What a "schmall" looks like...

We had another "schmall" this morning, which was kind of strange because it wasn't really very windy out, but the sand in the air was thick. You COULD taste it. Here's a photo at about 10:30 this morning from my driveway:


You can just barely make out the radio tower in the middle of the picture rising up over the palm tree - only if you know what you are looking for. This is how we gauge how dusty it is outside - by looking at the tower - if we can't see the tower - we stay inside.

Here is a picture from approximately the same spot in the driveway at 1:05 this afternoon:


I can assure you the photos aren't "fixed" or "shopped" or whatever. I don't even have Photoshop, and I am NOT nearly technically savvy enough to be able to do anything but unload the pictures from the camera [most of the time, anyway] and then get them posted to the very simplest form of blog.

The pool is going to be a mess. Again!