Still, in the Mary Sunshine, every cloud has its silver lining, isn't life grand approach to daily existence, yesterday was not a total waste. I left work (yeah!), and raced a very ominous looking weather front coming in from the west on my way home. I showered, changed, and was fooling around on my computer when the rain finally hit in earnest.
It was a fine storm, brief hard downpour followed by a more mellow spring rain. As the storm tapered off, the sun was approaching the horizon, and when it came out it was as if someone switched the light back on in a darkened room. I looked out, and realized that even though the sun was out, it was still raining.
I called out to the Socialist that there must be a rainbow out there, and rushed downstairs to look. I then ran back inside, informed the Socialist that if he was any kind of romantic whatsoever he'd better come back outside with me, grabbed my camera, and then dashed back out. This is what I saw:
I took half a dozen pictures in all, while the Socialist reminded me that he'd already seen a double rainbow just a few weeks ago (one that I had missed seeing), implying it wasn't any big deal and that I was getting him wet for no good reason. He relented a bit when he realized he was annoying me, but I think the next time I'll just keep it to myself.