Chasing Rainbows
We went to our local hot spring for a little R&R last night. As we soaked, a huge, full double rainbow appeared. There was a group of women soaking a few feet from us, so I said "Hey ladies!" and when they looked over, I nodded my head in my best "Look over there" gesture...
All photos taken with my Galazy LunaPro cell phone which, after weeks of giving all the other gadgets I own the silent treatment, (thankfully) decided to tell my computer what it knows this morning. AI is here, at least in my house, and it has a bad attitude...
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WARNING! If I see a beautiful rainbow, I might try to get you to look at it.
They got defensive, thought I was nodding toward the sign with the rules, thought they were not supposed to be drinking in the pool. I found that odd as I was sitting there sipping my beer as I gestured. On further reflection it makes me a little sad. Has our society become SO combative that we immediately assume someone who gets our attention is angry at us? Once I explained what I was pointing at and we had a rather uncomfortable chuckle together, they moved to the other side of the pool anyway... lol! I don't blame them, they should not have to put up with random strangers asking them to look at rainbows and shit, it's a free country!
If you are offended by rainbow porn, please LOOK AWAY!
We soaked a while longer, then headed home. The last vestiges of the double were still visible.
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I did not have my phone at the pool, this is hardly a fair representation of the full glory!
The main rainbow was still very bright. It was the longest lasting rainbow I think I have ever seen, it had to have been there most of an hour. As we got nearer our place, it seemed we might find a pot of gold at our house. The rainbow looked like it had an end on our little hill. When we rounded the last turn toward home, it turned out the rainbow was across the highway
Hmmm... Leprechauns granting fishy wishes today??
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Rats! Wrong side of the highway!
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Still, a treasure to behold!
NAMASTE!!!
Your local hot spring. How the other half live!
I live in a hot spring paradise. Several commercial operations near me (5 within 100 miles) and wild ones all over these mountains.
Sounds divine! The only way we get to soak in hot water here is in the bath.
The nature of things...and in this case I guess you could say in more than one way!
double rainbow!:) thanks for sharing!
I loved your comment about cell phone/computer communications, or lack thereof. Technology is wonderful, as long as it cooperates. I often can't see anyone's pictures on Steemit for a day or two, and then they miraculously return. I don't get it. Your rainbow sounds amazing, and the pics you shot are still impressive, even though it was fading.
Thanks! For an old bird like me, technology is the ultimate "love / hate" relationship. I remember a time when if you left the house you were just gone. People couild not call you, or even leave messages. They had to try again later. It was anarchy, nobody knew where anyone was... children wailed, mothers wept... Oh, wait, actually it was pretty peaceful. 😁
Oh, yes!! I, too, am an "old bird" and remember those days well. We hired a teenage babysitter and left for the entire day and never knew what happened 'til we got home. Usually, nothing happened. Once there was a severe thunderstorm in our absence and when we got home the babysitter's parents (good friends of ours) were at our house, too, keeping her company. Another time, I remember the babysitter apologetically pointing out a bucket on the porch containing a very bad overflowed diaper and clothing mess which had overwhelmed her completely. That was just fine. Better than seeing a cell phone pic of it while we were at the state fair eating ice cream.
Lol! Indeed! Somehow generation after generation managed to survive without all this tech... My husband says this generation will starve to death if the automatic doors at Wal-Mart quit working...