My broad expanse of windows faces east only. To the west, a hillside, hiding the sun a good 90 minutes before it sets. Hence, sunsets tend not to be a big deal for me. However, an exception yesterday.
As a rule, Arizona sunsets -- the
Arizona Highways kind, anyhow -- tend to be skies, not clouds. As a rule, our clouds up here in the mountains are usually thinning out late in the day. However, for two days we've had a big, blustery cold front moving in from the northwest, drawing strings of clouds up from the south.
And they've been scudding along in a fashion that's almost a reminder of the offshoots of hurricanes I recall from my Florida days.
Certainly not quite as fast, but... In any event, this particular cloud was flattening on the top.
And some inky wisps were showing up, even as shadows from the mountains to the west were darkening the lower clouds.
The final colors begin a brief display...
And fade to grey except at the very top. I should add that despite the forecasters' optimism, we received about 15-20 drops of rain out of two day's worth of wind storms.
Is a volcano erupting somewhere in our neighborhood? Mexico? Central America? I just checked my Alaska link; not up there. Asking, because we have had spectacular sunsets, which I tend to credit to a mountain blowing its stack. I don't usually get the west view (above) because of my hillside location, though I have a splendid sunrise vista from my kitchen window (but am up at that hour maybe once every couple of years).
Waiting for my ride after shopping at the northern Safeway the other evening at sunset, I was struck by the lighting poles scattered through the big parking lot. Especially how they appear to be blossoming, in a curious, man-made way. Worth a couple of pictures in any event.
Linkage: The Spadefoot Toad discovered a Post-It-ed car down in Tucson; it was covered in love notes. A different idea of transporation at Geekologie: a beefy hummer equipped with equally beefy treads. Steve, of the Red Squirrel, should especially enjoy pb's post showing how her NY squirrels laid waste to the Thanksgiving pumpkins. More critters over at the One Acre Wood, including an unexpected tortoise.
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