All In A Day's Work

It's nice to see that some of the bees have returned to fulfil their annual obligations. Pictured above is one of them doing its thing on a globe thistle in the front yard. Due to the unusal weather, lots of rain, even the dahlias are blooming earlier than usual. To get an enhanced view of the photo, simply place your cursor over the pix and double-click (sometimes a single click is enough).

Janet Joins Race for the Cure

Pictured above are five Ludlow area women who joined the "Race for the Cure", part of the Susan G. Komen fund raising effort to combat breast cancer, held in Manchester recently. Well-over a thousand men and women joined the race and walk. From left to right, they are: Joann Milza, Jackie Hunt, Kay O'Hare, Dianne Krupp, and Janet. Estimates place the participant count at well over 1,000.

Devi Recovers From Surgery

Devi is pictured resting as she recuperates from her recent surgery. It seems that in her youth in Tennessee, when she was neutered there, the vet used stainless steel "thread" to close the incision. She probably disappeared into the Tennessee wilderness between the neutering operation and the time she was supposed to have the stitches removed. Consequently the stainless steel remained in her. When we took her for her annual exam, the vet spotted this and advised on their removal.

The Garden in Bloom

Due to the rain we had early in the summer, the flowers are in full blossom. Even the dahlias are in bud (one actual has opened). Janet took these photos to highlight the hanging baskets on the porch and the lilies.

TW3 Receives Local TV Award

It may not be an OBIE or a TONY but it was nice to receive the above award for the TV news show that Leo Graham and I do over our local public access news show on LPC-TV, Channel 8 (on cable). TW3 is a fun show to do and, while CBS hasn't asked us to replace Katie Couric as its news anchor, both Leo and I get a real kick out of doing a half-hour show each week.

More on Fundy-Nancy's Lecture Snippet

This is just a very brief snippet of Nancy Sears opening lecture on the Bay of Fundy's geological development. Unfortunately, this blog site only supports video under 100 MBs - consequently, the heart and soul of Nancy's introductory comments has been severely curtailed. I will have a more comprehensive version of it (two and a half minutes of uncut narrative rather than this 22 seconds) on a dvd of the elderhostel.