That which you see above is the view from one of my kitchen windows, looking south, with nary a cloud in the sky. The reason the cloud-less sky is not blue is because predicted strong winds have blown clouds of dust skyward.
You can see the windy Ides of March forecast below.
Wind gusts of 71 mph? Isn't that bordering on hurricane strength? With the super strong wind, along with way too much dust, methinks I shall not be doing my regular daily outdoor nature communing today.
Unless I do my nature communing at Walmart, which seems unlikely at this particular point in time.
Suddenly, as I look out my computer room window, the dusty sky has taken on a light reddish color.
I battened down all my hatches, this morning, upon learning of the incoming big blow. But, so far the big blow is coming from the south, and so my patio furniture is in no danger of getting zapped.
I just realized, today is March 14. Isn't the Ides of March, March 15? This morning, I saw someone on Facebook opine something along the line of hoping a modern-day Brutus gets inspired to create a modern-day Ides of March.
Googling, I see I was right, tomorrow is the Ides of March...
The "Ides of March" refers to March 15th, a date infamous for the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, a moment immortalized by Shakespeare's play, "Julius Caesar," and the phrase "Beware the Ides of March".
The Ides of March (tomorrow) in Wichita Falls is also predicted to be windy and dusty...
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