Dust Bowl and Standing

We have all read about the Dust Bowl days. But yesterday, I lived through one! As I have said before, I live in a very small town in West Texas. Two blocks from my house is prairie. I decided to step out my front door to get the mail yesterday and got quite a shock. This is what I saw:

As it moved closer, it became more windy. I decided I better go back inside as there was trash and all kinds of things blowing around.

I then began taking pictures from my front window. First, things were hazy. Then, you couldn't see the building across the street anymore.

This was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. I watched the news last night and saw some amazing videos. It is so dry here, bring on some snow!!!!

All that dirt was a cold front coming through. Today I played dress-up with Gus and put him in some of his new winter clothes. I sat him by our fireplace, but he was very distracted by the decor.. I love his blue eyes in this picture


Gus loves to stand up. He has enjoyed it since he was just a few months old. He is just about able to stand by himself. He has been pulling up on his toys for a couple of weeks.



Samson had to sit in my lap while I was taking pictures and playing with Gus

And here I am... Don't you always feel a little silly taking a self-portrait?!? And the lighting is just bad, my eyes don't have that big of circles under them :)