At Home in the Huddle 2009: Thursday

It's Garbage Day

58 degrees and clear

WKTV's Weather Forecast: "Hazy, hot, and humid today...but a different story as we head into the weekend and beyond.

Summer heat arrives this afternoon. We'll call it hazy, hot, and humid, with highs approaching 90. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible by the afternoon. Some of these storms could be on the stronger side, producing gusty winds and small hail.

A cold front will slide through tonight, accompanied by widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some of these showers and storms may last into early Friday.

Cooler Friday afternoon, with highs in the low 80s and much less humidity.

An area of low pressure will dive in from the north over the weekend. The first half of Saturday is expected to be dry, but as this storm approaches we'll see an increasing threat for showers, especially to the north and east. Another cold front is expected to arrive on Sunday, increasing the threat for more showers and thunderstorms."

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WKTV NEWSCHANNEL2 also has a new "Boilermaker" site for all sorts of event information and Boilermaker news!

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to John & Elaine Peterson!

"Good News" came in an Email from John Peterson saying that he and Elaine will celebrate their fortieth anniversary on 3 July. They have just returned from NC where they have a brand new grand daughter, Alicia Lynne, who was born on Sat, 13 June in Wilmington, No. Carolina to John & Rina Peterson. "She is beautiful and healthy - 8lbs, 21 In."

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In the Park, yesterday ...............

all sorts of bright displays at the Farmers' Market!

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I've received two Emails and had a few other conversations with local folks who wish that the "Market" stayed open later than 5 o'clock. The better place to send such "wishes" is to Municipal Hall!

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If not the "Trike," shown on yesterday's blog post, how about this?

(This unicyclist must be the one who performed so dramatically during "Hello, Dolly!"

Can anyone tell me who he is?)

Immediate response from Kristin Strohmeyer! "The unicyclist is Max Perrin, son of Keli Perrin and Mark Perrin. It’s his primary mode of transporatation!

(Thanks, Kristin!) (and Debby!)

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Scraping and fixing on Main Street.

Refurbishments continue at "Town's End," south of Sangerfield on Route 12.

The "greens" were being tended at the Sangerfield Golf Course.

(Will it be open, soon?)

Country roadsides are heaped with trailing runners of tiny white roses ........

.......... pretty, up close, but full of thorns!

(I was once told - a long, long time ago - that during the Second World War, when there was no metal available, farmers were given rootings of this rose to grow instead of barbed wire fences. Is there any truth to that?)