Madness (or: Our Insane Weather Today)

Just the other day, we had snow. (See picture from yesterday's post). Today, it's 53 degrees. And windy. It was raining, but that stopped at about noon. Good-bye beloved snow. Hello Georgian winter. 

This afternoon, I noticed the wind picking up. Leaves skittered across the front lawn. The clouds looked...interesting. So I grabbed my camera phone and leaped out the front door. Barefoot (*facepalm*). The wind instantly assailed me, and the clouds moved absurdly fast.

This Doctor Who soundtrack (thank you, Murray Gold!) started playing in my head.

(Series Five: Words Win Wars)

I ran down the cold driveway, imagination transporting me to the story I'm writing.

Feet now numb, I ran back inside.

Then, a few minutes later ran back out (this time with shoes) and took these pictures:



Strange, no?

Now, it's getting even darker. And even more ominous. And colder, creepier.

I checked the weather forecast. Today: 50 Tomorow: 23 and snow.

There are thunderstrorm warnings.

Madness.

Utter madness.

Snow!

'Nuf said.

What's Wrong With This Picture?

What's wrong with this picture?

Well, nothing, really.

Except that it's December 21. The Winter Solstice.

Do you see any snow?

I didn't think so.

All day (all year, more like) it's been between 50 and 70 degrees.

What's wrong with that?

Nothing. Unless it's December. Unless there's four days until Christmas.

Here are some other pictures I took:

From a tree. Not a good idea when it's wet and your boots are muddy.
You can almost fall out and scare yourself half to death.
Take my word for it.

Not a good way to find out your boots aren't completely waterproof... >_<

It's been raining all day. Can't ya tell? 

With the weather we've had this year, you'd think it was Ireland or something...



They kinda look like the clouds out in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and that area. Absolutely beautiful. 



Oh, my. If you could hear the wind right now...

I think it's trying to blow down our door.

Ah, well.

Happy Winter Solsice to you all,

and may you get more snow than it looks like I will.

Ominousness

Okay, I don't know if that's even a word or not, but if it isn't, it should be.

Anywho, It's really ominous outside right now.

My dog was running back and forth across the front yard, going crazy.

So, I opened the front door to see why he was acting so strange.

Nothing.

Then I looked up and saw this:

My camera is broken, so I grabbed my phone and ran outside in my bare

feet.

Wind ran its fingers through my hair, and blew through my clothing,

chilling me to the bone. My neighbor was shouting to someone else.

My dog was going crazy.

Leaves skittered past.

Clouds raced across the sky.

An eerie Celtic song wafted from my computer and through the screen door,

giving me chills.

It was one of those moments when it feels like anything could happen.

Like when the main character at the beginning of an

action/adventure/fantasy novel finds the thing that starts the story.

An ancient key or map, secret room, or portal. You never know what'll

happen.

The last time I saw clouds move that fast, there was almost a tornado in

my neighborhood(but that's a different story for another time).

Thankfully, these clouds weren't spinning or appearing to tumble over

each other. No, they were just tinged with pinkish orange.

These are the other pictures I took: