We are poised and waiting for another nasty snow storm tomorrow. Sounds like it could hit our area with about eight inches of heavy, wet snow. Just what we need! Today has been sunny and really quite pretty outside. The temperature has been in the low to mid 30s, but is heading down now.  We had a sifting of new snow last night, but less than an inch, so it didn't bother anyone. Jamie came down and scraped out our driveway with his tractor - getting ready for a more serious deposit!
This is him with his "custom designed" rig. With blades on both the front and rear of the tractor, he is able to push with the front blade and smooth with the rear one. He uses this tractor for keeping his gravel driveway in shape, too. We're grateful to him for keeping the snowbanks pushed back all during the winter and rescuing us when there a heavy snowfall.

It's interesting that Anchorage Alaska has had consistently warmer weather than we have here. I looked at the 10-day forecast just now and temperatures are going to be in the 20s and 30s with the exception of a cold night on Sunday with temperature expected to be around 9. but then warm each day with "snow showers." Our friend, Michael, told Fred today that "Winter hasn't arrived in Anchorage yet."

I had an email from Suzanne Masland today to let me know that Obi, the little hound dog that went missing about a week ago, is back home on Brickett's Crossing, safe and sound. He was gone a long time, and as far as I know, nobody has a clue where he was. He's been out in some miserable weather, but apparently is none the worse. Good news.

I have been going through some notes I've kept over the years and came across copies of emails from 2006 from Harold Murphy, who used to have a cottage on the pond. In one of his emails he told me about the history of his cottage. It was on Old Homestead, as near as I can tell it was where the Donnelly cottage is now, and was one of five in a row on that shore that were built by "Addie" Wright in about 1918-1920. Others that Wright build, according to "Hal" Murphy included True's, Brooks's and Lewis's. The fifth may have been the Ailes cottage, but I'm not certain of that.

I haven't been able to locate a male Addie Wright in any of the history notes I have; but I did find a female Addie on-line that would have been about the right age. Her husband was George S. Wright, and he was a sawyer in a lumber mill. I'm wondering if he was a builder as well, and Hal Murphy got the names mixed up. On the other hand, I suppose George's wife, Addie, could have headed up a company of builders. Unfortunately, I cannot ask Hal because sadly he died about a year after my e-mail conversations with him.

Hal mentioned "the old UBC Inn" on Railroad Street in St. Johnsbury. I don't remember any such place, but perhaps someone else does. Addie Wright salvaged some of the material from that building when it was being taken down and used some of the doors and windows in the cottages he was building here at Joe's Pond. Some windows had "bull's eye" glass, Hal said. He said that old glass was in his cottage cottage and he prized it. Hal mentioned that his father, Albert, owned the cottage before he did. Hal had owned the cottage that is now Dave Caplan's, but later sold it and bought his father's.

Sometimes these little mysteries, like what the UBC Inn was all about, are fun to pursue. My mind keeps going to "Union Baptist Church," but I'm pretty sure that UBC wouldn't have kept an Inn back in the day!