1.47 inches of rain in the past 24 hours boosted us well into "normal" range, after trending into "mildly dry" all week. The one spot in the neighborhood with bad drainage still has about half an inch of standing water, but all the rest has soaked in or gone to storm drains. Birds, crickets, and frogs are singing merrily. There are buds on both the common and butterfly milkweed and the yarrow. Serviceberries are ripening quickly.