Last Year's Nature Magic stuff'
One fun thing that the fire of 2012 brought us,
that you dont see very often
was this -
It also brought us dry ash storms...
but definitely the WEIRDEST
was
ASH DEVILS!!!!
they usually started out as small little clouds...
and you waited in wonder
to see if it would get bigger,
or
go away
sometimes they did.
Science says they form as the hot surface air of the ground
meets up with a small cool wind
and
these would turn into
ASH DEVILS!!!
But i just think its magic.
Nature magic stuff'.
They were so large we could see them miles away...
But sometimes the wind would turn into a dry storm that
would dump
a major poopload of ash into the house.
I wasnt thrilled about those.
But the coolest ones
were
the
ASH DEVILS!!!
Even when driving we would come across stunted ones in the burnt out forest...
and sometimes
they came visiting to us
reallly close
and then would dissappear as fast as they started!
Until I would look up in the sky
and see
an
ash ring...
Natures magic stuff' indeed.
This year all we get now is spectacular sunsets...
sigh.
But its okay, because I dont miss
cleaning up after those
naughty
ASH DEVILS!
;p
~
"Natures magic stuff" has always been the thing in life that keep me going and you too. Now I truly understand the hundreds of vacuums you own and REALLY need:)
ReplyDeleteI love your photos and I don't want to see anymore photos of those nasty yet beautiful Ash Devils either. Bring on more sunsets. Hugs xo B
it would get to the point where it was so disruptive - we'd see one start and it was like "ASH DEVILS!!" drop everything and go grab a camera...
Deleteit made cleanup after a fire take a little longer then necessary ;p
so cool! i'd not like the dusting involved with them, but really fun to watch!
ReplyDeleteVreselijk wat jullie allemaal hebben meegemaakt en dan ook nog z,on jarenlange nasleep.het is haast onmenselijk.
ReplyDeleteNEAT--I've seen dirt (dust) devils but never ash devils!!
ReplyDeleteWeird and cool at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I have never seen those, but yesterday, as we worked outside, something sort of exploded behind us, by the barn. It was a dust devil of magnificent proportions that made huge tumble weeds fly high up into the air and spin around, making this sort of scary sound. Soon we were eating sand, with sand in our eyes as these devils, but smaller popped up all over the place. Nature sure is something else.
ReplyDeleteFascinating! I think until you got used to them though, that some of them look suspiciously like smoke from another fire!!
ReplyDeleteSo cool . . . interesting, magical and mysterious . . .
ReplyDeleteWeirdorama! We get dust devils!
ReplyDeleteSeen dust devils before...think I have even seen these...back in 07 when we had a driving Vacation...
ReplyDeleteNothing as spectacular as yours though.
I do know that a rather large dust devil broke up an arena's fencing at Edwards AFB....
Tara
Don't know what to say about what you went through except that I'm glad that you guys had the knowledge and worked so well together to save your own lives. Someone else living out there, not knowing anything about trees and fires would not have had the same outcome. Best wishes to you to recover emotionally from all of this.
ReplyDeleteTee hee. Those ash devils are spooky things. We've seen a few here and they scared a lot of us at first. We thought they were another fire starting, but like magic...poof! They disappeared.
ReplyDeleteThey are cool looking but I don't want to see any in person thank-you-very-much!
ReplyDeleteWe get dust devils here in the desert and sometimes they are really BIG and destructive!!
I don't think I have seen an ash devil- dust devils- plenty, but no ash devils. Glad your neighborhood has greened back up.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think if you looked carefully you'd get to see a genie at the top of the cloud. Have three good wishes ready just in case. Like, I wish you'd quit dumping ashes all over my clean.
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