color in the sky, dog in the swing

Spent a lot of time in the car this week.  The weather has been variable, to say the least, and we set a record with a robust 69 degrees a couple days ago, but those bucolic blue skies are still hard to find in northern Ohio.  Not an ideal setup for picture snapping.  I look forward to taking many more pictures of a couple of my work destinations, and the scenery along the way, once there are leaves on the trees and - with a little luck - the skies brighten up. 

 

Then, tonight, coming home from work, I was led along by this rainbow, or at least one good leg of a rainbow.  This was of some interest because the sermon last Sunday included, among other things, references to rainbows as signs of assurance.  I guess I like the idea of coming home on a Friday evening with a sign of assurance in the sky.  Nevertheless, on one run I seem to be making lately, I always have to take a pic or two of Tappan Lake, so here is what I got while speeding along at 55 mph or so...

But enough about the big natural order of things.  Let's dwell briefly on how nature also brings chaos, of a certain four-legged variety.  Herewith, the requisite dog pic. 

I forgot to toss in this somewhat older picture I shot out the side window of a speeding car on a trip to southeastern Ohio several months ago.  I had passed this abandoned church a couple times, and it has
always intrigued me. 

                                         

And we leave you with our daughter's dog, Lilly, oddly at peace with the world, as long as the swing was in motion.  I believe if it kept swinging, she would have taken a significant nap.