be in Toronto tonight.

And: about the "Cow" out on Hanover Road? Well - it appeared in front of John Brouillette's home one day last weekend and had, he presumed, "something to do with my birthday!" He was going to take it inside but, discovering that it weighs hundreds of pounds, has wisely decided to leave it just where it is!