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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.