Thursday - Garbage Day

67 degrees and "muggy." The weather map shows a few green blips, here and there to the West of Waterville, but nothing of any saturational substance.



The New York Yankees took Texas 8 - 7 and are now only 1.5 GB (Games Behind) the RedSox who lost to Oakland, last night.


SMILE! It's Stephanie deGroat, student intern at ProActive Physical Therapy, with a new, short haircut that's pretty on her and will also make someone else feel even better: she gave the 12" cut to "Locks of Love."

"Locks of Love" is a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children, eighteen years and younger, who are suffering from long-term medical hair loss.
If you're thinking of getting a cool cut, keep this in mind!

Rt. 12 UPDATE: By the time that I went on afternoon "rounds," yesterday, the brick paving crew had packed up for the day, but had finished some very finicky pattern fittings at Mac's corner and gotten a really good start in front of the Hotel and Morgan's Hardware.

On Sanger Avenue, the sidewalk had been poured as far as the Olmstead residence and everyone from the St. John Apartments to - and including - the Mowreys had driveways. From there Southward the sidewalk forms run in a long, straight line as far as Don Olmstead's Garage and, from that vantage point, almost gave the appearance of railway tracks (without the ties, of course) upon which one might have expected to see the Utica, Chenango and Susquehannah Valley Railroad steam locomotive come chugging up the hill. Unfortunately, there was a great deal of traffic and I couldn't manage to take a good photograph of that view. I did notice, however, that everyone on the opposite side of the street seems to have alot of company! I aked the Lews, yesterday morning, if they had out-of-town visitors and Irene laughed and said, "Oh, no!" Because sidewalk forms block access to driveways, everyone from the East side of Sanger has had to move their vehicles to host parking on the West side!

On Tuesday evening, the Waterville Garden Club had a rare treat: they visited Joan and Jerry Coiro at their home, and in their gardens, on White Street. I am fortunate enough to have at hand two CDs filled with photographs of the gardens. Here is just one picture - others I'll put on a separate post so that those of you who don't want to look at flowers and statues and waterfalls won't have to!