Off-topic: gunfire blasts coming from the river a mile from my house for the past two hours - I guess hunting season has arrived.

Either that, or someone armed the cattle and they’re in revolt.

Surrounded by so many cattle pastures here, flies are always a problem in the house this time of year; my wife and I have sort of a game where we see who can score the most points by sucking them up with a vacuum cleaner wand (that, and it is a lot cleaner than poison or swatting). She won this morning… .