Last week we saw the strangest weather conditions we had ever seen. The santa Anna winds turned Thousand Oaks into this post-apocaliptic planet. The wind started blowing in the night and woke me up. Tree branches rattling against our window kept me awake for hours. The strenghth of the wind was of the kind that would knock my plants out so I went on the terrasse to rescue them and saw nature angry. Tree branches breaking, dust everywhere. How bizarre. I am used to the Mistral, which is a cold wind, which blows in the winter continuously for three, six, or nine days according to the legend, But this one is hot and blows in all directions. The following day a yellow cloud arrived and surrrounded us with more dust coming from the desert this time!!! and then the smell of smoke, and ashes falling on us. It was a Sunday so Stephen and I took a short walk towards the Hill Canyon, but we couldn't go very far, so much dust the visibility was limited. The sky was yellow and the sun had the most unbelievable colour, a blood red luminescent quality. The fire brigade was patrolling every so often.
"Passion weather" said Cyn. What a beautiful description of it.
The wind continued for about four days and the smell of the smoke too. The reports on tv were showing the situation in Malibu and around here, Filmore, in the valleys.
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