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Look at all that green. I forget what the desert does to my eyes.
Sigh. I feel more peaceful just gazing at that photo…
Jessica, It shouldn’t be this green. Everything should be burned up and bone dry and still over 100 at sunset, but when it rains everyday in July it all feels more springlike.
Danigirl, Thanks. I find hiking – even short ones – the most peaceful thing there is.