Happy Autumn! And it's going to start off a dry one. Grass has stopped growing and things are getting dusty once again. Bottom line is that we've received just 17.17 inches of rain this year. Normal through the end of September here is 31.58 . Not sure how we haven't had at least some water restrictions. Birds remain active but haven't seen many wasps recently. Creek remains low and is stagnating in parts. Cracks remain in the soil.