And The Wind Blows On

We live in an area that has become a new development metropolis in the last two years. When we first moved in there were 2 houses and miles of fields to the west and no houses and miles of fields to the south.

View looking south - May 2006

That has certainly changed! The thousands of acres of fields to south are being developed.

View looking south - May 2008

Oh, and we get tons of wind here. I thought the sagebrush that would fill our yard when the wind would blow was bad but that was nothing. A few nights ago we had a huge wind storm blow through. Because of the new development we get huge dust/dirt storms with the wind.

We get huge piles of dirt on our blinds and on the tile by our back door (maybe not huge, but a pile of dirt) and we can smell the dirt in our house. It's awful!

And just take a look at my back door and window:

I don't want to wash my windows because after the next storm in a few days, they will just look the same.

I will be so glad when the development is done in 10+ years. Maybe then I can wash my dirty windows.