It's Garbage Day
58 degrees at 5:45.a.m.
Humidity returns on Saturday, with highs close to 90. The next chance for rain is Sunday and Monday, with the potential for afternoon thunderstorms."
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IN THE MAIL
"Rusty" sent these great bird photographs to me with the too-short note that read: "My wife and I went 'up the river' recently and came back with several interesting bird photos."
(But he didn't say WHAT river .... until I asked!)
It was the San Pedro River, in Arizona.
Bullock's Oriole
Young male Summer Tanager
Vermillion Flycatcher
Blue Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Thank you for sharing those pictures with us, Rusty!
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Photographer Jody Hildreth and his family have just returned from a special vacation that included one week in Barcelona, Spain and a cruise to France and Italy. It's no surprise that he took hundreds - if not thousands - of photographs.
I appreciate Jody's permission to share his pictures with you!
He is posting them on both his Facebook page and also his new website, Photoperch, where you can look at many, many more of them at your own leisure.
A spectacular sound and light show at "the Magic Fountain, in Barcelona.
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"When in Barcelona you are sure to see the strong influence artist Antoni Gaudi left. Our first in depth look at his work was at this house, Casa Milà." 
"The star attraction of the house is the roof. (Designed so that each apartment receives natural light.) Gaudi, who didn’t use straight lines but instead was influenced strongly by the natural world, didn’t just create your typical chimneys.
"Instead, his exhausts were created to look like a blend of aliens and ancient Greek soldiers."
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COMING EVENTS
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AYSO Fall Sign-ups
at the Waterville Public Library from 6 -7:30 p.m.
For registration questions call Jennifer Collins 868-2685.
These will be the only sign-ups.
All registrations must be received by July 15.
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MADISON COUNTY FAIR in BROOKFIELD
Gates open at 12 noon
Midway opens at 4:00 p.m.
For complete information, please click HERE.
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Waterville Pop Warner bottle drive, 10 a.m. to noon, Nickelback Redemption Center.
Bottles can also be dropped off before then.
Say the bottles are to go to the Waterville Pop Warner account.
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All Welcome.
---------- SUNDAY ---------
at 5:00 p.m.
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
100th Anniversary Celebratory Mass
followed by
An old-fashioned gathering downstairs.
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NOON UNTIL SOLD OUT.
Eat in or Take-out.
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Monday the 16th
AT THE LIBRARY
Movie Matinée at 1:00 p.m.
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Re: the SPAM that was sent from "Huddleblogger," I've taken the advice of experts and changed the password and have NOT stored it in my computer. That's all I can do!
I had a very special experience, yesterday - one that I had been waiting for for a very long time. After a lifetime of biking and hiking, swimming and paddling, my back/spine had gradually become more and more painful and has even made it difficult for me to walk any distance in comfort. Yesterday, I had my first Epidural Steroid Injection administered by Nameer M. Heider, MD, at the Spinal and Skeletal Pain Medicine center in Utica. Although I was at the center for a couple of hours, the actual procedure took barely five minutes - certainly no more than ten - and I felt almost no pain at all.
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from the Observer-Dispatch.
from WKTV.
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See you on Monday!
