Thursday, July 5, 2007

Sandstorm!

This isn't just a crappy picture. This is what it looks like trying to take a picture of a sandstorm. This one hit at about 7:30 and it's still going. It sounds like the ocean is right outside our windows. R. and I had to come inside because the sand was hurting our eyes and making our teeth gritty. It was really much lighter outside than this, but the camera seems to be focusing on the sand. This is from the curb looking back at our house. Whoa! You can't even see it! In real life you could see across the street, but there were huge blowing clouds of sand between us and the house. It's a little bit creepy because there's thunder and lightning inside the storm too.

They had predicted that today would be the first day of the monsoon and it looks like they were right! This sandstorm should be just ahead of the rain. Yay!

2 comments:

karmakat said...

WOW !!!!!!!!

With traveling last weekend and then the holiday, I've been away from the computer.

Your posts are all awesome.

Rob looks so cute in his goggles. Is that a transformer thing too?

That sandstorm sounds exciting, but scary. You might need to wear masks when you go outside in one.

We have been the lucky recipients of one of Rob's birthday feasts. YUM

It must be the season for cats sleeping in weird places. Karen just showed us a picture of Polly sitting in the sink. Like your cats, she acts like she's always done that.

The rabbit pictures are great. You have such an imagination to want to make up stories about them. What fun.

Love the posts. Keep 'em coming.

katie o. said...

What do Georgie and Orbit do in the sandstorms? Are they scared? Do they even know there are storms outside?

I like the first Michael Sowa painting the best. Your little stories make them so much cooler, too.