Sign of Spring in SoIL. c. Jordy Jones 2010
Southern Illinois. SoIL. So Ill it’s practically Kentucky. Weather in the 80s has brought out both blossoms and bloodsuckers. Humidity is rising in the Mississippi flyway. Pink buds, strange signs and an impending exodus…we’re going going back back to Cali Cali. Thirty days and counting.
The Gay Highwaymen 
and chiggers! *shudder*
And something called “no-see-ums” – like microscopic mosquitoes. Double-shudder!