Christmas flood (almost, luckily not)

 Rains fell, and fell. Our local creeks swelled, but we dodged a bullet. Whew!

After an inch and a half of rain

 Stoney Clove Creek swollen after the rains:

Three days before the rains

 Calm before the deluge:

Early autumn

 On Stoney Clove Creek:

In Concert at CPOA

 On Saturday evening 20 August 2022, we were treated to a concert by the renowned artist, and our fellow CPOA member and neighbor, Robert Burke-Warren. It was a wonderful evening of music, and included a personal request of a Johnny Cash song (I walk the line).

How to Identify the Only Two Venomous Snakes in the Hudson Valley

 Interesting article

 

Sweet Sue’s is open

 Finally, it has reopened. For now, only a standup and takeout area, soon the dining room, too. Looks good. A work in progress. Nice to have it back.

Water receding

 Compare the creek today (Saturday 4/9) to yesterday, following Thursday’s rainstorm:

Friday:

Saturday:

Massive rain storm in early April

 Albany got over 2 inches of rain on Thursday 7 April. Chichester is estimated to have gotten around 4 inches. There was thunder, too. Quite a storm. Stoney Clove Creek grew, but stayed in bounds.

Our driveway:

Ostrander Bridge did fine:

Another snowstorm

 It has been a rough winter, so far. On Friday 2/25/2022, over half a foot of snow fell in our environs. The Daily Freeman published some photos: