WHERE'S DOROTHY?

FIRST SCARECROW OF THE SEASON, AT FOUNTAIN GARDEN PARK

7:00 AM: A SOFT DAWN

Sunday, 8:30 AM.  61 degrees F at the ferry dock, 55 on the back porch.  Wind WSW, calm with occasional light gusts.  The sky is dawning clear and soft, the fog that was heavy all day yesterday mostly lifted from the waters.  The humidity is 89%, and the grass and decks are dripping wet with dew and the last of the rain and fog.  The barometer is still sliding downward, now at 29.96".
   We will go to church this morning, very thankful for my good recovery thus far from bypass surgery.    Our little Christ Church Episcopal has guest pastors every Sunday. They receive free accommodations in return for a Sunday sermon, a fair arrangement for all concerned.  Gives them a vacation and us a nice variety of speakers.  It will end soon, however, and begin again next Labor Day.
   The scarecrow season, sponsored by the Chamber,  has begun, in conjunction with Applefest.  The Tin Man has appeared in Fountain Garden Park.  Now we need the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion.
   And where's Dorothy?