This has been a very good summer for north florida pineywoods folks! There has been a great deal of rain and the drought of the past several years has been broken.

The temperatures have stayed in the low nineties instead of days and days of over one hundred. (We'eve only had a few of those so far this summer).

We haven't had any hurricanes thus far and none last year!

My fig crop was the best it's ever been and my grass is finally growing.

I still want to turn my front yard into a meadow but the homeowner's associateion won't let me!!!

The thunder showers have kept my raggedy-ass pond full and the tadpoles are plentiful...crepe mrytles, caladiums, pentas, and lantana are abundant! Dragonflies hover over the pond and the air smells like snakes! mmmmmmmmm...hg