Wow is it windy. All my wind chimes have fallen and it looks like I have sand dunes on my front patio and driveway --- plus garbage from who knows where....

According to the local weather... we are having winds to the west of an average 25mph, with gusts up to 36mph.

The dogs are going nuts cuz there's stuff in the trees and they think it's alive.

You can't see the mountains for the dust storms.... wow !

Reminds me of when I was little and we would watch the Wizard of Oz. I was always scared of the Flying Monkeys. Why I don't know. Just the idea that something could randomly come out of the sky and swoop you up I suppose. Plus they were blue -- which now that I think about it, they were really cool.

----yah -- I'm thinking I would like to be a friend now to a Flying Monkey.