Tuesday

The Epiphany



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News spread rapidly around town, yesterday, of the sudden - and most untimely - death of Rebecca S. (Gorton) Fleming, whose Obituary appears in today's issue of the Observer-Dispatch.

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BIG TRASH DAY!
It's 10.8 degrees and starry-clear.

WKTV's forecast: "Most of Tuesday will be quiet, with partly cloudy conditions. High clouds will lower and thicken as the day progresses. This is out ahead of an extremely complex storm that will pass through Wednesday. We're actually going to be dealing with two storms. The first will track into Western New York...the primary storm. The secondary storm will be a coastal low that forms to our east. Getting caught between those two systems poses forecasting problems.
The first question will be how much snow we see in advance of the first storm. We expect snow to arrive here around Midnight tomorrow night. The snow may start earlier south of Route 20, as dry air will slow the advance of it further north. The snow may begin later in the Adirondacks. Snow may pick up steady to heavy at times overnight into the morning commute Wednesday. The duration of this heavier snow may be a bit short lived though.
As the transfer of some energy from the main storm to the secondary storm takes place, a lull will occur. At the same time, warmer air will filter in a few thousand feet up. This will allow the snow to mix with and change to either sleet or freezing drizzle. Backlash snows will kick in behind the storm for late in the afternoon Wednesday and early Wednesday evening."

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It seemed to be extremely quiet in the village, yesterday. Perhaps that was because - although it was sunny, and not too cold - sidewalks and parking lots all had a tricky surface of very slippery hard-packed snow and ice!

Icy sheen at Hubbard's Corners.

There was more activity on the snomobile trails, which now seem to cross every field in every direction!

One image that I'm NOT seeing is that of tracks made by X-C Skis!

Pictures of skiers, anyone?

Sunset from the CVS parking lot.

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I confess that I'm getting bored with "snow pictures!"

I kept remembering some shots that I'd taken two years ago today - on January 6, 2007 - which, 'tho not a day of national historical importance, can be remembered because ..............

in Waterville the temperature reached 60 degrees!

Dolly, Nancy and Lynn were out running ...........

............ and I found this pansy in my front yard!!

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It snowed a few days after that, and I posted this series of Bird Photographs, which I'll do again, for their benefit.

Here are some of the varieties of birds that were at my feeders, yesterday.

Except for the last, the photos are all from "Google Images."

Cardinals,

chickadees,









tufted titmous(es) - or is it "titmice"?











house finch,











juncos,












mourning doves,










and my fairly rare pair of Carolina Wrens.

The greediest is this red-bellied woodpecker. He'll work on a block of suet 'til it's nearly gone!

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Out in the cornfields, watch for wild turkeys and flocks of little Snow Buntings: you won't see them until they all fly off, flashing their white wings!

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LOOKING AHEAD?

On that very sunny day, last week, when I looked to see if Fr. Tom was out on his front porch pondering the design of his Summertime Garden, he was actually at "Longwood Gardens,"


enjoying the Christmas Displays, there, and pondering Christmas '09 Displays at St. Bernard's!


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FOR THE RECORD

UNCHANGED

Have a Good Day, Everyone!