May 21, 2020
By midweek we had surpassed record rain totals for the month of May for the third year in a row. Go Chicago, we're on a roll!
Much of that water ended up in our basement, courtesy of a failed egress window and an abysmal storm drain, last Sunday evening. We're doing all right; never lost power, were able to spend the night at home, and by 3:00 a.m. the bulk of the water was cleared by the three pumps we had running.
It HAS forced us to spend several days cleaning our basement, so I haven't been able to visit the preserves as I normally would. Here are pictures taken either in 2018 or 2019, within a week of today's date. When the cleanup is finished I will go look for this year's version. In the meantime, you get three pictures featuring wild ginger, with its bashful, understated flowers that shelter in place.
By midweek we had surpassed record rain totals for the month of May for the third year in a row. Go Chicago, we're on a roll!
Much of that water ended up in our basement, courtesy of a failed egress window and an abysmal storm drain, last Sunday evening. We're doing all right; never lost power, were able to spend the night at home, and by 3:00 a.m. the bulk of the water was cleared by the three pumps we had running.
It HAS forced us to spend several days cleaning our basement, so I haven't been able to visit the preserves as I normally would. Here are pictures taken either in 2018 or 2019, within a week of today's date. When the cleanup is finished I will go look for this year's version. In the meantime, you get three pictures featuring wild ginger, with its bashful, understated flowers that shelter in place.
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