Everything is suspended in a dirty brown-gray haze.
Shrubbery has turned brown-gray; lawns are expanses of dried, cracked mud.
The sound of the moment is the screaming piha, a dull brown-gray bird whose sex appeal lies in its voice--specifically a three-syllable whistle that cuts through the air.
Janet Sheridan: Wildfires leave many with nothing; love and prayers prevail Once again, wildfires feed on the drought-stricken West. Uncontrollable infernos in a ravenous quest for combustible fuel rage against the forests, firefighters, and man-made structures that stand in their way. Those of us who call the West home scan horizons stacked with layers of brown-gray smoke, smell the acrid odor of burning landscapes, and count the number of days, weeks, months that have ...
July 12, 2013 - Craig Daily Press
MFK Fisher in Houston Chronicle It it obvious to even the most optimistic that this Sludge, which should be like stiff, cold mush and a rather unpleasant murky brown-gray in color, is strictly for hunger,Fisher wrote.