Unlike the history making drought conditions we were in this time last year, this summer has been a wet one here at the Boggy Thicket. For the past couple of weeks, we have been in a weather pattern that brings rain – anything from scattered showers to severe thunderstorms – almost every day.
The extreme high temperatures and drought conditions we had last summer are afflicting other areas of the nation this year.
The good news is that the dry lakes and reservoirs of last summer are back at or near their historically normal levels, and forest fires in Texas are almost nonexistent.
The bad news is that the mosquito population is multiplying exponentially with every shower. I found wiggle-tails swimming in our dogs’ bowl the other day, and I had cleaned and refilled it the day before!
The county has not sprayed for skeeters yet this year; looks like they’re trying a new approach.
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