We’ve had several days of unseasonal rain this past week: gentle light rain that is warm and wonderful.  Disappointing for the tourists, but the locals here LOVE the rain.  Water is life here and it’s lovely to look across at the mountains and see them so green.  Our friends at the market, the organic farmers, are ecstatic as two of them were horribly impacted by Hurricane Odile and have had to start some crops, trees, and irrigation systems from scratch.

I’ve always loved the smell of rain and Ron found a wonderful video in the New York Times that explains the phenomenon: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/science/how-the-smell-of-rain-bubbles-from-the-ground.html?_r=0.  Enjoy!