Rain and Rainbows

Tuesday was one of those typical autumn days in the Pacific Northwest when it is raining sideways one minute and the next moment the sun is stealing a peak from behind a dark gray cloud.  That is when I decide it’s time to take Bella and Hannah out for a walk, but before I can get my jacket and their collars on that dark cloud has opened up, and once again the rain is pouring down.  Needless to say, we went out with our rain coats on that day, got wet and enjoyed our walk nonetheless!

When you live in Seattle you get used to unsettled weather.  It’s as if Mother Nature just can’t make up her mind!  Another occurence that is not uncommon on days like this, is to be presented with a beautiful rainbow – Mother Nature’s gift to us for putting up with her indecisiveness.  We were given this present late Tuesday afternoon – a brilliant slash of colors crossing the sky.  And, in addition to the amazing rainbow,  we had a clear-enough sky to enjoy the almost-full moon.

On that day I  stumbled upon a beautiful poem (another gift) by John Squadra who is a poet and painter who lives in Maine.  I noticed his works are shown in a gallery in Camden, ME and wonder if my friends Susan and Bob are familiar with his work?????

If you listen
not to the pages or preachers
but to the smallest flower
growing from a crack
in your heart,
you will hear a great song
moving across a wide ocean
whose water is the music
connecting all the islands
of the universe together,
and touching all
you will feel it
touching you
around you…
embracing you
with light

It is in that light
that everything lives
and will always be alive.

~John Squadra~