This is the sweet time of year in Arizona for weather. It hit ninety the other day for the first time, but mostly the days have been temperate with a gentle breeze. Soon it will too hot to spend much time outside during the day.
It was a fascinating spring, weatherwise. We actually got snow in Scottsdale in February, not where we live but a few miles north where the elevation is higher. The local Reddit was filled with folks' pictures of saguaros with snow on the them.
But although we didn't get snow at this elevation, the mountains nearby got plenty of it. It was most the beautiful sight. Normally the mountains are barren with little vegetation. They seem brown and featureless most days. In the winter, after the rains, they look green like Pennsylvania. But after the snow something fascinating happened. Their barrenness was coated with white overlaid on the rocks. They looked exactly like the High Rockies above the tree-line (for there are "above the treeline", of course).
The snow lasted a week before melting away. Now the snow is but a memory. We've moved onto rattlesnake season.
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