I didn't know it rained in AZ. 

I still can't get over your tiny little legs Bert!! They're so cute.

It does rain! Especially here in Tucson. And when it does, it doesn’t just rain — it MONSOONS.

Apparently, it only rains about 50 days a year here and pretty much all of those days happen in July and August.

It's called it Monsoon Season. The sky darkens out of nowhere. The wind picks up. Rain pours in sheets and comes in micro-bursts. Huge thunder clap and lightning strikes that take up the whole sky.

And the humans here? They love it.
They watch the clouds build all afternoon. They open their windows just to smell the creosote (a plant has a smell that melds into the natural petrichor to make the PERFECT rain smell). They go outside after the storm just to feel how the air has changed.

There are downsides. Flash floods. Dust storms. Downed trees. Power outages. I, personally, was not warned that the sky could growl.

But also? It’s kind of… magical. The desert blooms. Everything turns green(er). The world smells alive.

So yes — it rains in Arizona! Not often. But when it does? It’s really something.

Sonoran desert monsoon season is magical 🙏