2.2” rain this week.  Early in the week while it's raining the creeks were brown-water rapids, the seeps were fountains.  They are back to normal flows.  The rock shelf in our upper pond is submerged again; the water is coming up but still low.  Areas that were puddles on Wednesday were just moist on Thursday.  The earth is thirsty, but trees, grass, corn and beans doing well.  Daylilies and yuccas blooming, magnolias done. Pears and apples developing nicely.  Bright orange Butterfly Weed is blooming and loaded with butterflies. Deer, turkeys, & quail visiting (still no young), hummingbirds depleting the feeders at at rapid rate.