Without a doubt, drought is worse than this. I always fear fire, and right now you couldn't burn this country down if you tried. We are and have been green as Ireland all spring and summer, so no complaints there. The grass is great, but it would just be nice to share a little of the wealth sometimes! The foot rots are coming on full roar now, but that is expected with these conditions, and with all the rain, the salt melts away, so its a full time job keeping the cattle salted. We have a ton of mosquitoes this year, which is most unpleasant, as we don't normally have enough to bother you, so we're not used to it at all. The deer flies, horse flies, lazy flies and assorted other flies are enough without mosquitoes. Lack of mosquitoes and enough breeze to keep the flies off are some of the most attractive things about summer in this country, along with the scenery of course.
