"The Blog" rides on! (straight ahead) The snowmobile route signs are out on the Gallaghers' farm along Osborne Avenue. (What's missing from this scene?!) Thank you, PsB! There's an old saying that admonishes: "never follow a child or animal act." Well, speaking of hard acts to follow , here we are, flouting the wisdom of old Vaudeville-- humbly accepting the gracious invitation and challenge of Mrs. Philippa Brown, aka "The Huddleblogger," to carry on hers and her late husband Dick's mission to chronicle "Life in the Small Village of Waterville in "Upstate" New York." Incidentally, so obvious from the ever-present twinkle in her eye, our dear friend Flip is very much a child at heart. Moreover, one might characterize At Home in the Huddle as having leaned over the past nine years decidedly toward flora vis-à-vis fauna ! (There's a reason for that.) "We" are you