The first three photos were taken from my back patio (facing south). The last photo was taken after I walked through the house and out the front door (facing north).
The weather forecast said that clouds would move in and the wind would pick up later in the day. I went to brunch around noon. There were clouds building on the western horizon - big, fleecy, white clouds. When I walked out after lunch (about an hour later), imagine my surprise to see big, BLACK clouds much closer than the western horizon.
I headed west to check on my 'old' house that's for sale. Keep in mind, on the west side of the ABQ metro area, there's a whole lotta open space. As I'm driving along, the wind SUDDENLY really kicked up and put a whole lotta dust in the air. At one point, I could barely see the car in front of me (about 6 car lengths away). All I could see was their tail lights. Fortunately, I was able to drive through the dust cloud and clearer air. When I got to my 'for sale' house, you could feel that the temperature had dropped several degrees.
Needless to say, I did a quick check of the house and headed back to my 'new' house. I got back and prepared for some really nasty weather coming in. Only to have it all peter out. A few sprinkles, a few more wind gusts and then, nada. Oh, well. The rain would have been nice, but I'm glad it didn't turn out anything like it initially threatened.
Papillon
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