Right before our Super Bowl party, I realized that our home looked like a bachelor pad: no window coverings, no pictures on the walls, no personal touches. So I panicked and bought some window coverings at WalMart the weekend before, and hung a few pictures. I was surprised at how inexpensive the curtains were, and disappointed that I hadn't done it sooner. I had originally wanted to make curtains out of sheets from Goodwill, but never got around to it. Above are the results from the living room. They are 2 tab-top dark navy denim panels hung on 1 silver-gray rod. According to what I've read, curtains should be hung about 4 inches above the top of the window, and that's what I tried to do. I plan to paint the living room walls someday so the contrast between them and the curtains isn't so stark.
Once he realized I was taking pictures, he really hammed it up. What a kid...
Whenever we go to Medical City in Dallas for a doctor's appointment, we have to stop in the lobby on our way out so that Charlie can visit the big plush whale. He loves to try to climb up the whale's head, and wasn't able to do that until recently, since he's begun to swim and build up his strength. This last visit, when he reached the top, he sat down and pretended to meditate. It was hilarious!
I took other, less dramatic photos of the brown gloom, but this is the most telling of them all. The hazy glowing orb above our neighbors' two-story house on the right side of the photo is the sun. It's obscured by the dust in the atmosphere.
...upon our town on February 24, 2007. When I went outside that afternoon, the sky was brown, and I couldn't see all the way up the street. This is the view from our front yard across the vacant lots that are across the street from us. The houses in the distance are 2 blocks away from us. They look hazy because of all the dust in the air.
This is an image from one of NASA's satellites of the dust storm "narrowly missing" the DFW Metroplex. The brown boomerang-shaped blobby is the dust, and the light gray circular-shaped blobby to its right is DFW. I found this article with an interesting animated map that illustrates the dust storm's movement that day. Enjoy!
