Writing from Illinois, land of extreme weather

Illinois has had a tough go of it these past few months. Most notably we have broken all sorts of records for tornadoes. As of June 21, there were 196 documented tornadoes (I'm sure the number is higher now) which is more than twice the next state in the list has seen. So that's fun. 

Then, over the weekend, Iowa decided to share its torrential rain with us. There was over 4 inches of rain on Saturday and yesterday was an enormous storm. (No tornadoes this time though.) Flash flood warnings were going off all over. This was the prelude to showing you this video of our "driveway" yesterday. J. went out to see what the state of things was. He stopped walking when the water level was going to top his boots. 

The creek in front of our house had definitely overflowed its banks. Today things are nearly back tomorrow, but definitely damp. Duck has enjoyed it immensely. 

Having put in that nice seque to poultry, the other thing that happened yesterday was that L. deemed Chicken Curry healed and she (the chicken, not L.) was able to rejoin the rest of the flock. 

I can show you this picture because of what you don't see. After the raccoon attack, her back did not look good. There were deep puncture wounds and a lot of skin that was detached. I have photos, but they wouldn't have been nice to look at while sipping your morning coffee. 

And there she goes, back to her chicken friends as if she hadn't been in quarantine for a month. 

Life is never dull here despite my best efforts.