Last week I called it severely dry due to a month with little precip and hot temps (87 earlier this week, and a couple of low 80s). May-June is our usually our wettest time of year. But yesterday it finally rained--1.05", bringing the May total to 1.63". This is still well below normal, so I'll reduce the drought to mild. The last hard freeze was two weeks ago, and so beans are now planted in garden, with the tomatoes to be planted soon. Up until today, daily watering was required. It been another year without spring mushrooms to pick (morels and boletes). That's 3 years in a row. Plants and wildflowers are still 3 weeks ahead of normal.