They're Back

Just when you thought you had seen enough scarecrow photos on this blog for the month. Here's a final one for your enjoyment — it's possibly the last one too.

October scarecrows have made a return appearance along Main Street in downtown Nashua, NH. Hoisted onto lamp posts a couple of weeks ago, they'll remain until after Halloween. In keeping with the times now, many are sporting masks, like the local pharmacy entry above. 

Local business, civic groups, schools and restaurants contributed to this seasonal scarecrow crop. Voting is online and ends this week. Winners get the glory of knowing they've beat all the others this year. And, who wouldn't want that claim to fame?

Today, I checked the online voting stats and, not surprisingly, a dance academy is in the overall lead with 600 votes. It's the middle entry ↑ above with the dancer missing a shoe.

The reason for the not surprisingly comment was because in the past 4 years of this annual downtown competition, a school entry — think lots of student and parent votes — has always won the top spot honor.

Local civic group entries include (L to R), The Humane Society for Nashua, Greater Nashua Habitat for Humanity, and Nashua Lions Club which was the vote leader in this grouping as of mid-week, but anything could happen in a day or two before voting ends. 

Schools are not the only entries garnering big numbers this year. Casey Magee's Irish Pub (R), a downtown eatery that opened in late spring, was solidly in second place with over 440 votes. It's one of only two restaurant entries this year. The other one, The Peddler's Daughter (top R) was trailing by 300 points. Apparently, restaurant and bar patrons are great vote getters.

The astronaut was in honor of a popular Nashua, NH, alderman (council member) who died in 2018 and had a passion for space and astronomy. It was out polling two competitors above from a local modeling studio (middle) and jewelers (R) by well over 100 votes. 

These cornstalk figures were not faring well in this year voting. The one on the left by a local realtor had less than 12 votes as of mid-week. The one on the right by a local herbal therapy shop had almost 50 votes. 

The Academy for Science and Design, a public charter school, (top middle) was besting Sunrise Orthotics (L) and Southern NH Health (R). Once again, the leader here is a school entry. 

Scarecrow entrants from (L to R) The Granite State Taxi Co, Nashua Senior Center, and Bar Harbor Bank & Trust were masked up, although it's safe to say they were practicing social distancing on their respective light posts. In this group, the senior center entry was leading.

Unlike a couple of years past, Clocktower Apartments, our residence, didn't have an entry. Getting resident participation was an issue, so management didn't participate this year.

Nashua Scarecrow winners will be announced the end of this week. I'll share in a future post. Sorry, I fibbed and won't be quite done with scarecrow photo posts until then.

Enjoy Your Weekend, Everyone.

We may attend an indoor craft event