Friday

It's 34.5 degrees, with frost in the forecast.

• Today: Increasing clouds with rain developing after sunset from south to north. High near 60.
• Tonight: Rain, heavy at times. Low in the low 50s.
• Saturday: AM rain, tapering to showers. Some breaks of sunshine possible in the afternoon. High: 64, Low: 44
• Sunday: A few lake effect rain showers. Cooler. Breezy. Widespread frost likely Sunday night. High: 50, Low: 28

The only information that I have about yesterday's WCS showing in the Soccer Finals is that in the Girls' Varsity game against Tully the final score was 0 - 0 with Waterville advancing on PKs. The Boys' team? I don't know, but I'll add on whatever someone might send me. (Thanks!)

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It's a shame that the children who probably raked these leaves, on White Street, will never know just how wonderful the Autumn maple-leaf bonfires smelled!

On Madison Street

The Common Barberry

There are several things that can be done with barberries - my great-grandmother made "shoe-peg pie," so called because the seeds were like the little wooden pegs used to hold soles to uppers, in the very-old days - but I just like looking at them!

Common Milkweed

Although Botanica.com provides some information about actually using Milkweed, it's another plant that's a great deal more fun to look at - especially this time of year! The breeze - a wind, really - kept shaking seeds loose, setting them free like clouds of fluttery white moths.

There were just a few Canada Geese on this pond, way down on Beaver Creek Road, and the hardwoods on the hillside were nearly all bare.

Poplars - or aspen - are all turning gold, now .............

.......... on a hillside next to Bailey Lake.

Down in Stockwell, Pat dug while Dave supervised .....

......... and the flag flew on Dottie and Inchie's "Schoolhouse."

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Things to do

Plant more bulbs, put away lawn furniture, do storm windows...... and that's enough!

For some, the current exhibition at the Munstitute is a "must,"

DINNER THEATER at MVCC:
“My Dead Lady”
Friday, October 26, 2007
7pm MVCC Commons $15 General MVCC fac/staff $10, Students $5
Phone: 315-735-2945

and this looks like a good idea, too: Fort Rickey's Fall Fun Fest isn't just for little kids!

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And in baseball .......

the Series continues at 8:00 p.m.
on Saturday, Sunday & Monday in Colorado.

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Have a great weekend!