What a glorious weekend (so far) to officially end the summer. I've spent quite a bit of time today watching the progress of "Gustav" and trying to imagine what it must be like for those people having to pack what they can and leave ahead of the storm. It must be heart wrenching, especially since they are being hit again so soon and haven't fully recovered from Katrina three years ago.

There seems to be quite a lot going on around Joe's Pond this weekend. Lots of people having gatherings and enjoying boating activities in spite of very brisk winds on the water. We were at camp for a little while visiting with our kids and some of their friends, and that's always fun.

We went to Hardwick yesterday to recycle, and from there went over to Greensboro to Willey's Store, which is always fun. The short trip over is nice because of the beautiful farming country along the ridge between Hardwick and Greensboro. In Greensboro, we stopped briefly at the boat access at Caspian Lake, but there wasn't much going on there. It was a little before noon and the weather was still pretty dreary. At Willey's, though, there were the usual summer folks coming and going. We found what we were looking for right away and headed back to West Danville where I picked up blueberries at Hastings Store. Jane said they come from "Buggy" and Barbara Morse, who used to live not far from us on Brickett's Crossing Road. They are now just off Rt. 2 at Danville Hill Rd. where they have started a tree farm like they had before they moved, and apparently also have a very productive blueberry patch with the best berries I've had for a long time; so I have been freezing some of them for next winter. I'm told it's been a really good year for blueberries locally.

We took pictures yesterday: Slide Show

We hope everyone has a wonderful Labor Day Weekend, and that you travel safely and enjoy the last days of summer. Did you know Labor Day was first osberved with a parade by the Knights of Labor in New York City in 1882? I found on the internet some conflicting information about who started it, but the sites I visited seemed to agree on the year and place. Have a good one.