Today has been a little more like winter - some snowy sunshine this morning and just blah this afternoon. Temperature has been in the 20's. We went down to Bill and Diane's late this morning and as we got out of the car, we mentioned that it was quite a bit warmer at their house than up at ours. That, of course, was on the road side of the house, and we were sheltered by houses on both sides and their garage. Later on, when Fred was out on their boathouse deck helping Bill put up his new weather station, the wind was bone chilling - sweeping down the pond in great gusts right out of Canada.

Turns out Bill and I got almost exactly the same weather station. Fred and I got ours set up a couple days ago, so when Bill asked Fred to come down to help with his, we both went. You've heard the jokes about how many it takes to change a light bulb; well, today it took four of us to set up a weather station. As usual with these things, the instructions, if they are sent with the unit (and only part of them came with Bill's) almost always omit simple details that would make life a whole lot easier. Things like what diameter pole will work to attach the wind gauge to, and maybe a template for attaching the monitor to the wall. Sure, we can figure these things out, but as long as they are writing instructions in ten different languages, maybe some technician would think to include that kind of stuff and that maybe putting the rain gauge out if you live in winter isn't such a good idea . . . but we figured it out. Here's a very short slide show of Fred and Bill doing the hard part outside. Diane and I watched from inside and handed tools out the door to them when called for. Weather Station Installation

There was a lovely moon tonight. I got this picture at about 6 p.m. The temperature will be in the teens tonight, so by morning there will probably be more ice on the pond. A few more of these really cold nights will close it in, I expect.

This notice came today about the Cabot Development group meetings:

The group decided at its last meeting to make second Wednesdays at 7 p.m. the permanent meeting time. Please mark your calendars. I have secured the Masonic Hall for 12/14 and 1/11.

Jeannie Johnson

802-595-7710