It has been raining in Arizona. Last I heard we were at the average rain fall measure for the area and for several years now we have been consistantly under that figure. In Arizona you can say to someone 'I hope you get wet' and it is a good thing. People brag about how many days it has been since they have needed to water their gardens.
Last weekend my granddaughter and I went to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum for a bit of a walkabout. This museum is outside of Tucson about 100 miles northwest of Bisbee. Being natives to the area we didn't stop to take advantage of the instructive stops, many of which are manned by a docent. One area we did spend a bit of time in was the cactus display as my grandaughter wanted to get a photograph of a cross section of a saguaro. The woman working the stop was very friendly and knew us as locals as soon as we commented on how fat the cacti were. As the rain is taken up by the cactus it swells causing the ribs to spread. You can carefully reach into the space between the ribs and pet the cactus getting a feel of this tough, rubbery but smooth skin.
The desert has many susprises including grasslands that can be almost marsh like in a good rainy season. We get gifts such as this one which I call Monsoon's gift
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