Ever since traveling through a CA desert in the spring and seeing it bloom, I have wanted to live in the desert. It's beautiful.
The desert that is quite an unusual place to stay living conditions is very hostile.
I was also influenced in my interest by Edward Abbey's "Desert Solitude" and Louis L'Amour's "Haunted Mesa." The made the desert sound romantic.
I can understand the inspiration but the temperature and the weather can be a big deal.
Yes, I'm sure it's all a challenge. Have you traveled to any desert areas or lived in them?
Never lived there and once when me and my husband went on vacation we was going to tour a desert but there was a downpour alert and those can cause flash floods so we never made it.
I keep cactus as a memory of my interest in the desert.  The blooms certainly do not disappoint!
That is a great memory they are actually good in the desert they conserve water.