I live less than one mile from the house I was raised. Yes, you can call me a world traveler LOL. As a child, I remember Tucson's winters being winters: cold and wet. Today, were are lucky to get more than two weeks where the temperatures hover below 65 degrees Fahrenheit and the winters rains are scant. Halloween would be cool and a light jacket or sweater would be advised. Today, children are trick-or-treating in t-shirts and shorts. Summer monsoons are gone. The classic late afternoon storm with the cumulonimbus looming in the southeast right before the downpour, lightening and winds GONE. Now the summer rains occur mostly in the middle of the night with less of a lightning show and a bit of a drizzle rather than a downpour. My back yard has been the biggest truth teller. I have native plants all of which I now water every week or the plants will start to look rather stressed. The only plant that seems to take this all in stride is the jojoba. Wildflowers nearly gone. As for the fauna, few if any inca doves, regal horn lizards, cactus wrens, broad-necked darkling beetles, and hummingbirds.