WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013

 Issued: 4/16/13

Route 2 – Route 2 in front of the Town Offices will be reduced to alternating one-way traffic throughout the morning while crews install drainage piping.  If all goes well, crews will return Route 2 to two-way traffic by early afternoon.

Park Street- Access to Park Street from Route 2 will be closed while crews install drainage piping.  Peacham and Smith will be open to all traffic.

Traffic control personnel will be present to maintain traffic flow.

Contact Francine Perkins, Public Relations Officer, FRP Enterprises, LLC with any questions or concerns with regard to this project at 802-479-6994 or for a more up to date schedule visit www.roadworkupdates.com.

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Our weather seems to have changed to pretty typical April, finally.  This morning we had some sunshine, and the temperature was in the 40's; this afternoon the temperature has stayed about the same, but we've had pretty steady rain. I'm watching the patches of bare ground on our back lawn expand with every passing hour, revealing stumps and hummocks, the logs that edge our vegetable garden - scattered limbs and bent bushes emerging from under the snow.  This picture was taken early this morning.

Last night our cat, Woody, was was in and out continuously until we finally said "no more" and refused door service.  He looks forward to spring each year, we can tell.   He has been subdued today, apparently realizing even without going outside the weather is not especially favorable for hunting.  Later on when nights are really warm, it won't matter what the weather - he'll want to be outside, crouched below the protective roof overhang on the deck, or under one of the big spruces in the woods.  Sometimes he comes in drenched, as if he has no concern for rain whatsoever, and after we dry him off with a good towel rub, he usually grabs a bite to eat and then is ready to go back out into the weather.  We think he likes the rubdowns.  Today, however, he's been content to hang out, choosing various favorite lounging places throughout the house.  Sometimes he finds a new favorite spot, like on the newly laundered comforter we put down and turned our backs on just long enough for Woody to take over.  He never, ever lies on the sofa unless one of us is trying to nap there, in which case, he walks all over us, purring, knitting, poking with his paw and being a major pest.  But today we let him have the comforter - what's a little cat hair from our best friend?

We are checking the web cams regularly, but there isn't much water showing along the shore yet.  After today's rain, we expect things will begin to look different.  Without some serious warm weather, though, it's still going to be a while before the pallet sinks and the clock stops.  I talked to Larry Rossi, who said the middle pond where he lives has opened up quite a bit in the past few days.  That's encouraging.  Lots of folks will be heading back here in a few weeks from their various winter spots, and it would be nice to greet them with  open water.  Fred and I were commenting today on what an easy mud season we've had this year.  The Cabot crew were here again this morning with the big grader, and we actually believe the worst of the mud is over.  Once we see a little green grass and some early leaves and flowers, we'll know things are beginning to take shape for another nice summer season.  For now, it's still pretty drab.

We have been wondering if any of our members or their friends were in Boston yesterday when the bombings happened.  We are thinking of all those people who were hurt or who lost someone close to them - it's hard to understand why anyone would do something like that to hurt innocent people.  I hope the person or persons responsible are caught soon.