Rainbow Tuesday
Tuesday morning I skipped most of my normal swim workout to help out a friend, and consequently arrived at the pool about an hour later than typical (to run with friends after practice … I did not go all that way to swim for 15 minutes). This unusual timing proved rather serendipitous.
After briefly crossing paths with Ande in the parking garage (apparently he got out early), I began crossing the street to the swim center, and as I looked around to check for traffic I noticed other things.
To the east I saw the rising sun punching crepuscular rays through the opening rifts in a recently passed thunderhead. As I let my eyes follow these rays to the western vista I perceived a most beautiful apparition: a nearly full rainbow glowing brightly in blue sky above the distant dark background of an advancing storm.
Again, I was hamstrung with only my lesser recorder. Alas. It does at least convey the general idea.
After crossing to the other side of the street I saw one end of the rainbow coming down seemingly in the pool (olympic gold inside):
Looking back towards the capitol I found the other end (isn’t that where they keep the rest of the gold?)
Here they are in a pseudo-panoramic digital collage:
