Tumbleweeds DO exist!

being an Ohio born American, tumbleweeds are not something that come blowing across your yard every day. sure, i've seen them on the western movies, blowing, tumbling across the dry dirt road from one ghost building to the next. but i never thought i would actually really see one! driving down the highway, they just tumble right across the road! not caring if you hit them or not. i wouldn't recommend hitting them though. if they get stuck under your car, it gets hot, BIG fire! haven't experienced it yet, and i hope not to. i've seen these strange weeds out here for a while. i just now feel like writing about them. it is so windy here today, the clouds cling to the earth and sky, as the wind pushes the middle away from its central being. they look like big sails in the sky. then tumbleweeds come running across the highway. not a care in the world. makes me feel like i'm in a modern western. plains on both sides, but instead of a dirt road, it's a paved highway with fast moving vehicles, struggling to keep their spot in the lane as the wind trys to clear the land. then the house creaks as the wind hits it with all it's might, huffing and puffing. tumbleweeds even find thier ways into our yard. old western meets modern world. the mountains don't seem to get the weeds. just strong winds blinding the roads, as it turns the soft falling snow to a white blanket. it's out to stop any car from passing. it's a 4 seasons on one day here in colorado today. and it's suppose to snow again this friday. calling for 4 inches right now. as the wind attacks my house, i feel safe inside the walls, knowing nothing will get through, no matter how hard it knocks (unless it's an uncontrolable funnel that the skies have released. but it's too sunny for that)