STRANGE SUMMER - it was a strange summer indeed. Early July started the strangeness by being unusually warm with many 90-plus-degree, humid days and equally hot nights. It was a little scary - “this is just the beginning of summer? At this rate, what’s the rest of it going to be like?” Luckily, that was it (the “Dog Days” of July?). It was also another unusual summer without the masses of insects suspended in the humid air that we used to have to wade through. Fewer bugs arou