Tuesday afternoon

It's rainy, windy, cold and the leaves are flying: a thoroughly gray day. The mood in Foodking, 'tho not quite as depressing, was certainly subdued and sad.

But down at Jack and Darcy Ruane's, now THERE is an example of real misery! Year after year the old witch runs into the same tree and, after all this time, you'd think she'd learn!



I didn't see any "street signs" going up, but there are LOTS of new, safety-green "Pedestrian Crossing" signs throughout the business district and along Sanger Avenue.



Quite a number of trees were planted, either yesterday afternoon or this morning. It's nice to see that they are all sturdily staked and secured against the wind!

When North Country is just about all done planting, they will have at least one tree or shrub left over and not know where to put it: seen walking through the village one day, recently, a handsome brindle-colored boxer preceeding its owner by a leash-length and proudly carrying a beribboned tree-stake in its mouth!