AZ "Deep Freeze"

Hello Reader,

As you may have heard, AZ is experiencing some very unusual temperatures. In my last post, I was complaining a little about the warm weather ... well, ask and you shall receive! The highs have been in the 40's and at night it gets below freezing! This "Deep Freeze" has been the leading story every night on the news for a week.

I've never seen ice on the sidewalks in AZ!

There are two things I find amusing about this "deep freeze" ...

One,  it looks the same outside if the temperature is 46 or 106. It is always sunny, the sky is always blue, and it is as lush with greenery as AZ can get. It is incredibly deceiving.

Two, Arizonians focus on one thing in this cold, their plants. It's not about warming up their cars or making sure their pipes don't freeze, all they talk about are the fact that their plants might die. I have come to realize that plant death due to frigid temperatures is a novelty around here. To prevent this tragic event, people cover their gardens and citrus trees in sheets that do not seem to be the standard, clearly right off the mattress sheets. The sheets are all a crisp white and look as if they were custom made for that particular plant. Below, you can see the entrance to the apartment complex that has two large perfectly tailored, clean, white sheets covering up the flower beds.

I'm going to pretend that all these white patches on green grass all over the valley are snow piles. And I will embrace this "really" cold weather as if it was a true New England winter.

Thanks for reading!

- M