A bit warmer - but some big
wind blowing around - Feb 6th and the
thermometer hasn't hit any number
above 30 since Jan 9th.
Over 55 inches of snow have
fallen. The new snow presses the old snow down but it still piles
up pretty good. Some scenes from the village and the country side.
The Morris Central School -
K-12 - somewhere around 700 students - this portion of the building
was built in the 1930s.
The back of the school. Through
the fence you can see my house.
This is the back of the school
- some additions from the 90s and 50s.
Did you ever have IGA grocery
stores? This used to be an IGA and everyone refers to it by those
initials - but for over 20 years it has been a Big M Midstate.
It is our little grocery store and now even has an ATM - actually
the second ATM in the village - there is another inside the Mobil
station.
The post office is between Dr.
Naylor's (a small firm that manufactures ointments and other things
used by farmers to treat dairy cows) and
Gatehouse Antiques.
Coming into the village from
Gilbertsville you see this.
Nice old house.
Stone all around, surprising
in a way that there aren't more stone houses.
A very pretty little chapel
south of the village - used only in summer.
A faded poster featuring last
August's fair.
This is a dam. Water is still
running over it - under the ice.
Downstream from the dam there
is still some open water.
Looking across the lake to the
top of the dam in the distance.
Looking down the road.
The Butternut Creek flows slowly
enough to freeze.
Looking downstream you can see
footprints in the snow - could be fox.
Sunlight on the valley.
Not all tractors are used everyday.
A nice stone farm house.
With light traffic (under 10
tons :) ) and one vehicle at a time
this is all you need.
As long as there is some open
water. You can find ducks.
Can you see them in the distance?
One of the larger farms in the
area.
Some crows pick through the
straw and manure left by the manure spreader. They are looking
for any grain that the cows missed.
A private road that hasn't been
plowed all winter.
The plows have to push the snow
about one car width from the travel lanes so that there is room
to push the next snowfall somewhere. The featured tree might be
an elm - I didn't pay it any mind until I saw the photo.