There probably isn't really any frost, but I think this is the chilliest morning we've had, so far, and at barely 35 degrees it certainly feels frosty enough!
According to the Weather Channel chart, above, the full moon is on Sunday, the 8th. The
Utica-Observer-Dispatch calls it the 7th; and "Earth & Sky" say's it's the 6th - that's today!
The only reason for wondering when it REALLY is, is that some sources are calling this appearance of the full moon "The Harvest Moon."
Whereas tuberous begonias and impatiens are nearly at the end of their season, other flowers - like the bottle and fringed gentians - love these cooler temperatures. Mrs. Davis, of Sanger Avenue, knew exactly when (yesterday) and where (on Bogan Road) to look to find this clump of bright blue Aconite, or Monkshood.
We'll be watching to see if more trees or shrubs arrive in town, today - there are quite a number of stakes (which appear to indicate that "a tree is coming") on lawns along Sanger Avenue.
One spot where there may be too many trees - 'tho small ones - is on both sides of the Big Creek culvert. All of a sudden, spots like that - and the overgrown planting at the bank building - stand out as "sore thumbs."
A group of us stood and pondered the problem, yesterday: we'd have been willing to dig in and dig OUT, but we think that footing is tricky in those locations!
That complaint, however, is minor compared to the rising (yet modified!) Hue and Cry over the lack of white-line pedestrian crossings on Madison Street and Sanger Avenue at the point of the Park - where so many WCS students cross the road before and after school. (Or on their way to and from Football Games!)
WCS Boys Varsity Football meets Frankfort-Schuyler at Brothertown Stadium this evening at 7:00.
