Columbia News

April 28, 2019

Rain, rain that is all we have been getting. We might get one day where the yard start to dry up and then it rains again. My lawn is greening up but it is so wet out side it is hard to find the time with my busy schedule to work on it when it is not raining. Then on top of the rain it does not want to warm up so that means a fire in the wood stove to take the chill off.

Spring is here with all of the birds returning to the feeders, the peepers are out and that is a good sign that spring has arrived. The pussy willows have gone by but the Mayflowers are starting to show up. I will have to check on one place to see if they are blooming.

My dad use to pick a small bouquet for my mom every year. There was a spot in the woods by the homestead where they grew and I imagine that they are still there. Another flower is the Trillium that is one of the first to be found in the spring. I know of a place that had many of them growing every year, and I wonder if they are still there.

I have been out and about this past week for appointments; Carroll had an appointment in Ellsworth on Monday, than I had to make a quick trip there again on Wednesday for him.

On Thursday I had a dental appointment in Lubec and Friday I had to travel to Nobleboro to pick up the Milbridge students that had been spending a couple of days at Camp Keive. On Saturday Kevin Rice and I drove the 4^thgraders from SAD #37 to the Circus in Bangor.

I met up with some friends Alice and Dick Trott and their grandchildren while at the circus. I also saw a few others that I knew that were working there.

While I was out on Thursday I stopped by at the Heritage Center at the Courthouse in Machias to do some research. It was a productive afternoon for me as I found some more information on what I was looking for.

Don’t forget that you need to put in your moose permit application before May 15^th if you want a chance on getting a moose permit to hunt this fall.

Dick Grant at the Veterans home in Machias had visitors over the weekend, Sherry and Dick Paul of Addison had a nice visit with him. While they were there he received a May basket from a young lady. 

May baskets are almost a thing of the past. I remember my mother making them and my siblings and I would take them to the families on Epping Corner and to others we knew in town.

I started that same tradition with mine but only with the two older children, it seems that when the fifth child  came along I did not have time to do it. I did give out a couple a few years ago to some older folks that I knew. That was fun as one couple had no idea who left it at their door till many months later. Did you know you can give May flower baskets anytime during the month of May not just on the first?

Condolences go out to the following families :Norman Dakin’s family of Addison, Wayne Hurlbert's family of Harrington and Carl Rudelitch's family of Harrington/Mass. They all will be missed by their families.

Thinking of you wishes go out to Wayne Crowley who is now in hospice care.

Up Coming Events:

Cherryfield Academy

Quilt Show and Artisan Fair, Saturday May 4 from 10 am to 3 pm at the Cherryfield Academy.

Admission $5.00.

Narragaugus Jr/Sr High School

On Sunday Fun Day May 5^th the High School PTSG presents Dodgeball Challenge. Starts at 9 am to 5 pm at the High School in Harrington.

Church Hill Community Center, Addison

There will be a Mother’s Day Tea May 11, at 1 P.M. at the Church Hill Community Center, Addison, Maine. RSVP at 483-4655.