1. The folks at Elihu Farms are pretty terrific people, and they raise tasty lambs. They are in Valley Falls, which is 20-30 minutes from Troy and maybe 30 from Albany, not far from the intersection of Routes 40 and 67. They are also at the Saratoga Farmers Market. I thought some folks might be interested:
Lambs to Market. The first batch of this year’s crop of lambs will go to market on Tuesday. If you want to order any special cuts, please let us know by Monday, by email is fine, elihufarm@localnet.com, or by phone 753-7838.
2. You want fresh chicken or goat instead? We got that!
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=848545#ixzz0SmbEfhHa
SCHENECTADY -- The sound and smell of 600 caged birds remind Terry Jagiah of boyhood days spent chasing animals and other livestock on the family farm in his native Guyana.
Jagiah, 45, was reminiscing as he stood proudly inside the Broadway Live Poultry Market. The business, located at 714 Broadway, officially opened to the public Thursday, and represents his dream of owning Schenectady's first of its kind live poultry shop.
It also represents a business opportunity to serve a niche market fueled by an influx of new immigrants who have a taste for fresh -- and sometimes live -- meat such as poultry and goat.
By early afternoon, Jagiah, estimated that about two dozen customers had passed through the doors of 714 Broadway at the corner of Beaver Street near Interstate 890 in Schenectady's Bellevue neighborhood. The top seller on this day was the chickens which go for $1.75 per pound. At $3.25 a pound, ducks like the muscovy, are the most expensive.
3. Big news in the North Country from the Glens Falls Post-Star:
HUDSON FALLS -- Hudson Falls Police spent a couple of hours Thursday night trying to get a moose out of the village, and trying to protect it from the mob of onlookers that followed it around.
The large bull was first reported on Feeder Street, near La Claire Street, around 8:20 p.m., said Hudson Falls Police Sgt. Jeff Gaulin. Police located it, but found a group of people watching it, a group that grew as village police (aided by state Conservation Officer Terry Chase) tried to get it out of the village, Gaulin said.
"It (the scene) was out of control, pickup trucks full of people in the back following it," he said. "We were more trying to control the people."
The moose made its way northeast along Route 4 to the point police last saw it crossing Burgoyne Avenue near the Hannaford Plaza around 10 p.m., according to Gaulin. At that point, with extensive undeveloped land in that area, police decided it was out of harm's way, he said.
"It was the second one I've seen in the village in the past couple of years," Gaulin said.
It's likely the same moose that was reported by motorists on Warren Street in Queensbury, near Jerry Brown Auto Parts, around 7 a.m. Thursday.
4. I am reading Ted Kennedy autobiography, “True Compass.” I have to admit, it’s fascinating. Well-written.
5. How cool is this?
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https://www.wellsfargoadvisors.com/2hc/albany.htm?cid=NP090008250
His mom was one of three rec ipients of a "Second Half" award for the Albany area. A video interview is available by clicking on her picture in the upper right-hand corner.
6. A friend posted about a dream, one of the “unprepared” variety.
Here is my most common dream sequence. Analyze as you will.
My "unprepared dreams" usually put me in a school (based on my alma mater, but bigger, with at least two wings and maybe three flours.
I never know where my classes are, and I am always let, but I never want to ask anyone.
Sometimes, of course, I am naked. No one really notices but me.
Sometimes it segues into an “unprepared/deadline” dream where I have several stories due for the paper or it’s 4 a.m., we’re still up and we need to be at an SCA event by 9 a.m.
Yeah, I worry for myself.
7.. I don’t think I knew Duchess Kolfinna at all, though it’s possible she passed through my MoL table at Pennsic. Anyway, I am praying for her family and friends.
Two things strike me: First, she was one of those people who have an amazing impact on others.
Second, she was a friend of some of my friends. She was healthy a month ago, and in her 30s. She died because of H1N1. That part frightens me.