I Went Looking for Rainbows

It was a different kind of rain today. The kind with skies so gray, you almost believe it will never be blue or clear again. The kind with a steady drizzle where you start to wish that the skies would just open up and pour it all out and get it over with. It was cold too. Colder than I ever remember it being for April in California.

A little coffee in my favorite cup always helps. Mom slept late so I had to make the coffee. It makes me appreciate what she does most mornings even more.

I stayed home most of the day. I wasn't planning to go out and take pictures, but about two hours before sunset the sun finally began to break through. Even then, I was just planning to go to the store, price a new computer and stop for coffee and write.

Instead I went looking for rainbows. Just when I was thinking that I would stop taking pictures of the sky, I was enthralled all over again, pulling over at gas stations, random streets and shopping centers and snapping pictures from behind the wheel. I really didn't care what people thought except when I went into neighborhoods. Didn't want anyone thinking I was up to no good.

When I first headed out it was still raining steadily, but within 10 minutes, it was down to a sprinkle. I must have looked like a crazy person, driving with my windows down just in case a cloud formation called my name.

On Wednesday the Rain Came Down

Been loving the rain this year. It doesn't go on for days, the rain does its duty and then the sun follows quickly behind, making for deep blue skies filled with clouds full of character.

Yesterday my poor little slug bug was looking pathetic as it was covered, ironically enough, in bug guts, a byproduct of all the driving I've done over the last week.

Thought of taking my poor little baby to the car wash, but I knew the rains were coming. Thought about leaving it outside of the garage last night, but made do with taking it out during lunch time. It didn't pour as much as I was hoping it would, but still she looks better than she did before.

Took a quick break from lunch to treat myself to a cafe mocha and a cinnamon bun...not the best idea.

Got myself some eye candy as I drove to Target to buy some groceries for the week.

And just in case a photo op came along down the aisles of Target...

On the way home.