Today, the skies seemed hazy, in contrast with the area weather forecasts.
On the way to the weekly family gathering, I noticed an unusual amount of dust on my car.
As the day went on, the light took on an odd, orange tone, as if filtered through a slice of agate... a tone which shifted toward an unsettling reddish hue.
Tonight, I saw perhaps the strangest sunset I have ever seen in my life, something I can't recall witnessing outside of a sci-fi film set on planets far, far away.
Finally, it clicked. Wildfires east of the mountains have kicked up enough ash to dust my car and color the skies. (Actually, the news claims it was the fires in British Columbia behind it.)
Still creepy as heck, though...
(Yeah, this was mostly an excuse to post an I'm-not-dead-my-life's-just-dull update. I got new glasses which may or may not need realigning - still trying to figure out if it's me or the lenses - and I hit ten posts in a month over on Brightdreamer's Book Reviews, but nothing else has leapt out as postworthy.)
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The sun was the same tonight, we were wondering if it might be the fires up north.
I remember having similar sunsets back in Oregon when I was a teenager, during some massive wild fires from the eastern part of the state.
Last night was still bright enough you couldn't really look at it, unlike this oddball; I still tried for some pictures.
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