We thought it would be nice to let you see that spring is really here at Joe's Pond. Even though we've had cold, rainy weather for the past few days, the grass, leaves and flowers are still all doing their thing to assure us things are happening right on schedule.

Fred was out taking these photos today near our house. He's watching the grass, I think a bit impatient to get out there on the mower, but it's way too wet. We've been walking around our lawn area, picking up branches blown off in some of the storms we had back in March, and checking on how trees and shrubs fared during the winter. That will have to do until things dry out a bit.

I had some work to do this morning at the Cabot Historical Society building in preparation for receiving a painted theater curtain that was used in that building years ago and had been lost to us until recently when we located it in another building. Next week Chris Hadsel will be working on our curtain and one at the Willey Building as part of a state-wide restoration program. We are very pleased to have located the curtain that was used when our building was known as Templars' Hall. At that time the ground floor served as the school.

Under the guidance of Bonnie Dannenberg, the rooms at our Historical Society building have been reorganized and cleaned, and during warm weather are open several days a week for people to enjoy. Bonnie encourages people to come and do research, enjoy the exhibits, and chat. It's a very friendly and interesting place to spend time. We'll be having programs during the year - one that has already been determined is "Mark Twain Speaks" with Bern Budd on August 19th. I'll have more on that later.

Happy Spring to everyone!