...on the ride, and I could get a few shots to share with you.
We were on a very busy road, and sadly no place to stop, but that didn't deter me from getting some shots. My wife was driving, and I had to carefully lean over to get the shots, so as not to interfere with her vision. She did however slow down, and I think that I didn't do too bad to get the rainbow shots. By the time that we reached our destination, the rainbow had departed to rainbow land.
One has to be prepared for action all the time, as so many lovely surprises can appear. We love nature and for us there is always something interesting to see. If not, then we will go and search for it, and in this case, nature decided to show us our first winter rainbow. We are in a winter rainfall area and even on this day we had some rain, as you will see later in the post. I am thinking of installing a sunroof in our car, as then I can stand on the seat and stick my head out like a turtle sticks its head out to get better shots of the views :)
Now the views started to change as we saw the origin of the rainbow at the ocean waterfront in the distance. We are a couple of kilometers away from the waterfront and I have some high spots where I regularly take shots of the ocean. A pity that the sky was a bit dark and misty because we had some rain clouds around. On sunny days I get clear shots of the tall buildings at the waterfront. You must have seen some of them in my previous posts some time back.
Some raindrops on my camera lens, as I wanted to show you what the sky at the east looked like. You have seen the west with the rainbow.
And finally, this last shot was taken as we arrived back home.
Unusual for the winter rains to arrive so early, and as I said before it turns our normalities upside down. Whenever there is a bit of sun we run around like chickens to get our washing on the line, and I don't know about you, but I don't like to dry after a shower with a wet towel. So, nature seems to be spiteful as quickly she covers the sun with clouds. If they were normal clouds it wouldn't matter, but rain clouds are another matter.
I think there is a song about "catching a rainbow", or if not, then somebody can certainly make a new song with the title. They can even include the words from the Wizard of Oz, that goes something like, "Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly...". Now I can honestly say, I don't know the song, but my wife just sang it for me. Btw. One cannot catch a rainbow, and one can also not catch a falling star. Lol.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
Until next time, cheers!
