Sand Storm


We are having very high winds today. Gusts often up to 50 mph. I went outside to put away some of our plastic chairs and couldn't find two of them. One had been blown over the garden fence and sat in the middle of the garlic bed. The other one had been stuck smack dab in the middle of the back fence.
Melanie and I went to Ft Worth shopping for baby things and when we went into the store, it was cloudy and windy but when we came out, the entire sky was sepia color. A huge dust storm had blown in. I took the top picture trying to show a tan brick office building that is quite large. It seemed to blend into the sky but it doesn't even show up in the photo.
The sun shining through the dust made things look eerie. The cars and the car windows all looked iridescent.
It was a strange sky to be sure.
On the way home, we saw several roofs where many or most of the shingles had blown off.

In the top picture, between the building and the shopping cart sign, there is a large 3 story office building

The second picture shows the pond near our house, taken around 4 this afternoon. This tiny pond had white caps on the water.



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JacquiG said…
Your garden chairs reminds me of our greenhouse. We bought a lean-to style greenhouse with aluminum poles and green heavy plastic cover. A good size you could walk in and had shelves inside. We used it in the spring, and over the summer it sat empty behind the garage. In the fall, when we were cleaning up the backyard, DH shouted to me "where is the greenhouse". It was gone!! We'd had a really strong wind, blew things around in the garden and on the deck, blew the lid off the hot tub, and obviously blew the greenhouse away! Not a sign of it anywhere!!!
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
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