THE RECENT RAIN THAT WE RECEIVED THIS WEEK HAS BEEN A WELCOMED ADDITION. MY DELPHOS STATION HAS GOT 4.45" OF RAIN IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS. GRASS IS SHOWING SIGNS OF RETURNING TO GREEN AND THE NEW GRASS SEED THAT I PLANTED 2 WEEKS AGO IS FINALLY STARTING TO GERMINATE AND POP UP. TREES & BUSHES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF GETTING THEIR NEW LEAFS / BUDS. I HAVE A BRADFORD PEAR TREE (NOT PLANTED BY ME) THAT IS SHOWING OFF ITS NICE LITTLE WHITE FLOWERS ALREADY. DAY LILLIES HAVE STARTED TO POP THROUGH THE GROUND AS WELL. DANDELION WEEDS ARE TRYING THEIR BEST TO SPROUT IN MY LAWN BUT I AM WORKING AT KEEPING THEM AT BAY, BUT AS I PULL THEM IT IS A LOT EASIER NOW THAT THE GROUND IS MUCH MORE MOIST. THE CRACKS IN THE GROUND HAVE CLOSED UP FOR NOW THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWING SINCE AROUND JULY OF LAST YEAR. RIVER & CREEK LEVELS ARE ALL CURRENTLY SWOLLEN FROM THE AMOUNT OF RAIN WE GOT RECENTLY. WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW I NOTICED AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER OF TREE BRANCHES & LIMBS FLOWING DOWN THE RIVER NOT SURE IF THAT IS DUE TO THE EXTENDED DROUGHT CONDITIONS DROPPING TREE LIMBS AND NOW THE HIGH WATER IS STARTING TO CARRY THEM AWAY FINALLY OR WHAT BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THIS WOULD CAUSE A LOG JAM EFFECT SOMEWHERE DOWN RIVER. IT WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AS WELL THAT THE DELPHOS RESERVOIR HAS MADE IT ABOVE 50% CAPACITY AND THAT THE WATER USAGE RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED, BUT TO STILL CONSIDER SAVING WATER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THE RIVER MUST HAVE ROSE ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE CITY TO BEGIN PUMPING WATER INTO THE RESERVOIR AGAIN. WINTER WHEAT CROPS ARE LOOKING NICE AND GROWING QUICKLY WITH THE RECENT RAINS. I NOTICED THAT A FEW FARMS IN THE AREA HAVE THEIR PLANTING EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE BARN GETTING STAGED TO GO TO WORK THIS SPRING. I AM PUTTING MY OBSERVATION IN THE MIDLY DRY CATEGORY FOR THE TIME BEING AS MY NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THIS WATER YEAR (OCT 2025 - SEP 2026) IS STILL BEHIND BY 2.51" WHICH IS ONLY 84% OF NORMAL, BUT THE RECENT RAINS HAVE DEFINITELY HELPED A LOT.