A Bit of News

 This has been another pretty fall day - mostly bare trees, but the sun was shining and we had temperatures in the 50s for a little while, at least. It's chilly, but now we're expecting more rain showers with a possibility of some snowflakes involved. Ski resorts are gearing up to open around Thanksgiving weekend - which seems early, but if they can make snow and keep it on the ground, why not. 

We still need more rain, so I'm hoping our weather doesn't turn too cold and freeze the ground before we have a chance to replenish some of that moisture.

I heard from Marti Talbot this week that Carolyn Hamilton landed back in the hospital after they left Joe's Pond. She had yet another operation, but Marti said this time it will be very beneficial - she's doing fine and I'm sure she'd like to hear from friends here. Their Florida address is:  8151 Green Mountain Rd., Boynton Beach, FL 33473.

Jamie and Joanne Stewart stopped by yesterday - it was great to see them and catch up. I hardly saw them at all this summer - everyone was pretty busy, especially them with all the milfoil harvesting. They will be leaving for Florida soon. Lots of others have already gone, and the lake is pretty quiet.

I'm looking forward to perhaps getting a better leg support on Friday when I see the doctor - I should be able to begin some PT and get my knee limbered up! The knee hasn't given me any problems at all, but I'm really tired of not being able to do some of the things I'd like to. I'm getting really lazy with all the help I've been getting. I did manage to do some of the work getting my porch furniture covered for winter - and the weather cooperated so it was quite pleasant being out there. However, wrangling a walker while I'm trying to get things done is a chore. I am pretty steady without it, and sometimes turn around to find I've left it someplace not close by and I have to hobble to find it. A clear indication it's time to graduate to something less cumbersome and restrictive, I think. 

This week I completed a project in collaboration with Amanda (Legare). We worked with Cedric Alexander and Melvin Churchill who are on the Cabot Cemetery Commission, and got new signage put up at the Center of Town. That is a lovely historic site where Cabot's first cemetery is located, plus there are several acres of town-owned park space where  the first meeting house, pound, stocks and whipping post were -  and there is now on a well-maintained walking/biking trail that Cabot Trails Committee oversees leading there from the village. The old signs that had been there for many years were either stolen or damaged by being used for target practice, unfortunately. There has been conversation about replacing the signs, and Amanda and I volunteered to pay for them with funds from our book sales (Cabot, Vermont, Memories of the Century Past), but nothing was moving to get it done, so we did it ourselves. The signs came out very nice, and we are very happy to have them in place. I couldn't be there on Tuesday when Cedric and Melvin put them up, but Amanda took pictures. 

It's interesting that there are I believe 11 Revolutionary War veterans buried at the Center. Cabot was first settled by several soldiers who had possibly been part of the 110 men who worked on the Bailey-Hazen Military Road in 1776, and most of the town's first officials were military men. Because of their service to their country, they were considered more worthy of holding offices in town government than others, apparently.The little cemetery was last used I believe in 1846, but it is maintained along with Cabot's six other active cemeteries, and is an interesting place to visit. The road leading there is off of Danville Hill Road, about a mile east of Cabot Village, and is called "Old Center Road." It forms a four-cornered intersection with Danville Hill Road and Langone Road. Plenty of parking space there, and worth a visit.

Don't forget to set your clocks back 1 hour on Saturday night. We are certainly noticing shorter days, and changing the clocks always makes it a little more noticeable, I think. But it's what we do.