OMG! In Kansas those little buggers ROAR their way through August! Humming would be much more pleasant. :)

I enjoyed your article a lot. Through most of it I wanted to live in New England, then you got to winter ... I moved from the northeastern most point of Illinois to get away from the cold.

Summers here in KC are getting a little too hot, but I prefer that to the cold.

Thanks for a great read!