Conditions as of this morning are severely wet even though flooding has subsided from mid-week. Precipitation recorded all seven days and totaled 4.78 inches and all of this occurred on already saturated soils and ditches and streams near or at their capacity. Monday afternoon a thunderstorm dropped 0.20 inches of rain with 3/8-inch hail in 10 minutes. But the whopper thunderstorms occurred in the early morning hours on Wednesday delivering hail and 3.14 inches of precipitation. Flooded fields got more flooded and Hickory Creek went well over its banks as did drainage ditches which went over the roads in some places. Numerous customers lost their electric power. The last half of the week saw regular flood watches and warnings throughout the area and in much of Michigan dams threatened to breach and a lot of flooding occurred. Local fields are flooded and Hickory Creek, although now below within its banks, is still full. Michigan’s governor declared a state of emergency in 32 of the state’s 83 counties. Temperatures were generally unseasonably warm until Saturday which flirted with frost overnight. On the bright side, following Wednesday’s storm, redbud trees suddenly turned a vivid purple and lily of the valley emerged. An eastern bluebird and brown-headed cowbird were both observed perching on the property. The landscape is getting greener and lawns are getting thick and deep green but many lawns cannot be mowed until someone invents an amphibious lawn mower.