Beauty in the Sky

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Sometimes I think weather in Germany is schizophrenic.  I'm used to sudden changes in weather from my time living in Missouri.  They have a saying there, "If you don't like the weather, wait a while it'll change."  But I have to say that Missouri has nothing on Germany.  Well, at least Stuttgart, Germany.  Can't say I can talk for the entire country.

Take today for instance.  This morning I walked to the farmers market a few blocks from our house to get farm fresh eggs and some produce.  When I left the house it was probably in the 50s, cloudy and had just finished raining.  By early afternoon it was warm and skies were blue.  I decided to go for an early evening walk, skies still blue but about half way through I noticed some ominous clouds on the horizon.  Figuring I had a 50/50 chance of making it back to the house without getting rained on so I picked up the pace a bit.  I had a windbreaker on but no umbrella.  Still about 15 minutes away from the house the skies opened up and a light, even sheet of rain began to fall.  While it did pick up a bit in intensity thankfully it didn't reach drenching stage.

Started dinner when I got home and noticed out the back door a beautiful rainbow with a trace of a second one above it.   Figured I'd share a couple pictures.
View from the balcony off the kitchen
Faint traces of a second rainbow - Kind of hard to see it
View from third floor stairwell

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  1. The Lane GangSeptember 14, 2010 at 12:02 PM

    We have seen a lot of rainbows here lately, too! Double, full rainbows! Beautiful.

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