Back in March

[solarbird]

Back in March, we had a sudden but large storm appear out of almost nowhere. The weather was pretty nice, for March, then suddenly it very much wasn't. I took a bunch of pictures but never posted them, so I'm doing that now.


March Storm 1

It only took about, gosh, 10 minutes to roll in from the south, and the streetlights started coming on, and homes started lighting up as people reacted to the sudden dark.


March Storm 2

The creepy part was how you could see the clouds overhead just winging by, but not feel much wind at all down by the house. Then it picked up a bit at ground level.


March Storm 3

And then the wind picked up a lot.


March Storm Winds

Then it calmed down and lightened a bit, all about 15 minutes later, after which, it snowed.


March Storm Snows (1)


March Storm Snows (2)

Later, we were all ready for creepy outdoor tea with American McGee's Alice.


American McGee's Teatime

Comments

Back in March...

[arthur-denger.livejournal.com]

Ewww... yuck!

Re: Back in March...

[arthur-denger.livejournal.com]

(...the weather, not the photos -- they're great!)

Re: Back in March...

[solarbird]

I rather enjoyed it. We don't get many storms of substance here.

[waysofseeing.livejournal.com]

I love, *love* the last picture. The perfect place for a Mad tea party.

[solarbird]

Yeah, I was really pleased with how that one came out. There's actually snow falling in that picture, but fortunately, it was wet enough and falling fast enough that you don't really see it in the frame, which while usually annoying when I'm trying to photograph snowfall, was quite fortuitous in this case.

[flashfire.livejournal.com]

Neat. What time of the day did that happen?

[solarbird]

Late afternoon, which compounded the dark effect. But sunset didn't happen until it started snowing, I don't think. Certainly that wasn't the biggest part of it during the main storm.

[quen-elf.livejournal.com]

Great picture set. Last one and the one before last really give a strange atmosphere...

[solarbird]

The last one, I really know why; it's the two different light sources, of different colours, that's really doing it. I think.