We hope you are enjoying the nice weather that we finally got today.  It was a little late arriving, but this afternoon has been really nice.  Fred got the lawn mowed - I did some trimming with my old walk-behind mower - and we're both ready for "a fig newton and a nap."  

I just looked at Front Page Forum for Cabot and saw Sarah's Country Diner specials for the week.  You might be interested in taking a ride over to Cabot Village and stopping at the hardware store where Sarah's diner is at the back of the store, overlooking the Winooski.  Sarah is very pleasant, and her menu sounds really good.  Take a look:

Summer is here and we want to celebrate here at Sarah's Country Diner!

We are open Monday through Saturday 7am -3pm and we have lots of specials this week:

Monday- for breakfast we have the famous Breakfast Burrito and for lunch a delicious homemade Black Bean Veggie Burger.

Tuesday-
Breakfast - homemade French Toast from the Red Door Bakery with fresh local Strawberries from Smith Farm. Lunch brings us a juicy Bacon Cheeseburger.

Wednesday-
Breakfast -3 Egg Omelet with Cabot Cheddar Cheese, sausage, and a slice of homemade bread toasted. Lunch- Italian Sweet Sausage with onions and peppers, and chips on the side.

Thursday-
Breakfast - Pancakes with Blueberries. Lunch - Steak n' Cheese on homemade bread with Chips

Friday-
Breakfast - Homemade Bagel with Cream cheese. Lunch - Italian chicken Sandwich on homemade bread with Chips

Saturday-
Breakfast - Meat lovers Sandwich with Home fries. Lunch - Tuna Salad Sandwich on Homemade Bread with chips

We have homemade Lemonade, Ice Coffee, and lots of other drinks to choose from.

Come in for yummy homemade Buttermilk Doughnuts, cookies muffins, or cake.

Catering is also available.   Call - 563-2422.

Now that Summer is finally here we hope to see you.  Sarah Mangan, Sarah's Country Diner.

When I mentioned that Sarah's Diner overlooks the Winooski, perhaps some of you raised an eyebrow.  The Winooski is in Cabot? you wonder.  Indeed, the Winooski River originates in Cabot, high on the ridge near the northwest corner of town.  There are springs and wetlands that feed into the small brook that comes from a little body of water called Coit's Pond (above), and in Cabot Village, several other small brooks feed into the river that runs in parallel to Main Street, in back of the stores.  By the time it reaches Marshfield and Plainfield, it has become a full-fledged river, sometimes raging after spring or summer rains.  It flows northwest, into Lake Champlain. 

I think I have mentioned before that Cabot Plain is the dividing line where water runs north to Champlain on the western side of the Plain, and flows south into the Connecticut from the eastern side of the Plain.  I've been told there's a delicate balance at Molly's Pond; water runs mostly north into the Winooski; but the marshes at the north end of the pond are drained into brooks that flow into Joe's Pond and thus south via Joe's Brook and eventually to the Connecticut River and the Atlantic Ocean. 

This is an old postcard that shows Molly's Falls Dam in the upper left corner, and if you look carefully, you can make out the tower and the power plant below it (bottom right).  Route 2 runs diagonally across the picture, and the Groton State Forest Road shows up plainly.  This mentions it's the "headwaters of the Winooski River," and while this is partially true because the water from Molly's Brook does feed into the Winooski, the headwaters are actually several miles northwest of this particular scene.