FIELD DAYS BEGIN!

58 degrees at 6:00, with nice blue sky!
Last Evening's WKTV weather forecast read like this:

Friday Afternoon: Mostly sunny, hot and humid. High near 90.

Friday night: Mostly clear, muggy and areas of fog. Low in the mid 60s

Saturday: Mostly sunny, hazy, hot, and humid. High: 90, Low:" 69

Sunday: Hazy, hot and humid. High: 92, Low: 69

In other words: IT'S GOING TO BE HOT!

The Boston RedSox lost 5 - 4 to Oakland in extra innings, last night. The New York Yankees will take on the Chicago White Sox, tonight, at Yankee Stadium.

An article in today's Utica O-D is Good News to all of those in opposition to the Power Line Project.

Also in the "smile-maker" department: Mrs. Davis phoned from her car, yesterday afternoon, saying that she was at Chuckery Corners and that the most-waited-for Savicki sign had appeared, reading: OUR OWN SWEET CORN! (She brought some to us and it was just as crispy-sweet as we'd remembered.) Savicki's trick is that they start corn plants in a greenhouse and then move them to the fields. Labor-intensive - but worth it - because once the word's out, not an ear goes unsold.

The Morning Tour took us past New York Pizza and gave us the answer: the new facade is being painted the same colors as those on the Barton Medical Center and Merri-Rose Florist buildings. (And they, of course, were designed to sit alongside the 1930-ish building that houses H. &. R. Block, T.Karram's office and "Michael's Fine Food & Spirits.") Far from "Victorian," but not a totally unpleasant choice.

Heading Southward on Route 12, there were several crews at work: the men installing the brick pavers were sweeping and washing those areas along west Main Street - possibly to apply a sealer. Along Sanger Avenue (where traffic and bright sunlight made it difficult - and, probably, dangerous - to take pictures) the sidewalk preparation on the East side was continuing - and it does look nice! - and Power Line was installing yet more lamp post bases. On the Western side of Sanger Avenue, the sidewalk area was getting some attention, as well and, out near the Car Wash, the paving crew was applying the final layer of blacktop to the Northbound Lane, bringing it to exactly the same level as the surface from the Car Wash South.



Just for the fun of it, we drove Westward on Route 20 as far as S. Brothertown Road and were rewarded with this view: the Windmills stood out in the bright sun as if above a lake of fog in the valley!





Coming back into the village, we spotted Doris Stephan coming back from her early-morning walk and instantly felt guilty and lazy for riding!



Around the corner and onto Madison Street - something different! Mr. Woodman has had some trees removed and the difference is startling - and nice!


On the Babbott Field Basketball Court, Mr. David Koon, his son and his grandson and grandaughter are out, early, beating the heat.





On Babbott Avenue South, the bright sun shone on Pat's Trumpet Vine and - at the house next to Foodking - Poppies sparkled like rubies.












(We'll be going uptown, later, to find more "Smiles!" at Morgan's Hardware and at "story-hour" at the Library.)