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Sunday night – supermoon

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Good peaceful day.. Last night we had a houseful of kids over for the night.. One of the high points was watching our neighbor, Robert  compete in the NCAA wrestling final on ESPN ..We’ve known Robert and his family forever.. he’s a great kid, smart, funny and a really good athlete.. One of the kids figured out how we could watch it on the computer.. so we all gathered round the screen to watch Robert compete in the final for the 184 pound weight class. They even mentioned that he was from Jonesville Vermont..!

We were so proud that he made it that far.. In the end ,. he didn’t win the match.. but to think a kid from our corner of the world made it to the finals and is now the 2nd best wrestler in the country is so very cool. We’re very proud of you Robert.

Around 10PM I went over to friend Gary’s and he, his friend Duncan and I hiked up to the Richmond cliffs.. to see the full ‘supermoon’ ./ Supposedly the moon was closer to earth than it has been in years.. It was very bright.. we hardly needed flashlights.. even so , we got  good and lost  both going up and coming down.. It was pretty funny.. the snow was deep and there were many trees down after the storms last fall.. but we still made it to the top..

It was beautiful and bright up there. You could hear the flooded Huntington river roaring below. It was so peaceful as we looked across the  valley.

I used to coem up to these cliffs and yell Sams name from here.. just after he died.. I did it several times.. No yelling last night.. ThoughI did throw a SamStone from the top ..

I also stuck one in our favorite spooky tree

It felt good to go up there … here are Gary and Duncan on our way down.

No pics from today.. Hung out and worked for a bit.. Saw my friends Bob and Bart briefly.. Ten Gabe and I went for a run.. I jumped in Huntington’ gorge (cold !).. and Gabe stuck his head all the way in.. On the way back we met Diane and the dogs.. so I ran again with her.. Nice 6 miles.. now time to get out for some longer runs..

OK.. I gotta end here.. I have a TON of work still to dotongiht.. i don’t like being this busy..

OK.. hapy last night of winter folks..

nite all, nite sam

-me

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Spring is in the air .. almost, at least.. It’s prime sugaring time.. nights are still cold.. in the teens or twenties.. but it’s starching to crack freezing by midday.. yesterday morning it was actually in the 40’s. when we got to Bromont..

I spotted this license plate as we were waiting to ross the border back in to the US. Probably not the right place to snap a picture.. but I couldn’t resist.

Woke today to a breezy and relatively warm day.. 30 degrees, windy, sunny with clouds . You could hear birds singing.. not a sound we’ve heard for many months

the yard is about 1/4 free of snow.. but it’s still piled up high in places..

Another sign of spring is the start of Lacrosse season.. That means a bottle drive. Gabe, Will and I spent a couple of hours knocking on doors collecting returnable bottles to help fund the team.. it was  like Halloween .. only with bottles.

We had to turn around in one neighborhood.. the roads were really bad. It’s definitely mud season.. Diane and I went  running on Dugway rd. a little later in the afternoon and you could just feel how deep the mud is.. there’s just no bottom. The school buses actually were rerouted yesterday to avoid places where the roads were bad.. Al l the kids on Stage road and notch road had to walk home..

All of these were signs of Spring.. but nothing said Spring to me like the  sign of Diane’s Daffodil’s  deciding to make an early showing..    I loved seeing them pocking up around the snow.. Soon it will be warm and green..   it’s been a nice long winter.. I’m ready..

OK.. that’s it for now ,,, More tomorrow !

note all.. nite sam

-me

ps. Check out the moon tonight..it’s a ‘supermoon’ !  it’s closer than it’s been in 18 years !