The End of a Rainbow

This fantastic rainbow greeted me as I drove down to the bottom of my street.  I scrambled for my camera and was able to capture one shot before it began to disappear.

Skywatch Friday: Fall! Ooooh! The Rainbow!

Every year, a group of our friends and their kids gather at Back Lane Gardens to carve our Halloween pumpkins.  After an evening shower chased us into the greenhouse, we were rewarded with this stunning rainbow. 

 

The Sunnyland Stomp

Every year our neighborhood has a celebration of art and community when we turn our backyards into art galleries and invite everyone in the city. Normally called the Sunnyland Stomp, this year someone dubbed it the Sunnyland Slosh because of the wet weather. Did we let that stop us? Heck, no! It was still an evening packed with music, amazing food, dancing, new friends, and, of course, some really great art. Here's a sampling of the event.

The perpetually popular Artisan Revival II gallery. A big draw for the beer from Grant St. Brewing and amazing food by chef Brian Pahl. By the time I got there our window of clear weather had passed, so I missed out on photographer Lauren McClanahan's work because the photos couldn't get wet.

An artist doing her thing at Artisan Revival II. I'm guessing it's Maryann Schmitt, who did the painting below.

Gorgeous cupcakes at the Color Pot gallery. I believe they were gluten free, too!

Holly Swanson performs at the Color Pot gallery.

Record art at the Ravenwood gallery.

Silk-screening t-shirts at Iron Street Printing.

The official sign for this year's Sunnyland Stomp was made by Fishboy, aka Randy Clark. All the gallery hosts got posters, and Iron Street Printing did t-shirts too.

And in my very own backyard gallery, The Crow's Nest, oil on glass by Chris Murphy...

...and art by Dani Compain.

Mother Nature couldn't resist reminding everyone who the ultimate artist is.

For more info, check out the Sunnyland Stomp site.

Weekend Reflections: A Rainbow in Every Puddle

Rainbow Reaching

The bell tower of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church salutes a passing rainbow.

The Last Supper

So here I am, posting two rainbow-hued photos in a row. This mural in downtown Bellingham is a contemporary take on a well-known old painting, "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci. This version is by artist Connie Porter. I walk by it often, and it always brightens my day.

Skywatch Friday: Playground Rainbow

No children are outside
to witness the rainbow.
Instead they're inside,
faces lit with TV's glow.
No young eyes open wide,
Legs don't race to find the end.
Discouraged, the rainbow fades.
I guess I don't exist, then.

Clouds, sunsets, blue skies, and more rainbows.

Summer Rainbow

If you catch the rainbow in the park

you can climb it like a ladder

and play till the day is dark

when shadows no longer matter.