Standing Room Only...

...at the transfer station? Before you say why on earth was it so busy, think holidays. Christmas was just a week ago, of course followed this week with the New Year celebration. More than likely, lots of folks really got into cleaning up this weekend from Christmas and Tuesday morning was the first day they could visit the transfer station with all their used gift wrap and boxes and food garbage and all. Fortunately for myself, I was up-and-at'm, so I was on my way out as the crowd was really descending. I had to stop and take a picture though as I had never seen it quite like this..... :)

Did somebody call for the police?

If you needed a policeman in Sharon today, we had them. Four actually for a period of time.....Unfortunately, there was an automobile accident in front of the plaza this afternoon. Apparently a car exiting the plaza drove into the direct path of a southbound pickup truck on Route 41. Though the crash did send one person to the hospital with some injuries, I was told that it could have been far worse. So, if that is true, I am thankful. I keep waiting for the big one to occur there , and I fear that it will happen. Thus far, the accidents over the years have generally been small in nature. But with the tendency of cars to speed down the hill,and POOF, they are in a shopping area, with direct cross-street exiting of cars from the gas station and the plaza, some day I fear there will be a tragedy there. I pray not, but I bet it will happen. I have hoped for some time that the plaza would go to a one entrance-exit on 41, basically in the center of where they are now, and close the two existing driveways. Basically, across from the law office, perhaps a bit south by just a little bit. It would stop the cars that shoot back and forth from gas station to plaza, or vice-versa. Just seems like that could help possibly help prevent a tragedy from occurring. Sort of like where you turn into the parking lot at the movie theater in Winsted, on 44, east of the town. It would require a bit of road widening perhaps, but hey, it might be the life of someone we all know and love who gets saved if that were to become a reality. And then a traffic light at that location would also help slow vehicular traffic in general in the area.


Are you listening Mr. Mayor?

Too good to be true?

I don't think of myself as much of a weather watcher. Today I took a look ahead. It is currently 34 degrees by my little outdoor thermometer, and that is as high as it is going to be for the next two or three days I am told. The lows will be near zero degrees Fahrenheit.  Uggggh. No wonder all those former Sharonites moved to Arizona or some barrier island off Florida! It was too much fun for them here. Chickens!


The sun was shining for most of the afternoon, but the temps were falling and the wind, well let's just say you wouldn't want to go fly a kite in it. Old sol didn't help do much but provide light it seemed today. No snow of any value (if snow has value) yet but that is okay with me. I had twenty four inches in October. That was enough for now, thank you very much!


So, I offer you this look at our late afternoon sky, which is right in the direction from where the current cold blast is coming from. Hope all my neighbors are snuggled up and warm for the evening.

Angel's in the clouds?

So a few months back, maybe less, I was scrolling down the Facebook™ activity page and I found where a friend who lives locally (and is quite a photographer I might add) has a picture of a cloud, and they said something about the cloud being an angel. I looked back further through the history, and found where they had indeed posted other photographs of clouds that also had this image of a body and wings and, well if you let your mind wander a bit, you could see what they were referring to. Today, on my way home from church, I looked up at the sky while climbing Jackson Hill Road. Off slightly to the southeast I saw two amazing clouds. I almost ended up in Austin's field, paying more attention to the sky than the road!  I couldn't get to the top of the hill fast enough, and dash out of the truck, camera in hand to see if they were still there. They were!


So, you tell me. Have you ever heard of doing this, or seeing these shapes in clouds? I hadn't, or if I had, sure didn't recall it. But the camera doesn't lie..........does it?