[Kathleen]

Have a good walk, Sweetie. Give Lulu a belly-scratch for me.

At this point, I'm not really northern anymore, nor am I totally southern. I'm bilingual. ;)

We spent 2 weeks in Phoenix during May a few years back. It was like living in an oven. I was very happy to return to the green, shady coolness of Virginia.

Have to do some work. :( BBL, I hope.

[palo verde]

Hi Kathleen
May is too warm to be strolling 'round Phoenix or Tucson
they used to shut the resorts here May thru October
cause no one in their right mind visits during those months
our intense heat doesn't leave till week after Halloween
and the first few years I was here, it hit 100° and stayed there early on in April
our summers have been ''not as bad'' recently
Last summer was crummy in whole different way
we never got our cool refreshin' rain
worse we had humidity all summer, so it didn't cool down at night
what makes desert summers bearable, is instant total relief when Sun goes down
oki and I are desert rats, so we are used to it
love, palo