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ch of pictures we took today. That's me after I've picked up the JPA mail at the post office this afternoon - two more requests for Ice-Out tickets!
plenty to talk about. Stay warm!
to you. Then I wanted you to see the north end of the pond which is about all we can see of the pond from our living room windows. We can keep track of things going on in the channel and behind the islands, but need to go for a walk down W. Shore Road to find out what's happening further down the lake.
our flag against the sky, and with the snow-laden trees, it leaves me breathless.
deck tonight. He shovels it every day, and every day there seems to be about another foot of snow to take off. Still, he looks pretty happy, don't you think? If this keeps up, he may not be quite as accepting by spring, though. Son, Jamie, has a much bigger deck than we, so he sometimes uses a small snowblower to clear it. Bill, who's living at camp, told me a friend has offered a small snowblower to him for cleaning the snow off the decks there. I think he'd better take him up on the offer - from the start of things, this could be a deep-snow winter. Middle son, Bob, is delighted with the snow. He doesn't have a deck on his house in St. Johnsbury, so while his brothers and Fred are clearing away the snow here at Joe's Pond, he's off skiing at Jay Peak. He's been three times so far this year. He's chortling over the great conditions building. Burke Mountain opens this weekend. Winter has started off with a bang.
Bob, ask your Grandparents !! And thanks for the memories !!May 29, 1903 - July 27, 2003ON TURNING 70 "You still chase women, but only downhill".
ON TURNING 80 "That's the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.."
ON TURNING 90 "You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake."
ON TURNING 100 " I don't feel old. In fact I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap."
ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER, BOXING "I ruined my hands in the ring ... the referee kept stepping on them."
ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR "Welcome to the Academy Awards or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover'."
ON GOLF "Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees."
ON PRESIDENTS " I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six."
ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER " When I was born, the doctor said to my mother, 'Congratulations You have an eight-pound ham'."
ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL "I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it."
ON HIS FAMILY'S EARLY POVERTY "Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother."
ON HIS SIX BROTHERS "That's how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom."
ON HIS EARLY FAILURES "I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me."
ON GOING TO HEAVEN "I've done benefits for ALL religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality."
ng that wasn't nailed to the side of the post office was flapping wildly, the snow was swirling around so you could hardly see the traffic going by. Every pickup had a plow on it, most of them caked with snow. The cars parked at the Joe's Pond Country Store while their owners went for coffee looked like they'd been there in the snow a week. I'd just had my hair cut. It looked real nice when I left St. Johnsbury. Fred said he guessed maybe he'd better take me out for dinner, it looked so good. I opened the car door and stepped out into the gale at West Danville, and there goes a perfectly good hair-do! Fred said he likes the wind-blown look. Darned good thing. The carefully shaped cut Kathy had given me turned into a flattened out cap of gray-blonde strands so charged with static electricity that when I tried to brush it out of my eyes it clung to my fingers and stood straight out from my head before slapping down onto my forehead like paper on a vacuum hose. The store was pretty quiet. Diane was up to her elbows doing some strange thing with a turkey baster in the coffee machine - I didn't ask questions. She said Garey was outside but would be in right away to tend the post office. Deb Stresing was there. She said she'd had to dig her way through heaps of snow to get into her shop this morning. Some fellow came in, checked his mailbox, muttered, "Nothing! I knew I shoulda stayed home," and stomped back to his truck. Curtis came in about then and I asked if he'd seen his dad outside. He said he hadn't, but he didn't seem alarmed so I left the package of Ice-Out tickets and told Diane I had more going out Thursday and I'd pay for all of it then. I hope Garey found his way back to the store through the swirling snow. When I stepped onto the porch, the wind nearly yanked the door out of my hand and I was glad of the railing to hold onto. The good news is, it blew my hair-do in the opposite direction so by the time I got to Diane Rossi's with a package she would deliver to Dave Parker, it looked pretty darn good again. I'll take a rain-check on going out to dinner, though. I think we'll go in July. It'll be warmer, but I bet the wind will still be blowing through West Danville.
Town of Cabot has gone by at least three times - perhaps once during the night. Consequently, we haven't had difficulties traveling. We went to St. Johnsbury early this morning and the highway was very good. St. Johnsbury had lots of snow in the streets - but they were working hard to clear sidewalks and driveways. We forgot to take the camera with us! Fred has made up for that, though. He went out this afternoon during a lull in the storm and before he got back it started snowing again, so he got some pretty good pictures just before dark.
The top picture is our side lawn and was the first picture he took. Then the snow began. That is Jamie's tractor parked under a tarp near his house. "The Peach" is all outfitted and ready to plow - that's Jamie's, too. The result of two useless vehicles (and a few random parts) being put together to make one very efficient plowing rig. Jamie and his friend, Luke, worked hard to get it ready in time for the first snow. It works very well, and deserves it's name.
expecting more snow tomorrow, and then a respite until Friday.My sons couldn't help themselves, they had to photograph Mom when she was at her worst. Saturday I was getting ready to start a sewing p...
