Your Scribe doesn't know if we are actually in a drought but August has been one of the driest on record. Here are my good and bad points to a dearth of rain, as it relates to the cabin.

Good

- Flowers grow, as this photo of the sunflowers shows.

- There are fewer bugs. In spring after heavy rains, it's tough to walk in the woods. Now there are fewer pests. Fewer weeds, too.

- It's easier to launch the canoe. Now that the river has gone down, there is more low riverbank from which to get into the boat.

- The firewood is drying. I haven't put away all the recently cut logs. Since they are green anyway, it's good to have them drying in the sun.

- Workmen are willing to work. Kevin the Well Digger has actually begun to take down trees and clear an opening for the well. Both Bob the Woodsman and Gary the Energetic Logger were always telling me it was too wet in the woods to take down trees.

Bad

- Corn and pumpkins do not grow. They need moisture, and generally I am not there during the week to water them.

- The river is so low I don't know if I will be able to get through the rocks downstream. I will find out this weekend.

What is that, 5-2 in favor of really dry weather? Actually, I think the margin should be greater. I loved the sunshine of August!

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