bordering once again on moderately dry; depending on how much predicted showers bring Wednesday will likely go into that category next Sunday, shorter days and lower sun angle are keeping things from drying out more, no rain for the past 9 days, 3.04 in September, local streams are almost empty with just a few puddles, six measurements in the yard yielded an average of 2 on a scale of 1-10  down from 3 last Sunday, local farm fields dry and dusty, three local golf courses report dry areas on unwatered fairways one hole at one course that is usually wet is dry, hummingbirds gone, foliage color muted.