We are now moving into the best time of year in Tucson still warm days but cooling into the 60's at night...makes for wonderful dinners on the patio. Gone is the heat of June (to me the hottest month), the no breeze but above 100 degree days of June. Gone are the summer rains, the monsoons coming up out of Mexico these storms are incredible to watch and to hear what with thunder and lightening. When a storm rolls through it can drop the temperature 2o to 30 degrees in a matter of minutes then the storm is finished and back comes the sunshine. We have had above normal rainfall in this summer rainy season, in fact, the last week of July where I live we had 5 inches. The plants love it! The flowers are glorious and it all grows so fast. I have to laugh at some friends of mine...the summer after they moved here from Seattle they left for 3 months in their motor home, they hired my gardener and when they returned were convinced he didn't come to their house at all since the yard looked just like it did when they left. So the next summer they left for 3 months with no gardener .... they came home to a jungle with some plants over 6 feet tall, needless to say they make sure to have a gardener for the summer months when they are away.
I can have the doors open at night but still need the AC during the day in another few weeks that will change too then all that fresh air comes in. However, I still miss some of the pleasures of living in a cold winter climate like coats and sweaters and all the beautiful winter clothes, snow and fires in the fireplace. Don't get me totally wrong it does get cold here in the winter, we have frost delays on the golf course and freeze warnings for the plants. My plants just have to deal with the cold I do not run out there and cover them with a sheet and they do just fine. It doesn't stay that cold for very long and not always multiple nights in a row.
All in all where ever we live has its advantages and disadvantages and each place has its own special beauty.
Jerri
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