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[ellarien]

Suddenly, yesterday, the light was different. Summer light, rather than spring. Hot, clear, skin-stinging. The high temperature went from low seventies to mid-80s overnight. The air is heavy and sweet -- and full of pollen, which is making everyone as miserable as it's possible to be with so much beauty everywhere. The hedgehog cacti are blooming, half lost in the tangle of wildflowers, and I found one prickly pear in the cactus garden.

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[ritaxis.livejournal.com]

You get summer even earlier than us! Here, summer comes in May.

[ellarien]

Well, we may be getting alternate days of spring and summer for a while yet. That makes a change from alternate days of winter and spring, anyway. There's at least a few weeks of cactus-flowering season to come, and I'm still using a bit of heat in the mornings (being thin-blooded from living here) but the feel of the air and the light yesterday was definitely different.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile we're definitely moving into spring here. :) It's still cold at nights -- there was a noticeable frost two days ago -- but on days when it's sunny, it's starting to feel warm.

[ellarien]

It's all relative ;) I sometimes say that I'd happily swap one day of English summer for two of the Tucson winter -- the temperatures are about the same, but there aren't as many hours of daylight.

[janni.livejournal.com]

It was lovely yesterday, wasn't it? We were down in Arivaca, doing a short hike, and the air didn't feel like something was shifting.

and full of pollen, which is making everyone as miserable as it's possible to be with so much beauty everywhere

Yeah ... I miss my unmuddled non-allergy brain, but it's hard to resent it too much with everything smelling and looking so stunning.

[ellarien]

Yes, yesterday was pleasant!

Between allergies, antihistamines, and staying up nights playing with the shiny embargoed data, my brain is thoroughly scrambled at the moment, but the flowers are still lovely.