PPal - LOL!! Yea, our desiccating air here saps the moisture out of everything: plants, ground, skin, etc. Sometimes after a long day in the garden my hands literally ache. Not from digging/pulling weeds/etc, but because the skin is just SOOO dry. Lots & lots of cocoa butter. Wish there was some way I could help my roses, but not really. I get really worried when the edges of the leaves start to curl & blacken.. haven't had that yet, but it's not even summer yet (not officially.. not for another week).