Good morning.

Today’s forecast calls for a breezy day, with a high temperature of forty-five degrees.

Whitewater’s Parks & Rec Board meets at 5 p.m. today. The meeting agenda is available online.

Over at Wired Science, Rachel Ehrenberg begins a story on the alteration of a 19th century painting with these clever lines:

Experimenting with a vivacious blonde, only to settle instead on a somber brunette, is an old, clichéd storyline — in fact, it’s at least 200 years old. A new analysis of a 19th century painting reveals that the artist first depicted a blonde with purple ribbons in her hair, before painting the canvas over with a sedate, unadorned brunette.

Ehrenberg’s story, X-Rays Reveal 19th-Century Artist’s Cover-Up, describes an example of pentimenti, where a painter covers over an initial figure with a different one.  X-ray imaging revealed that

the painting now known as “Pauline in a white dress” emerged after substantial changes. The presence of cobalt indicated that blue pigment was used in the woman’s purple hair ribbons, and the orange-red pigment vermilion was indicated by mercury. The presence and distribution of antimony, which is associated with the pigment Naples yellow, and lead, indicating white paint, suggest that the woman initially had blond curls that tumbled loosely over her shoulders, contrasting sharply with the tidy brown pulled-back hair of the visible work.

In any event, whatever the motivation for the alteration, the woman in the final version is lovely in her own right.

Good morning,

April begins with a chance of rain and snow, and a high temperature of forty-five degrees.

It’s VIP Day at Lakeview School today, and Eagle & Spirit Day at Washington School. At the middle school, there’s World Tour in the gym during the day, and activity night this evening at 7 p.m.

Google offers an April Fools’ Day prank, and it’s a good one. Enjoy.

Good morning.

Whitewater’s weather for today looks to be mostly sunny and forty-nine degrees. We started the month with a temperature of abut forty-degrees. I’m not sure that fits the adage that March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb, but it’s evidence of a positive change.

In the CIty of Whitewater today, the Joint Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. That agenda is available online. It’s all about the wreck that is tax incremental district 4.

What happens when cat-like aliens decide to invade an inner city block in London? The working class residents decide to defend their turf. That’s the premise of Attack the Block, and I think it looks promising:

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Good morning.

It’s a mostly sunny day ahead for the Whippet City, with a high temperature of forty-five degrees.

There will be a joint Park & Recreation Board and Landmarks Commission tonight at 7 p.m.

The meeting will feature a public hearing:

Neighbors and interested community members are invited to attend a public hearing on Wednesday, March 30th at 7:00 PM, held at the Whitewater Municipal Building in the 2nd floor conference room. The public hearing will be held jointly by the Parks and Recreation Board and the Landmarks Commission. This will be the third meeting in a series of public meetings, the prepared restoration plan will be presented at the meeting and the intention of the meeting is to generate discussion and direction for the plan. The City has contracted with Jennings & Associates, a planning firm that has significant background in both land restoration and planning, as well as archeological preservation.

The draft plan for the restoration is available online.