Ash Is Falling
Our first inkling came when the dark clouds moved in from the northwest.
The clouds seemed normal enough, except for the wisps of orange-lilac underneath the cloud front. It was too warm a color for our winter sky.
That was about two hours ago. I looked out the window a few minutes ago and noticed a fine, pale gray dust on the roof of the cat condo. Even as I watched, more particles were falling. It could only be volcanic ash.
Denny went out on the deck to look but came back inside when his eyes started to burn.
The snow that was fresh and white this morning is growing dingier by the minute. The big flakes of snow that are falling with the ash are coming down dirty, showing up as dark blots against the snowpack.
It is a good day to hunker down. We are lucky that we don't have to leave the house.
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ETA: It's six-thirty and the sun is shining. In the window, Mimi watches the finches outside on the deck pecking for seeds amid the dirty snow.
The evening breeze moved the edge of the tarp covering the wood pile, revealing clean snow that had escaped the ashfall.
The clouds seemed normal enough, except for the wisps of orange-lilac underneath the cloud front. It was too warm a color for our winter sky.
That was about two hours ago. I looked out the window a few minutes ago and noticed a fine, pale gray dust on the roof of the cat condo. Even as I watched, more particles were falling. It could only be volcanic ash.
Denny went out on the deck to look but came back inside when his eyes started to burn.
The snow that was fresh and white this morning is growing dingier by the minute. The big flakes of snow that are falling with the ash are coming down dirty, showing up as dark blots against the snowpack.
It is a good day to hunker down. We are lucky that we don't have to leave the house.
*~*~*~*~*
ETA: It's six-thirty and the sun is shining. In the window, Mimi watches the finches outside on the deck pecking for seeds amid the dirty snow.
The evening breeze moved the edge of the tarp covering the wood pile, revealing clean snow that had escaped the ashfall.
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