We were out for a little while this morning - everywhere there's lots of snow, and it's still coming down. It is supposed to taper off this afternoon, but it is still snowing steadily. We took some pictures. I think we're at least back to where we were before the January thaw of a couple weeks ago decreased the snow depth. It seemed as if the crews in St. Johnsbury are finding it difficult to get the snow cleared. On the highway things are good, and here on W. Shore Road, too. We've been hearing that some towns are running short of salt for the roads, but there was no sign of any problems on Rt. 2 this morning, as far as we could tell. Here are the pictures, if you are interested. Snow Pictures

Someone asked me today what the population of Cabot is. Last year we put that information in the town report and it was 1300. In 2007 there were 918 registered voters. I don't think these figures have changed much in the past years. The 2000 census shows Cabot's population as 1,213, so there may be an upward trend. We have surely noticed a change in traffic on our road in even the past five years , and there's been a really big change from when my dad was alive and knew nearly every car that passed by his house, and would usually ask, "Where do you suppose they're going?" Sometimes he knew exactly where they were going, and when they'd be back - but that was a different time. Dad died in 1995.