This was a fairly dry week with just 0.26" of rain measured across three days; as such we're back to being dry and seeing a 'high' fire rating.  The mosquitoes are beginning to decrease in numbers although they are still nasty.  I've seen a few more moose of late although few have calves in tow; the wild birds are, of course, abundant.  The ground is back to being dry and there's a lot of dust created by any vehicular traffic on the back roads.  Our temps have cooled a bit and the days are now rather pleasant with highs in the upper sixties to middle seventies and lows dropping into the upper forties to middle fifties.  We really need and extended period of gentle, soaking rain.  With July rapidly approaching here's hoping we see such events...