We went grocery shopping today - it was raining when we left around 9 a.m., and drizzled most of the morning. There's a bit of mud on W. Shore Road these days. Seems as if mud season is a bit early, but everything is a little "off" here weatherwise lately. On our way out, we saw how Alonzo's cottage on Barre Avenue is progressing, and Fred took a picture that shows three walls were up this morning. Then, as we drove along Rt. 2, we could see through the trees that there is a really tall structure that seems to be the cottage Kari Lizer owns. I'm not certain of that, but on our way home we took a picture from Rt. 2. - what an interesting project! The sunsets should be spectacular from the tower. We'll keep you posted on the progress of both cottages.

On our way home, we got a little snow. Now it's cooler, but seems to have cleared a bit, but more snow predicted for Friday. And colder.

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I had a note today (Thursday, 3/15) from Homer Fitts. Here it is - (Glad you're back safely, Homer - all tan and fit, no pun intended . . . :)

I came home and arrived here today. My sister came home last week and does not expect to be around too long. No more chemo etc.

Stopped in Northfield to see her. She was sleeping. Could have stayed in Bradenton until the end of April but decided to be here instead. I drove home by myself. Called Bryce but no answer on the phone so I did not stop there. Now to clean up this place etc.

Homer

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Jeff and Kelli Merrell (Kelli is Henretta Splain's daughter and an "Aquatic Ecologist" with the State of Vermont) recently took a trip into the hinterlands of Maine via dog sleds. As I understand it, they went with a group of people and were able to ride on the sled sometimes, but mostly had to snowshoe to their destination. They stayed overnight in tents and endured some really, really cold temperatures. The top photo is their dog teams, that's Kelli on the sled in the early morning haze of frost, the tent, and Jeff.