#arizona az

[maddi--paige]

tierra luna spa | may 2023

[catfindr]

[matthewgrantanson]

Desertia, Arizona -- December 31st, 2022

Etsy

[kadoore]

I really wish we'd teach about seasons based on where the kid lives and not on this midwestern/northeastern ideal of spring/summer/fall/winter.

My kiddo is learning about leaves changing color and falling off trees while she lives in Florida. She asked us when the leaves would fall here and I had to break it to her: never.

What I wished she'd learn instead, and which she will:

Autumn isn't falling leaves in Florida -- it's hurricanes and wildflowers. We tend to the monarch butterflies passing through and don't clear out the brush lest we clear out their chrysalises. We reclaim the evenings from summer's last grasps and await every cold front.

Winter isn't snow and ice here -- it's enjoying the beauty around us, exploring the woods, going outside without risking exsanguination by mosquito. Winter is our season of bounty, of relief. And sometimes, yes, we have to cover the plants to protect them from frost and we leave footprints on the grass in the morning. Here is our season of abundance, of frost-kissed oranges and lemons, of strawberries picked with your breath clouding your hands, of blueberries gathered in skirts. Kale and lettuce, beets and greens, it's all here for us in winter.

Spring isn't the season of hope it is up North. It's an end, a swelling of heat so sudden you swear by it. Florida kids need to know it's lovebug season and every bug season, it's gator baby season, it's beach before tourists season, and it's also fire season. The air is sticky but the trees are dry and an early thunderstorm could ignite it all, so be careful. Be careful.

Summer is our winter and it's shit. You step outside and you melt. It's hurricane season, but not really. More like hurricane preparatory season. They should teach kids here to check their supplies and how to chart a hurricane's movement. Summer is about wearing a jacket inside, because everywhere has the a/c cranked up. Kids need to learn how to cover themselves head to toe in insect repellant and sunscreen.

Instead of learning all that, my kid's gonna come home this week sad again that we don't have snow.

[salamisav]

Outside 191 Toole in, you guessed it, Tucson, Arizonia

[jailenelizeth69]

[knifeforsale]

“THE TOWN TOO TOUGH TO DIE” | LISTING

[stromer]

call me crazy... but i think hockey belongs in the desert idk

[cannibalgh0st]

🌺✨️🥥🍹

[nocternalrandomness]

F-86 Sabre parked on the ANG Ramp at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, Arizona - 1956

[catfindr]

[matthewgrantanson]

Year End, Arizona -- December 31st, 2022

Etsy

[arizonahotlife]

Happy hump Day everyone

[docileeffects]

[maddi--paige]

rawdogging this sunset (no filter)

midtown, phoenix, arizona

[jailenelizeth69]