Thursday, May 17, 2012

It Continues to Spring (or Sprung?)

Thunderstorms came. Yesterday, another notch on the post of "what defines spring" was violently slashed as lightning dotted the turbulent skies in the middle of the afternoon. As we began our afternoon activities, we heard the first rumblings and quickly acted switching one group's class and altering three others. Of course, this is not a unique situation (have you ever been in the North Country in May?) and being prepared for severe weather is part of our M.O. But, just like the first two-inch snowfall in November gets everyone anxious enough to go out and buy-up all the milk and bread in the North Country, the first spring storm literally gets my hair on end. By the end of the afternoon, the clouds had parted and the sun began to quickly dry out the fields. BY early-evening the immediate forecast looked solid and we were able to get the students up Bare Mountain to watch another beautiful sunset. Last Saturday we had the second annual yard sale and it was a great success. THe weather was amazing and the signs that Abby created were noticeable and persuasive. All day long we had a steady stream of customers; true yard salers looking for the ultimate deal mixed with locals just out on a beautiful day. Also on Saturday we welcomed two new interns, Molly and Daniel. We have expanded the internship program for the first time in a while and are happy to welcome Molly back into the Pok-O family and welcome Daniel for the first time. They have already made contributions and will be a valuable resource for the rest of the month. Enjoy the warm temperatures and we'll talk next week. Until then...

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