nature's performance

This evening I tore my eyes away from the Olympics to watch a brief, but impressive, downpour outside my windows. For a lovely moment in time the rain created misty curtains and the indistinct layers of trees reminded me of a Japanese painting. Then, as the rain moved on to the east, the sun came out and I thought there should be a rainbow so I walked out on my balcony and there it was.  It was vivid, brilliant colors and gradually a faded twin formed above and beside it so I had a double rainbow. I felt like nature was putting on a show just for me,  At one point the end of the rainbow dipped right down into the river below my apartment.  I think maybe I need to go rent a Kayak and look for that pot of gold.