5 days of rain this week totaled 4.99 inches of rain, and storms on 3 of the days totaled 4.57 inches and were accompanied by 30 mph gusts, lightning and noisy thunder. Thunder and Roxie barking resulted in 2 sleepless nights. Soil is saturated, water bodies are high, and water is standing in areas that usually do not collect water. MTD rainfall is 4.11 inches over the 30 year NOAA norm and 754% of normal. YTD and MTD are in the normal range for the first time in a long time. Extra wiping of Roxie’s paws when she comes inside. Grass is green, forsythia is budding, Dutchman’s Breeches, early daffodils, Scilla,  and Puschkinia  are beginning to bloom, and Twinleaf is emerging.