It has been a really beautiful day again today. It started off a little doubtful, but by about 10 o'clock the sun came out and it was very pleasant. Fred and I walked down to Sandy Beach Road and I stopped to measure the water level at Walter Ruf's. It was at 5.5 in. below the top of his cement retaining wall, and once again the surface of the pond was like glass, so it was a cinch to measure. We're getting a little rain tonight, and there's a prediction for lots of wind . . .

The building sites are looking good. At LaGue's, the men were working on the last roof surface and said by day's end it would be finished. They surely had great weather for roofing. The top picture shows the north side of LaGue's, and part of the front facing the lake.

At Gagne's, things were humming and while they weren't roofing, they were putting finishing touches on and it should be fairly dry until they can get the roof finished. There is a great deal of roof to cover, but it will probably go fairly fast. This picture is of the work that was going on at the front, or lake side this morning.

We got quite a few pictures and I've made a slide show. We took our time and walked along the shoreline to get some pretty pictures, and as we were walking up through the field by Morgan's, we saw a partridge in the field. Nov. 16 Walk

Fred saw son Jamie as he was coming home from work late this afternoon, and Jamie told him a 300+lb. bear was shot in the field just beyond Henretta Splain's house this weekend. We had all heard the shot, but being the start of deer hunting, we didn't think much more about it. The guy who shot it always lets Jamie and Marie know that he's going to hunt in that field - he has come there for years, with the permission of the land owner, and as a courtesy, lets Jamie and Marie know. This year he was happy that he'd bagged a big bear. We had mixed emotions about it, though . . . I can't help feeling sad that a wild thing like that has been killed. Of course we don't want to be over run with bears - or with deer, I suppose - but unless someone really needs the food, killing them tugs at me.

We'll have to hold onto our hats tomorrow, I guess. The wind is supposed to pick up tonight and into tomorrow, plus rain. The temperature is going to drop, too, but it's still pretty warm for November. The weather people are a little surprised at how much sunshine we've had so far this month, too. Usually November is one of our dreariest months, with very little sun, but we can't complain this year.