Temperatures have been hovering around 110 degrees in the afternoons. We are trying to have a monsoon but it has been a dry year. The clouds rolled in this afternoon. The sky got darker. The wind kicked up and was gusting vigorously. A few drops fell but the wind dried them quickly. Then the rainbow formed. For a while, there was a double rainbow, but the outer second rainbow was faint. I stood out in the gusting wind, and the few sprinkles of rain the wind blew in, to watch the rainbow. The sky turned red. It was almost biblical. The red sky was within the rainbow. That passed. The show went on for the better part of an hour.
The dog was a bit nervous about the wind. He couldn't understand why I was standing in the rain, what little there was of it. Rain is so rare here we sometimes stand in the rain just to experience and enjoy it. The box turtle came out for the rain, as she does. The gusty wind blew away the monsoon insects. It was a perfect time, although we could use some more rain.
Hope you see a rainbow.
Sincerely,
Southwest Desert Blogger
C. c(2011)
