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If it's darkest just before the dawn...
Nov. 24th, 2022 06:01 pm...is it brightest just before nightfall?
Probably not as a rule, but it was today. We were visiting J., to admire her new Bathroom in Progress and tackle some small computer problems. So we were in her sitting room, with its huge windows looking out over the hills; I was looking one way, watching the rain, and commented how dark the sky was already, but J, at right angles to me, pointed out a square of brightness next to the farm buildings, where the sun was reflecting off the back of a van Sun? What sun? But I walked across to look in the opposite direction, and the sun really was visible, low between the clouds and getting brighter every minute.
That's when we saw the rainbow. At first it was just a fragment, a vertical shaft spearing through the farmhouse, fain but clear. As we watched, it grew stronger, and we could trace its length further up into the sky, still almost vertical.
Then it faded, of course, and it was night. But it was lovely while it lasted. Driving home, we saw plenty of Christmas lights already shining; but the rainbow was better.
Probably not as a rule, but it was today. We were visiting J., to admire her new Bathroom in Progress and tackle some small computer problems. So we were in her sitting room, with its huge windows looking out over the hills; I was looking one way, watching the rain, and commented how dark the sky was already, but J, at right angles to me, pointed out a square of brightness next to the farm buildings, where the sun was reflecting off the back of a van Sun? What sun? But I walked across to look in the opposite direction, and the sun really was visible, low between the clouds and getting brighter every minute.
That's when we saw the rainbow. At first it was just a fragment, a vertical shaft spearing through the farmhouse, fain but clear. As we watched, it grew stronger, and we could trace its length further up into the sky, still almost vertical.
Then it faded, of course, and it was night. But it was lovely while it lasted. Driving home, we saw plenty of Christmas lights already shining; but the rainbow was better.
