I’m loving this crazy, indecisive weather. A few minutes ago I looked out my window to see rain falling through dazzling sunlight — and a great big rainbow arcing over Capitol Hill. I snapped a few photos and in the time it took to transfer them to my computer, enormous gray clouds rolled back in and the rainbow disappeared. Rain poured down for a half a minute, and now it’s stopped again. I can hear thunder rolling across the sky and trees are swaying in an unsettled wind.

For all the rain we get in Seattle, a real thunderstorm is a rarity, so it’s kind of a thrill to get even the hint of one. Ooh! There’s some lightning!