Oz Park

Cousin Judy is becoming a name on the internet as long as you google her name with Oz Park or scarecrow. She spends most of her time fussing over the details of the park and that includes collecting drug bags left by the high school students. Friday was the day the third statute was put in the park across the street from her house.

Oz Park, bounded by Lincoln, Webster, Dickens and North Edward Court in Lincoln Park, is truly becoming the land of Oz in Chicago. Already housed there are sculptor John Kearney's statues of the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and, coming in June, the Scarecrow, which will be installed in the Emerald City Garden. The Oz Park Advisory Council hopes to eventually raise funds to commission a Dorothy and Toto statue.

"The park has become a tourist attraction," said council treasurer Judy Johanson. "People take pictures in front of the statues all the time. Dorothy and Toto are the logical next step."

I think a marching band was included in the installation and Judy orchestrated the festivities. I don't know if she was able to order up the sunny weather she wanted.

We have only rain here and I guess that is what we need. I am ready for some summer now however. Lucas, his parents and Alberta were here for dinner this afternoon and the rain stopped just in time to allow Lucas to hit a few balls with his foam baseball bat.