The Weather Still Dominates

In spite of today turning into a beautifully sunny one, the temperature is still hovering right around zero and dropping. The wind, as predicted, has finally gone down a bit, but there are still gusts to whip the snow into drifts. I'm not sure if we can endure many more days of sub-zero temps and howling winds - even the "old timers" are beginning to feel the pangs of impatience and want to hustle spring into our frost-bitten, snow-bound, blowing-a-gale existance.

How bad is it? This morning Jane Larrabee reported the wind was blowing so hard there were whitecaps in her toilet.

There were white-outs from here to the foot of Dole Hill by the turn to Goodfella's Restaurant. From there into St. J., there were patches of snow blown across the road, but visibility was good. Coming back from St. J. I had to wait in West Danville for a lull in the wind before I dared set out through the blowing snow to inch my way across the bridge. The snow was sifting off the banks piled up by the plows where the snowmobiles cross Rt. 2. I couldn't have seen a snowmobile and they couldn't have seen me. It wasn't much better as I drove along the pond towards Point Comfort.

We all know this is somewhat normal for March, but what isn't appreciated is that this "cold snap" with a breeze has been happening to us for weeks now, and we're ready for something gentler in the way of weather.

Everyone talks about the weather, so I'm going to shift gears and tell you about other things. First, here's a real bright spot to gladden your hearts. We've linked to Ray and Evelyn Richer's new web site and I know you'll all want to visit. You'll find it in "Community Links" on our web site. Here's the scoop from Evelyn:

Dear friends and clients (and family),

“Here by popular demand”… (Our customers have requested that we “get with it!”…)

Please excuse this “form” letter as a way to introduce you to our new website… but we are so excited that we wanted to get the word to you as soon as we could! We have been working on it now for what seems to be forever (if you include the time spend dreaming about it!) Our web designer is top notch… (Actually it’s Chuck at Notchnet out of Littleton, NH) and we are very happy with their work and their kindness in putting up with our “visions”… We hope the site is informative, fun, and something you will enjoy “exploring”… Check out the Eaglecam and the Looncam… (during season) and the interactive Loon Migration map… Oh, no they are not our loons, which will be the next project I would suppose…

We will be shipping prints out within 48 hours of the orders unless otherwise notified so we will keep things moving…

Please give it a peek and drop your comments off to us to let us know what you think…

www.thegalleryatlooncove.com or www.photosbyrayricher.com

Please keep checking back often as we are only just starting to put inventory on the pages. (There is SOOOOOOOOOOOO much to post on the site for prints…!!) We hope to see everyone at the Gallery this summer here at the pond… Think Spring!!! The loons will be back in a few weeks!!! Wishful thinking!

If you have a website and could add us to your links, let us know and we will do the same…

Blessings, Evelyn and Ray Richer,The Gallery at Loon Cove ~ on the shore of Joe's Pond in Vermont , Where the water comes 'clear' to the shore...

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I want to remind everyone that Daylight Savings Time happens this weekend. Sunday at 2 a.m., in fact, so set your clocks ahead one hour when you go to bed Saturday night. This is three weeks earlier than usual, and we won't turn the clocks back to Standard Time until the first Sunday in November. Perhaps this will fool Mother Nature into giving us a little spring-like weather . . .

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Evelyn and I are thinking about the Joe's Pond Association newsletter, spring edition. Even though there isn't a hint of melting going on yet, we have to get started well before the ice goes out in order to have it ready when there is an Ice-Out Contest winner to announce. If you have something you'd like included in the upcoming newsletter - something of interest, an ad for your business, a suggestion, even a complaint - get in touch with me. I like to include information of interest to the folks who have homes on the pond or who enjoy visiting. Our newsletters are sent out to members and also are published on the web site, so if you've missed back issues, the most recent ones are there, too.