Floyd Guernsey III, owner of Guernsey's Schoharie Nursery, smiles for a TV camera at the nursery's grand re-opening ceremony on May 11. Photo by Donald Edmonds.

Like many of the towns in the path of the raging Schoharie Creek, the town of Schoharie took a heavy hit during the flooding from Irene and Lee. Even now, nearly nine months after the flood, much of the village is still out of commission.

But with spring in full bloom, Schoharie is coming back to life. Earlier this month, a beloved local icon opened its doors again for the first time since the floods shut it down last August: Guernsey's Schoharie Nursery on Bridge Street.

The nursery has been in the Guernsey family for 123 years. The Times-Union reports that owner Floyd Guernsey III was determined to open it this spring, even if it meant delaying his return to his equally flood-ravaged house.

Guernsey told the Watershed Post that while he's gotten a lot of support from his neighbors, the nursery isn't out of the woods yet.

One of the Freshtown's iconic wooden bears looks out over a row of grocery carts, lined up and ready for throngs of Margaretville shoppers to descend in the morning. Photo by Lissa Harris.

Margaretville's been waiting a long time for its grocery store to reopen: Almost nine months since epic flooding took it out of commission on August 28, 2011.

Tomorrow, the Freshtown is set to reopen bright and early at 7am, according to a few employees gathered outside the store this evening. The deli won't be back in business until probably later this week, they said -- but after waiting this long, Margaretville can probably go without cold cuts for a few days more.

One of Route 28's funkiest attractions: A '47 Dodge-turned-rocket-ship from Steve Heller's Fabulous Furniture in Boiceville. Photo by Flickr user reclaimedhome; published under Creative Commons license.

Route 28 may not be an official scenic byway (yet?), but it carries plenty of sightseers along its winding route from the Hudson River to the Adirondacks.

Last week, the New York Times polled ten of its national correspondents to find out which of America's roads were their favorites. Our own Route 28 -- and the Andes Hotel -- got some love from San Francisco bureau chief Jesse McKinley, who writes: